Chapter IX: Front Matter (9)

SIBYL, sib'il, _n._ in ancient mythology, one of certain women possessing powers of divination and prophecy: a prophetess, an old sorceress.--_adjs._ SIBYL'LIC, SIB'YLLINE, pertaining to, uttered, or written by sibyls: prophetical.--_n._ SIB'YLLIST, a believer in the so-called sibylline prophecies.--SIBYLLINE ORACLES, a series of pretended prophecies in Greek hexameters, written by Alexandrian Jews and Christians, and supposed to date from the 2d century B.C. down to the 3d century A.D., or, according to Ewald, even the 6th. [L.,--Gr. _sibylla_, not 'she who reveals the will of Zeus,' _Dios boul[=e]_. The root is _sib-_, as in L. _per-sibus_, acute, Gr. _sophos_, wise.]

SIC, sik, _adv._ so, thus--printed within brackets in quoted matter to show that the original is being correctly reproduced, even though incorrect or wrong.--SIC PASSIM, so throughout.

SIC, sik, SICCAN, sik'an, _adj._ Scotch forms of _such_.--_adj._ SIC'-LIKE, for _such-like_, of the same kind.

SICAMBRIAN, si-kam'bri-an, _n._ one of a powerful ancient German tribe.

SICANIAN, si-k[=a]'ni-an, _adj._ pertaining to the _Sicanians_, an aboriginal pre-Aryan race in Sicily.

SICCA, sik'a, _adj._ newly coined. [Hind.]

SICCATE, sik'[=a]t, _v.t._ to dry.--_n._ SICC[=A]'TION.--_adj._ SICC'ATIVE, drying: causing to dry.--_n._ SICCITY (sik'si-ti), dryness. [L. _sicc[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_siccus_, dry.]

SICE, s[=i]s, _n._ the number six at dice.

SICE, SYCE, s[=i]s, _n._ a groom, a mounted attendant.--Also SAICE. [Hind, _s[=a]is_--Ar. _s[=a]is_.]

SICELIOT, si-sel'i-ot, _adj._ pertaining to the _Siceliots_, the colonies of immigrant Greeks in Sicily, who gradually became assimilated with the native _Siculi_--also SIKEL'IOT.--_n._ a Greek settler in Sicily: a Siculian.

SICH, sich, _adj._ (_Spens._) such.

SICILIAN, si-sil'yan, _adj._ of or pertaining to Sicily, an island south of Italy.--_n._ a native of Sicily.--_ns._ SICILIÄ'NO, a Sicilian popular dance in slow movement, also the music for such; SICILIENNE', a ribbed silk fabric.--SICILIAN VESPERS, the massacre of the French in Sicily on Easter Monday 1282--at the first stroke of the vesper-bell.

SICK, sik, _adj._ affected with disease: ill: inclined to vomit: disgusted: infirm: disordered: pining: depressed: indicating sickness: poor in quality: out of repair.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to grow sick.--_ns._ SICK'-BAY, -BERTH, a compartment on a troop-ship, &c., for sick and wounded; SICK'-BED, a bed on which a person lies sick.--_adj._ SICK'-BRAINED, mentally deranged.--_v.t._ SICK'EN, to make sick: to disgust: to make weary of anything.--_v.i._ to become sick: to be disgusted: to become disgusting or tedious: to become weakened.--_n._ SICK'ENER, any cause of disgust.--_adj._ SICK'ENING, causing sickness or disgust, loathsome.--_n._ a scum which forms on the surface of mercury from grease, sulphides, arsenides, &c.--_adv._ SICK'ENINGLY.--_adj._ SICK'-FALL'EN (_Shak._), struck down with sickness.--_ns._ SICK'-FLAG, a yellow flag indicating disease on board a ship; SICK'-HEAD'ACHE, headache accompanied with nausea.--_adj._ SICK'ISH, somewhat sick.--_adv._ SICK'ISHLY.--_ns._ SICK'ISHNESS; SICK'-LEAVE, leave of absence from duty owing to sickness.--_adj._ SICK'LIED (_Shak._), tainted with the hue of sickness or disease.--_adv._ SICK'LILY, in a sickly manner.--_ns._ SICK'LINESS, the state of being sickly, or of appearing so; SICK'-LIST, a list containing the names of the sick.--_adjs._ SICK'-LISTED, entered on the sick-list; SICK'LY, inclined to sickness: unhealthy: somewhat sick: weak: languid: producing disease: mawkish: feeble, mentally weak.--_adv._ in a sick manner: feebly.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to make sickly or sickly-looking.--_ns._ SICK'NESS, state of being sick, disease: disorder of the stomach: an enfeebled state of anything; SICK'-REPORT', a return regularly made of the state of the sick; SICK'-ROOM, a room to which a person is confined by sickness.--_adj._ SICK'-THOUGHT'ED (_Shak._), love-sick. [A.S. _seóc_; Ger. _siech_, Dut. _ziek_.]

SICK, sik, _v.t._ to set upon, chase: to incite to attack. [A variant of _seek_.]

SICKER, sik'[.e]r, _adj._ (_Scot._) sure, certain, firm.--_adv._ (_Spens._) surely, certainly--also SICC'AR.--_n._ SICK'ERNESS (_Spens._), the state of being sicker or certain. [A.S. _siker_--L. _securus_; Ger. _sicher_.]

SICKLE, sik'l, _n._ a hooked instrument for cutting grain.--_n._ SIC'KLE-BILL, a name applied to various birds with sickle-shaped bill.--_adj._ SIC'KLED, bearing a sickle.--_ns._ SIC'KLE-FEATH'ER, one of the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock; SIC'KLEMAN, one who uses a sickle, a reaper.--_adj._ SIC'KLE-SHAPED.--_n._ SIC'KLE-WORT, the self-heal. [A.S. _sicol_, _sicel_--L. _secula_, a sickle--_sec[=a]re_, to cut.]

SICSAC, sik'sak, _n._ the Egyptian courser, crocodile-bird, or black-headed plover.--Also _Ziczac_.

SICULIAN, si-k[=u]'li-an, _adj._ pertaining to the _Siculi_, an ancient and most probably Aryan race of southern Italy who colonised Sicily.--_adjs._ SIC'ULO-AR[=A]'BIAN; SIC'ULO-P[=U]'NIC.

SICYOS, sis'i-os, _n._ a genus of plants of the order _Cucurbitaceæ_, the gourd family.

SIDA, s[=i]'da, _n._ a large genus of downy herbs of the mallow family. [Gr.]

SIDDHA, sid'da, _n._ one who has attained to SID'DHI, accomplishment or perfection.--_n._ SIDDHAR'TA, an epithet of Buddha. [Sans.]

SIDDOW, sid'[=o], _adj._ (_prov._) soft, pulpy.

SIDE, s[=i]d, _n._ the edge or border of anything: the surface of a solid: a part of a thing as seen by the eye: region, part: the part of an animal between the hip and shoulder: any party, interest, or opinion opposed to another: faction: line of descent: at billiards, a certain bias or kind of spinning motion given to a ball by striking it sidewise: (_slang_) a pretentious and supercilious manner, swagger.--_adj._ being on or toward the side: lateral: indirect.--_v.i._ to embrace the opinion or cause of one party against another.--_v.t._ (_Spens._) to be on the same side with, to support: to cut into sides: to push aside, to set aside.--_n.pl._ SIDE'ARMS, arms or weapons worn on the side, as a sword or bayonet.--_ns._ SIDE'-BEAM, either of the working-beams of a marine engine, placed below the crank-shaft, on each side of the cylinder, instead of a central beam above the crank-shaft; SIDE'BOARD, a piece of furniture on one side of a dining-room for holding dishes, &c.: (_pl._) side-whiskers, stiff standing collars (_slang_).--_n.pl._ SIDE'-BONES, enlargements situated above the quarters of a horse's feet, resulting from the conversion into bone of the elastic lateral cartilages.--_ns._ SIDE'BOX, a box or seat at the side of a theatre; SIDE'-CHAP'EL, a chapel in an aisle or at the side of a church; SIDE'-COMB, a small comb used to keep a lock of hair in place at the side of a woman's head; SIDE'-COUS'IN, a distant relative; SIDE'-CUT, a cut from the side, an indirect attack; SIDE'-CUT'TING, an excavation of earth along the side of a railway or canal to obtain material for an embankment.--_adj._ SID'ED, having a side: flattened on one or more sides.--_ns._ SIDE'-DISH, any supplementary dish at a dinner, &c., specially flavoured; SIDE'-DRUM, a small double-headed drum in military bands; SIDE'-GLANCE, a glance to one side; SIDE'-IS'SUE, a subordinate issue aside from the main business; SIDE'LIGHT, light coming from the side, any incidental illustration: a window, as opposed to a sky-light, a window above or at the side of a door: one of the red or green lights carried on the side of a vessel under way at night; SIDE'-LINE, a line attached to the side of anything: any additional or extra line of goods sold by a commercial traveller: (_pl._) the ropes binding the fore and hind feet on the same side of a horse.--_adj._ SIDE'LING, inclining to a side, sloping.--_adv._ sidewise, aslant.--_n._ SIDE'LOCK, a separate lock of hair worn at the side of the head.--_adj._ SIDE'LONG, oblique: not straight.--_adv._ in the direction of the side: obliquely.--_n._ the slope of a hill.--_ns._ SIDE'-NOTE, a marginal note on a page, as opposed to a foot-note; SIDE'-PART'NER (_U.S._), one who shares a duty or employment with another alongside or alternately; SID'ER, a partisan: one living in any particular quarter of a city; SIDE'-ROD, a coupling-rod of a locomotive: either of the rods of a side-beam engine connecting the cross-head on the piston-rod with the working-beam: either of the rods of a side-beam engine connecting the working-beams with the cross-head of the air-pump; SIDE'SADD'LE, a saddle for women sitting, not astride, but with both feet on one side; SIDE'SADDLE-FLOWER, a name sometimes given to a plant of the genus _Sarracenia_; SIDE'-SCREW, a screw on the front edge of a carpenter's bench to hold the work fast: one of the screws fastening the lockplate of a gun to the stock; SIDE'-SCRIP'TION (_Scots law_), an old method of authenticating deeds written on several sheets of paper pasted together, by signing the name across each junction; SIDE'-SEAT, a seat in a vehicle with the back against its side; SIDE'-SHOW, an exhibition subordinate to a larger one; SIDE'-SLEEVE (_Shak._), a loose hanging sleeve; SIDE'-SLIP, an oblique offshoot: a bastard; SIDES'MAN, a deputy churchwarden: (_Milt._) a partisan.--_adj._ SIDE'-SPLIT'TING, affecting the sides convulsively, as in boisterous laughter.--_ns._ SIDE'-STROKE, a stroke given sideways; SIDE'-T[=A]'BLE, a table placed usually against the wall; SIDE'-VIEW, a view on or from one side; SIDE'-WALK, a foot-walk beside a street or road.--_advs._ SIDE'WAYS, SIDE'WISE, toward or on one side.--_adj._ SIDE'-WHEEL, having side or paddle wheels.--_ns._ SIDE'-WIND, a wind blowing laterally: any indirect influence or means; S[=I]D'ING, a short line of rails on which wagons are shunted from the main-line.--_v.i._ S[=I]'DLE, to go or move side-foremost.--_v.t._ to cause to move sideways.--SIDE BY SIDE, placed with sides near each other.--CHOOSE SIDES, to pick out opposing parties to contend with each other; RIGHT, or WRONG, SIDE, the side of anything (cloth, leather, &c.) intended to be turned outward or inward respectively; TAKE A SIDE, to join one party in opposition to another; TAKE SIDES, to range one's self with one or other of contending parties; TO ONE SIDE, having a lateral inclination: out of sight. [A.S. _síde_; Ger. _seite_, Dut. _zijde_.]

SIDE, s[=i]d, _adj._ (_Scot._) wide, large: far. [A.S. _síd_, spacious.]

SIDEREAL, s[=i]-d[=e]'r[=e]-al, _adj._ relating to a star or stars: starry: (_astron._) measured by the apparent motion of the stars.--_adj._ SID'ERAL (_Milt._), relating to the stars: baleful, from astrology.--_n._ SIDER[=A]'TION, a sudden deprivation of sense, as a stroke of apoplexy: a blast of plants.--SIDEREAL DAY, the time between two successive upper culminations of a fixed star or of the vernal equinox, shorter than a solar day; SIDEREAL YEAR (see YEAR). [L. _sidus_, _sideris_, a star.]

SIDERITE, sid'[.e]r-[=i]t, _n._ the lodestone: native iron protocarbonate--also _Chalybite_, _Spathic_ or _Sparry iron_, _Junckerite_. [L. _sideritis_, the lodestone--Gr. _sid[=e]rit[=e]s_, of iron--_sid[=e]ros_, iron.]

SIDEROGRAPHY, sid-[.e]r-og'ra-fi, _n._ steel-engraving.--_adjs._ SIDEROGRAPH'IC, -AL.--_n._ SIDEROG'RAPHIST. [Gr. _sid[=e]ros_, iron, _graphein_, engrave.]

SIDEROLITE, sid'e-r[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ a meteorite composed chiefly of iron. [Gr. _sid[=e]ros_, iron, _lithos_, stone.]

SIDEROMANCY, sid'[.e]r-[=o]-mans-i, _n._ divination by burning straws, &c., on a red-hot plate of iron. [Gr. _sid[=e]ros_, iron, _manteia_, divination.]

SIDEROSCOPE, sid'[.e]r-o-sk[=o]p, _n._ an instrument for detecting minute degrees of magnetism by means of a combination of magnetic needles. [Gr. _sid[=e]ros_, iron, _skopein_, to view.]

SIDEROSTAT, sid'e-r[=o]-stat, _n._ a heliostat adapted to sidereal time.--_adj._ SIDEROSTAT'IC. [L. _sidus_, _sideris_ a star, Gr. _statos_, standing.]

SIEGE, s[=e]j, _n._ a sitting down with an army round or before a fortified place in order to take it by force: a continued endeavour to gain possession: (_Shak._) a seat, throne, station: (_Shak._) excrement: the floor of a glass-furnace: a workman's bench.--_v.t._ to lay siege to.--_ns._ SIEGE'-PIECE, a coin, generally of unusual shape and rude workmanship, issued in a besieged place during stress of siege; SIEGE'-TRAIN, the materials carried by an army for the purpose of laying siege to a place.--STATE OF SIEGE, a condition of things in which civil law is suspended or made subordinate to military law; MINOR STATE OF SIEGE, a modification of the more severe rule in cases of merely domestic trouble. [O. Fr. _sege_ (Fr. _siège_), seat--Low L. _assedium_=L. _obsidium_, a siege--_sed[=e]re_, to sit.]

SIELD, s[=e]ld (_Spens._). Cieled.

SIENESE, si-e-n[=e]z', _adj._ pertaining to _Siena_, or _Sienna_, in central Italy, or its school of painting in the 13th and 14th centuries.

SIENITE, SIENITIC. Same as SYENITE, &c.

SIENNA, si-en'a, _n._ a fine orange-red pigment used in oil and water-colour painting. [It. _terra di Siena_, Sienna earth.]

SIERRA, s[=e]-er'ra, _n._ a ridge of mountains: a scombroid fish. [Sp., usually derived from L. _serra_, a saw. Some suggest Ar. _sehrah_, a desert place, whence also _Sahara_.]

SIESTA, si-es'ta, _n._ a short sleep taken about midday or after dinner. [Sp.,--L. _sexta_ (_hora_), the _sixth_ (hour) after sunrise, the hour of noon.]

SIEUR, sièr, _n._ a French title of respect, obsolete except in law-courts. [Fr.,--L. _senior_.]

SIEVE, siv, _n._ a vessel with a bottom of woven hair or wire to separate the fine part of anything from the coarse: a person who cannot keep a secret.--_v.t._ to put through a sieve: to sift. [A.S. _sife_; Ger. _seib_.]

SIFFLE, sif'l, _n._ a sibilant râle.--_v.i._ to whistle, hiss.--_ns._ SIFF'LET, a theatrical whistle; SIFF'LEUR, a whistler. [Fr. _siffler_--L. _sibil[=a]re_.]

SIFT, sift, _v.t._ to separate with, or as with, a sieve: to examine closely.--_n._ SIFT'ER, one who, or that which, sifts. [A.S. _siftan_--_sife_, a sieve.]

SIGH, s[=i], _v.i._ to inhale and respire with a long, deep, and audible breathing, as in love or grief: to sound like sighing.--_v.t._ to express by sighs.--_n._ a long, deep, audible respiration.--_n._ SIGH'ER.--_adj._ SIGH'FUL.--_adv._ SIGH'INGLY. [A.S. _sícan_; Sw. _sucka_.]

SIGHT, s[=i]t, _n._ act of seeing: view: faculty of seeing: that which is seen: a spectacle: an object of especial interest: space within vision: examination: a small opening for looking through at objects: a metal pin on the top of a barrel of a gun to guide the eye in taking aim: (_slang_) a great many or a great deal.--_v.t._ to catch sight of: to present to sight or put under notice.--_adjs._ SIGHT'ED, having sight of some special character, as short-sighted: fitted with a sight, as a firearm; SIGHT'LESS, wanting sight: blind: (_Shak._) invisible: (_Shak._) unsightly, ugly.--_adv._ SIGHT'LESSLY.--_ns._ SIGHT'LESSNESS; SIGHT'LINESS.--_adjs._ SIGHT'LY, pleasing to the sight or eye: comely; SIGHT'-OUTRUN'NING (_Shak._), running faster than the eye can follow.--_ns._ SIGHT'-READ'ER, one who reads at sight, as musical notes, passages in a foreign tongue, &c.; SIGHT'-READING; SIGHT'-SEE'ING, the act of seeing sights: eagerness to see novelties or curiosities; SIGHT'-S[=E]'ER, one who is eager to see novelties or curiosities; SIGHTS'MAN, a local guide; SEC'OND-SIGHT, a gift of prophetic vision, long supposed in the Scottish Highlands and elsewhere to belong to particular persons.--AT SIGHT, without previous study or practice; AT SIGHT, AFTER SIGHT, terms applied to bills or notes payable on, or after, presentation; LOSE SIGHT OF, to cease to see: to overlook; OUT OF SIGHT, too far away to be seen: not in sight: (_coll._) beyond comparison; PUT OUT OF SIGHT, to remove from vision: (_slang_) to consume, as food. [A.S. _siht_, _ge-siht_--_ge-segen_, pa.p. of _seón_, to see; Ger. _sicht._]

SIGHT, s[=i]t (_Spens._)=_Sighed._

SIGIL, sij'il, _n._ a seal: a signature: an occult or magical mark.--_adjs._ SIG'ILLARY, pertaining to a seal; SIG'ILLATE, decorated, as pottery, with impressed patterns: (_bot._) marked with seal-like scars.--_ns._ SIGILL[=A]'TION; SIGILLOG'RAPHY, knowledge of seals.--_n.pl._ SIG'LA, abbreviations of names, &c., on seals. [L. _sigillum_, dim. of _signum_, sign.]

SIGILLARIA, sij-il-[=a]'ri-a, _n._ a family of fossil lycopods, abundant in Carboniferous strata, with pillar-like trunks, the columnar stems ribbed and fluted longitudinally, the fluting marked by rows or whorls of scars left by fallen leaves.--_adjs._ SIGILL[=A]'RIAN, SIG'ILLAROID, SIGILL[=A]'RIOID. [L. _sigillum_, a seal.]

SIGMA, sig'ma, _n._ the Greek letter corresponding to our _s_--written [Sigma] (capital), [sigma] (small initial) or [sigmaf] (small final).--_adjs._ SIG'MATE, SIGMAT'IC.--_ns._ SIGM[=A]'TION, the adding of _s_ at the end of a word or syllable; SIG'MATISM, repetition of _s_ or the s-sound: defective pronunciation of this sound.--_adjs._ SIG'MOID, -AL, formed like _s_.

SIGN, s[=i]n, _n._ mark, token: proof: that by which a thing is known or represented: a word, gesture, symbol, or mark, intended to signify something else: a remarkable event: an omen: a miraculous manifestation: a memorial: something set up as a notice in a public place: (_math._) a mark showing the relation of quantities or an operation to be performed: (_med._) a symptom: (_astron._) one of the twelve parts of the zodiac, each comprising 30 degrees of the ecliptic.--_v.t._ to represent or make known by a sign: to attach a signature to.--_v.i._ to give one's signature: to make a particular sign.--_adj._ SIGN'ABLE, capable of being, or requiring to be, signed.--_ns._ SIGN'BOARD, a board with a sign telling a man's occupation or articles for sale; SIGN'ER; SIG'NET, the privy-seal: (_B._) a seal.--_adj._ SIG'NETED, stamped or marked with a signet.--_n._ SIG'NET-RING, a ring with a signet or private seal.--_adj._ SIGN'LESS, making no sign.--_ns._ SIGN'-MAN'UAL, the royal signature, usually only the initial of the sovereign's name, with R. for _Rex_ or _Regina_; SIGN'-PAINT'ER, one who paints signs for shops, &c.; SIGN'POST, a post on which a sign is hung: a direction-post. [Fr. _signe_--L. _signum._]

SIGNAL, sig'nal, _n._ a sign for giving notice, generally at a distance: token: the notice given: any initial impulse.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to make signals to: to convey by signals:--_pr.p._ sig'nalling; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sig'nalled.--_adj._ having a sign: remarkable: notable: eminent.--_ns._ SIG'NAL-BOOK, a book containing a system of signals; SIG'NAL-BOX, -CAB'IN, &c., a small house in which railway-signals are worked: the alarm-box of a police or fire-alarm system; SIG'NAL-CODE, a code or system of arbitrary signals, esp. at sea, by flags or lights; SIG'NAL-FIRE, a fire used for a signal; SIG'NAL-FLAG, a flag used in signalling, its colour, shape, markings, and combinations indicating various significations; SIG'NAL-GUN, a gun fired as a signal.--_v.t._ SIG'NALISE, to make signal or eminent: to signal.--_ns._ SIG'NAL-LAMP, a lamp by which signals are made by glasses or slides of different colours, &c.; SIG'NALLING, the means of transmitting intelligence to a greater or less distance by the agency of sight or hearing.--_adv._ SIG'NALLY.--_ns._ SIG'NALMAN, one who makes signals and who interprets those made; SIG'NALMENT, the act of communicating by signals: description by means of marks; SIG'NAL-POST, a pole on which movable flags, arms, lights, are displayed as signals; SIG'NAL-SER'VICE, the department in the army occupied with signalling. [Fr.,--L. _signalis_, _signum_.]

SIGNATURE, sig'na-t[=u]r, _n._ a sign or mark: the name of a person written by himself: (_mus._) the flats and sharps after the clef to show the key: a sheet after being folded, the figure or letter at the foot of the page indicating such.--_adj._ SIG'N[=A]TE, designate: bearing spots resembling letters.--_ns._ SIGN[=A]'TION, anything used as a sign, an emblem; SIG'NATORY, SIG'NATARY, SIG'NITARY, one bound by signature to some agreement.--_adj._ having signed, bound by signature.--DOCTRINE OF SIGNATURES, an inveterate belief in early medicine that plants and minerals bore certain symbolical marks which indicated the diseases for which nature had intended them as special remedies. [Fr.,--Low L. _signatura_--L. _sign[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to sign.]

SIGNIEUR, _n._ (_Shak._). Same as SEIGNIOR.

SIGNIFY, sig'ni-f[=i], _v.t._ to make known by a sign or by words: to mean: to indicate or declare: to have consequence.--_v.i._ to be of consequence:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sig'nif[=i]ed.--_adj._ SIG'NIFIABLE, that may be signified or represented by symbols.--_n._ SIGNIF'ICANCE, that which is signified: meaning: importance: moment--also SIGNIF'ICANCY.--_adj._ SIGNIF'ICANT, signifying: expressive of something: standing as a sign.--_adv._ SIGNIF'ICANTLY.--_ns._ SIGNIF'ICATE, in logic, one of several things signified by a common term; SIGNIFIC[=A]'TION, act of signifying: that which is signified: meaning.--_adj._ SIGNIF'IC[=A]TIVE, signifying: denoting by a sign: having meaning: expressive.--_adv._ SIGNIF'IC[=A]TIVELY, in a significative manner: so as to betoken by an external sign.--_ns._ SIGNIF'IC[=A]TIVENESS, the quality of being significative; SIGNIF'IC[=A]TOR, one who signifies: (_astrol._) a planet ruling a house.--_adj._ SIGNIF'ICATORY. [L. _signific[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, _signum_, a sign, _fac[)e]re_, to make.]

SIGNOR, s[=e]'nyor, _n._ an Italian word of address equivalent to Mr--also SIGNIOR.--_ns._ SIGNORA (s[=e]-ny[=o]'ra), feminine of signor; SIGNORINA (s[=e]-ny[=o]-r[=e]'na), the Italian equivalent of Miss; SIG'NORY, SIG'NIORY (same as SEIGNIORY). [It. _signore_.]

SIKE, s[=i]k, _n._ (_Scot._) a small stream of water.--Also SYKE. [Ice. _sík_, _síki_, a ditch.]

SIKH, s[=e]k, _n._ one of a religious sect of northern India, which became a great military confederacy--founded by Baba Nának (born 1469).--_n._ SIKH'ISM. [Hind. _Sikh_, lit. follower or disciple.]

SIL, sil, _n._ a yellowish pigment of ancient painters.

SILAGE, s[=i]'laj, _n._ the term applied to fodder which has been preserved by ensilage in a silo.

SILE, s[=i]l, _v.t._ (_prov._) to strain.--_n._ a sieve, a strainer or colander. [Low Ger. _silen_; Ger. _sielen_, to filter.]

SILENCE, s[=i]'lens, _n._ state of being silent: absence of sound or speech: muteness: cessation of agitation: calmness: oblivion.--_v.t._ to cause to be silent: to put to rest: to stop.--_interj._ be silent!--_adj._ S[=I]'LENT, free from noise: not speaking: habitually taciturn: still: not pronounced: of distilled spirit, without flavour or odour.--_n._ SILEN'TIARY, one who keeps order in an assembly.--_adv._ S[=I]'LENTLY.--_n._ S[=I]'LENTNESS=_Silence_. [L. _sil[=e]re_, to be silent.]

SILENE, s[=i]-l[=e]'n[=e], _n._ a genus of plants of the natural order _Caryophyllaceæ_--the _Bladder Campion_, whose young shoots eat like asparagus--the _Catchfly_, a general name for many British species.

SILENUS, s[=i]-l[=e]'nus, _n._ the foster-father of Bacchus, a little pot-bellied old man, bald-headed and snub-nosed, generally astride of an ass, drunk, and attended by a troop of satyrs.

SILESIA, si-l[=e]'shi-a, _n._ a thin brown holland for window-blinds, &c.: a thin twilled cotton.--_adj._ SIL[=E]'SIAN, pertaining to _Silesia_.

SILEX, s[=i]'leks, _n._ silica, as found in nature, occurring as flint, quartz, rock-crystal, &c. [L. _silex_, _silicis_, flint.]

SILHOUETTE, sil-[=oo]-et', _n._ a shadow-outline of the human figure or profile filled in of a dark colour.--_v.t._ to represent in silhouette: to bring out a shaded profile or outline view of. [Étienne de _Silhouette_ (1709-67), French minister of finance for four months in 1759, after whom everything cheap was named, from his excessive economy. According to Littré, the making of such shadow-portraits was a favourite pastime of his; hence the name.]

SILICA, sil'i-ka, _n._ silicon dioxide, or silicic anhydride, a white or colourless substance, the most abundant solid constituent of our globe, existing both in the crystalline and in the amorphous form, the best examples of the former being rock-crystal, quartz, chalcedony, flint, sandstone, and quartzose sand; of the latter, opal.--_n._ SIL'ICATE, a salt of silicic acid.--_adjs._ SIL'IC[=A]TED, combined or impregnated with silica; SILIC'IC, pertaining to, or obtained from, silica; SILICIF'EROUS, producing or containing silica.--_n._ SILICIFIC[=A]'TION, conversion into silica.--_v.t._ SILIC'IFY, to convert into silica: to render silicious.--_v.i._ to become silicious or flinty:--_pr.p._ silic'ifying; _pa.p._ silic'if[=i]ed.--_adjs._ SILIC'IOUS, SILIC'EOUS, pertaining to, containing, or resembling silica.--_n._ SIL'ICON, or SILIC'IUM, the base of silica, a non-metallic elementary substance, obtainable in three different forms, the amorphous, the graphitoid, and the crystalline. [L. _silex_, _silicis_, flint.]

SILICLE, sil'i-kl, _n._ (_bot_.) a seed-vessel shorter and containing fewer seeds than a silique--also SIL'ICULE, SILIC'ULA.--_adj._ SILIC'UL[=O]SE (_bot_.), having, pertaining to, or resembling silicles: husky.--_ns._ (_bot_.) SILIQUE (si-l[=e]k'), SIL'IQUA, the two-valved elongated seed-vessel of the _Cruciferæ_.--_adjs._ SIL'IQUIFORM, SIL'IQUOSE, SIL'IQUOUS (_bot_.), pertaining to, resembling, or bearing siliques. [L. _silicula_, dim. of _siliqua_, a pod.]

SILK, silk, _n._ the delicate, soft thread produced by the larvæ of certain bombycid moths which feed on the leaves of the mulberry, &c.: thread or cloth woven from it: anything resembling silk, the styles of maize, the silky lustre in the ruby, &c.--_adj._ pertaining to, or consisting of, silk.--_n._ SILK'-COTT'ON, the silky seed-covering of various species of _Bombax_.--_adjs._ SILK'EN, made of silk: dressed in silk: resembling silk: soft: delicate; SILK'-FIG'URED, having the ornamental pattern in silk.--_ns._ SILK'-GOWN, or THE SILK, the robe of a queen's or king's counsel, instead of the stuff-gown of the ordinary barrister--hence 'to take silk'=to be appointed Q.C.; SILK'-GRASS, Adam's needle, or bear-grass; SILK'INESS; SILK'-MAN (_Shak._), a dealer in silks; SILK'-MER'CER, a mercer or dealer in silks; SILK'-MILL, a mill for the manufacture of silks; SILK'-PA'PER, tissue-paper; SILK'-REEL, a machine in which raw silk is unwound from the cocoons, and wound into a thread; SILK'-THROW'ER, -THROW'STER, one who manufactures _thrown-silk_ or organzine, silk thread formed by twisting together two or more threads or singles; SILK'-WEAV'ER, a weaver of silk stuffs; SILK'WORM, the bombycid moth whose larva produces silk; SILK'WORM-GUT, a material used by anglers for dressing the hook-end of the fishing-line, consisting of the drawn-out glands of the silkworm when these are fully distended.--_adj._ SILK'Y, like silk in texture: soft: smooth: glossy. [A.S. _seolc_--L. _sericum_--Gr. _s[=e]rikon_, neut. of adj. _S[=e]rikos_, pertaining to the _S[=e]res_--_S[=e]r_, a native of China.]

SILL, sil, _n._ the timber or stone at the foot of a door or window: the lowest piece in a window-frame: (_fort_.) the inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure: the floor of a mine-passage, also a miner's term for bed or stratum. [A.S. _syl_; Ice. _sylla_, Ger. _schwelle_.]

SILLADAR, sil'a-där, _n._ a member of a troop of irregular cavalry. [Hind.]

SILLAGO, sil'a-g[=o], _n._ a genus of acanthopterygian fishes.

SILLERY, sil'e-ri, _n._ a celebrated still white wine produced near Rheims--one of the most esteemed champagnes. [_Sillery_ in Marne.]

SILLIBUB, sil'i-bub, _n._ a dish made of wine or cider mixed with milk into a curd, flavoured, whipped into a froth, or made solid by gelatine and water, and boiling.--Also SILL'ABUB.

SILLOGRAPH, sil'[=o]-graf, _n._ a satirist. [From the _Silloi_ of Timon of Phlius, _c._ 280 B.C.]

SILLOMETER, si-lom'e-t[.e]r, _n._ an instrument for measuring the speed of a ship without a log-line. [Fr. _siller_, to make way, Gr. _metron_, a measure.]

SILLON, sil'on, _n._ (_fort_.) a. work raised in the middle of a very wide ditch, an envelope. [Fr.]

SILLSALLAT, sil'sal-at, _n._ a salad of pickled herring, with morsels of meat, eggs, onion, and beet. [Sw.]

SILLY, sil'i, _adj._ simple: harmless: foolish: witless: imprudent: absurd: stupid.--_n._ a silly person.--_adv._ SILL'ILY.--_ns._ SILL'INESS; SILL'Y-HOW, a caul. [Orig. 'blessed,' and so 'innocent,' 'simple,' A.S. _s['æ]lig_, _gesælig_, timely--_s['æ]l_, time; Ger. _selig_, blest, happy, Goth. _sels_, good.]

SILO, s[=i]'l[=o], _n._ a pit for packing and storing green crops for fodder in the state known as ensilage.--_v.t._ to preserve in a silo. [Sp.,--L. _sirus_--Gr. _siros_, a pit.]

SILPHA, sil'fa, _n._ a genus of clavicorn beetles, the carrion-beetles. [Gr. _silph[=e]_, a beetle.]

SILPHIUM, sil'fi-um, _n._ a genus of American composites with resinous juice--_prairie-dock_, _cup-plant_, _rosin-weed_: an umbelliferous plant whose juice the ancient Greeks used--the Latin _laserpitium_.

SILPHOLOGY, sil-fol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of larval forms. [Gr. _silph[=e]_, a beetle, _logia_--_legein_, to say.]

SILT, silt, _n._ that which is left by straining: sediment: the sand, &c., left by water.--_v.t._ to fill with sediment (with _up_).--_v.i._ to percolate through pores: to become filled up.--_adj._ SILT'Y, full of, or resembling, silt. [Prov. Eng. _sile_, allied to Low Ger. _sielen_, Sw. _sila_, to let water off, to strain.]

SILURIAN, si-l[=u]'ri-an, _adj._ belonging to Siluria, the country of the _Silures_, the ancient inhabitants of the south-eastern part of South Wales: applied by Murchison in 1835 to a series of rocks well developed in the country of the Silures, a subdivision of the Palæozoic, containing hardly any vertebrates and land plants.--_adjs._ SIL[=U]'RIDAN, SIL[=U]'RINE, SIL[=U]'ROID.--_ns._ SIL[=U]'RIST, a Silurian, a name applied to the poet Henry Vaughan (1621-95); SIL[=U]'RUS, SIL[=U]RE', the typical genus of _Siluridæ_, a family of physostomous fishes--the cat-fishes, &c.

SILVAN, sil'van, _adj._ pertaining to woods, woody: inhabiting woods.--_ns._ SIL'VA, SYL'VA, the forest-trees collectively of any region. [Fr.,--L. _silva_.]

SILVER, sil'v[.e]r, _n._ a soft white metal, capable of a high polish: money made of silver: anything having the appearance of silver.--_adj._ made of silver: resembling silver: white: bright: precious: gentle: having a soft and clear tone: of high rank, but still second to the highest.--_v.t._ to cover with silver: to make like silver: to make smooth and bright: to make silvery.--_v.i._ to become silvery.--_ns._ SIL'VER-BATH (_phot_.), a solution of silver-nitrate for sensitising collodion-plates for printing; SIL'VER-BEAT'ER, one who beats out silver into thin foil.--_adjs._ SIL'VER-BLACK, black silvered over with white; SIL'VER-BRIGHT (_Shak._), as bright as silver; SIL'VER-BUS'KINED, having buskins adorned with silver.--_ns._ SIL'VER-FIR, a coniferous tree of the genus _Abies_, whose leaves show two silvery lines on the under side; SIL'VER-FISH, a name given to the atherine, to artificially bred gold-fish, the sand-smelt, the tarpon: any species of _Lepisma_, a thysanurous insect--also _Bristletail_, _Walking-fish_, _Silver-moth_, _Shiner_, &c.; SIL'VER-FOX, a species of fox found in northern regions, having a rich and valuable fur; SIL'VER-GLANCE, native silver sulphide; SIL'VER-GRAIN, the medullary rays in timber.--_adjs._ SIL'VER-GRAY, having a gray or bluish-gray colour; SIL'VER-HAIRED, having white or lustrous gray hair; SIL'VER-HEAD'ED, having a silver head: with white hair.--_ns._ SIL'VERINESS, the state of being silvery; SIL'VERING, the operation of covering with silver: the silver so used.--_v.t._ SIL'VERISE, to coat or cover with silver:--_pr.p._ sil'ver[=i]sing; _pa.p._ sil'ver[=i]sed.--_ns._ SIL'VERITE, one who opposes the demonetisation of silver; SIL'VER-LEAF, silver beaten into thin leaves; SIL'VERLING (_B._), a small silver coin.--_adv._ SIL'VERLY (_Shak._), with the appearance of silver.--_adjs._ SIL'VERN, made of silver; SIL'VER-PL[=A]'TED, plated with silver.--_n._ SIL'VER-PRINT'ING, the production of photographic prints by the use of a sensitising salt of silver.--_adj._ SIL'VER-SHAFT'ED, carrying silver arrows, as Diana.--_ns._ SIL'VERSMITH, a smith who works in silver; SIL'VER-STICK, an officer of the royal palace--from his silvered wand.--_adjs._ SIL'VER-TONGUED, plausible, eloquent; SIL'VER-VOICED (_Shak._), having a clear, sweet voice like the sound of a silver musical instrument; SIL'VER-WHITE (_Shak._), white like silver; SIL'VERY, covered with silver: resembling silver: white: clear, soft, mellow. [A.S. _silfer_, _seolfor_; Ice. _silfr_, Ger. _silber_.]

SIMAR, SIMARRE, si-mär', _n._ a woman's robe: a scarf. [Fr. _simarre_--O. Fr. _chamarre_--Sp. _chamarra_, a sheep-skin coat, prob. Basque.]

SIMARUBACEÆ, sim-a-r[=oo]-b[=a]'s[=e]-[=e], _n.pl._ a natural order of tropical trees and shrubs--bitter, used in dysentery, &c.--including _quassia_, _bitterwood_, and _ailanto_.--_adj._ SIMARUB[=A]'CEOUS.

SIMBIL, sim'bil, _n._ a shortish-legged African stork.

SIMEONITE, sim'[=e]-on-[=i]t, _n._ a follower of the famous Cambridge evangelical preacher Charles _Simeon_ (1759-1836), whose influence is perpetuated by the _Simeon Trust_, established for purchasing advowsons: a low-churchman--often SIM.

SIMIA, sim'i-a, _n._ an anthropoid ape: a monkey generally: the typical genus of _Simiidæ_, containing the orang-utans--the _Simiidæ_ includes the anthropoid apes; _Simiinæ_ is the higher of the two sub-families of Simiidæ, comprising the gorilla, chimpanzee, and orang.--_adjs._ SIM'IAL, SIM'IAN, SIM'IOUS, like an ape: anthropoid. [L.]

SIMILAR, sim'i-lar, _adj._ like: resembling: uniform: (_geom._) exactly corresponding in shape, without regard to size.--_n._ SIMILAR'ITY.--_adv._ SIM'ILARLY.--_n._ SIMIL'ITUDE, the state of being similar or like: resemblance: comparison: simile: (_B._) a parable.--_adj._ SIMILIT[=U]'DINARY. [Fr.,--L. _similis_, like.]

SIMILE, sim'i-le, _n._ something similar: similitude: (_rhet._) a comparison to illustrate anything.--_n.pl._ SIMIL'IA, things alike.--_v.t._ SIM'ILISE, to liken, compare.--_v.i._ to use similitudes.--_adv._ SIMIL'LITER, in like manner. [L., neut. of _similis_, like.]

SIMILOR, sim'i-l[=o]r, _n._ a yellow alloy used for cheap jewellery. [Fr.,--L. _similis_, like, _aurum_, gold.]

SIMITAR. Same as _Scimitar_ (q.v.).

SIMKIN, sim'kin, _n._ the usual Anglo-Indian word for champagne.--Also SIMP'KIN.

SIMMER, sim'[.e]r, _v.i._ to boil with a gentle, hissing sound: to be on the point of boiling out, as into anger.--_n._ a gentle heating. [Imit.; cf. Sw. dial. _summa_, to hum, Ger. _summen_.]

SIMNEL, sim'nel, _n._ a sweet cake of fine flour for Christmas, Easter, or Mothering Sunday.--Also SIM'LIN. [O. Fr. _simenel_--L. _simila_, fine flour.]

SIMON-PURE, s[=i]'mon-p[=u]r, _adj._ authentic, genuine. [From _Simon Pure_, a character in Mrs Centlivre's comedy, _A Bold Stroke for a Wife_, who is counterfeited by an impostor.]

SIMONY, sim'on-i, _n._ the crime of buying or selling presentation to a benefice, so named from _Simon_ Magus, who thought to purchase the gift of the Holy Spirit with money (Acts, viii.).--_n._ SIM[=O]'NIAC, one guilty of simony.--_adjs._ SIMON[=I]'ACAL, SIM[=O]'NIOUS (_obs._), pertaining to, guilty of, or involving simony.--_adv._ SIMON[=I]'ACALLY.--_n._ S[=I]'MONIST, one who practises or defends simony.

SIMOOM, si-m[=oo]m', _n._ a hot suffocating wind which blows in northern Africa and Arabia and the adjacent countries from the interior deserts.--Also SIMOON'. [Ar. _samûm_--_samm_, to poison.]

SIMORHYNCHUS, sim-[=o]-ring'kus, _n._ a genus of small North Pacific birds, the snub-nosed auklets. [Gr. _simos_, flat-nosed, _hryngchos_, snout.]

SIMOUS, s[=i]'mus, _adj._ flat or snub nosed: concave.--_n._ SIMOS'ITY.

SIMPAI, sim'p[=i], _n._ the black-crested monkey of Sumatra.

SIMPER, sim'p[.e]r, _v.i._ to smile in a silly, affected manner.--_n._ a silly or affected smile.--_n._ SIM'PERER, one who simpers.--_adj._ SIMP'ERING.--_adv._ SIM'PERINGLY, in a simpering manner: with a foolish smile. [Prob. Scand.; Norw. _semper_, smart.]

SIMPLE, sim'pl, _adj._ single: undivided: resisting decomposition: elementary, undeveloped: plain, single, entire: homogeneous: open: unaffected: undesigning: true: clear: straightforward: artless: guileless: unsuspecting: credulous: not cunning: weak in intellect: silly: of mean birth--opposed to _Gentle_.--_n._ something not mixed or compounded: a medicinal herb: a simple feast--opposed to a _double_ or _semidouble_.--_v.i._ to gather simples or medicinal plants.--_adjs._ SIM'PLE-HEART'ED, having a simple heart: guileless; SIM'PLE-MIND'ED, having a simple mind: unsuspecting: undesigning.--_ns._ SIM'PLE-MIND'EDNESS, the state or quality of being simple-minded: artlessness; SIM'PLENESS, the state or quality of being simple: artlessness: simplicity: folly; SIM'PLER, a gatherer of simples; SIM'PLESS (_Spens._), simplicity; SIM'PLETON, a weak or foolish person.--_adv._ SIMPLIC'ITER, simply, not relatively.--_ns._ SIMPLIC'ITY, the state or quality of being simple: singleness: want of complication: openness: clearness: freedom from excessive adornment: plainness: sincerity: artlessness: credulity, silliness, folly; SIMPLIFIC[=A]'TION, the act of making simple.--_adj._ SIM'PLIFIC[=A]TIVE.--_n._ SIM'PLIFIC[=A]TOR, one who simplifies.--_v.t._ SIM'PLIFY, to make simple: to render less difficult: to make plain:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sim'plified.--_ns._ SIM'PLISM, affected simplicity; SIM'PLIST, one skilled in simples.--_adj._ SIMPLIS'TIC.--_adv._ SIM'PLY, in a simple manner: artlessly: foolishly: weakly: plainly: considered by itself: alone: merely: solely. [Fr.,--L. _simplex_, the same--_sim-_ (L. _semel_), root of _plic[=a]re_, to fold.]

SIMSON, SIMPSON, sim'son, _n._ (_prov._) groundsel. [Earlier _sencion_--O. Fr. _senecion_--L. _senecio_.]

SIMULACRUM, sim-[=u]-l[=a]'krum, _n._ an image, unreal phantom: a formal sign:--_pl._ SIMUL[=A]'CRA. [L.]

SIMULATE, sim'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to imitate: to counterfeit: to pretend: to assume the appearance of without the reality.--_adjs._ SIM'ULANT, simulating: replacing, or having the form or appearance of, esp. in biology; SIM'ULAR, counterfeit, feigned.--_n._ one who pretends to be what he is not.--_ns._ SIMUL[=A]'TION, the act of simulating or putting on what is not true: imitation in form of one word by another: resemblance, similarity; SIM'UL[=A]TOR, one who simulates.--_adj._ SIM'UL[=A]TORY. [L. _simul[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, to make (something) similar to (another thing)--_similis_, like.]

SIMULTANEOUS, sim-ul-t[=a]'n[=e]-us, _adj._ acting, existing, or happening at the same time: (_math._) satisfied by the same values of the variables or unknown quantities--of a set of equations.--_ns._ SIMULTAN[=E]'ITY, SIMULT[=A]'NEOUSNESS.--_adv._ SIMULT[=A]'NEOUSLY. [Low L. _simultaneus_--L. _simul_, at the same time.]

SIMURG, si-m[=oo]rg', _n._ a monstrous bird of Persian fable.--Also SIMORG', SIMURGH'.

SIN, sin, _adv._ (_Spens._) since. [_Since_.]

SIN, sin, _n._ wilful violation of law: neglect of duty: neglect of the laws of morality and religion, any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God: wickedness, iniquity.--_v.i._ to commit sin: to violate or neglect the laws of morality or religion: to do wrong:--pr.p sin'ning; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sinned.--_adjs._ SIN'-BORN, born of sin; SIN'-BRED, produced by sin.--_ns._ SIN'-EAT'ER, one of a class of men formerly employed in Wales to eat a piece of bread and drink a cup of ale placed on a bier, and so symbolically take upon themselves the sins of the deceased--due to the notion of the Levitical _scapegoat_ (Levit. xvi. 21, 22); SIN'-EAT'ING.--_adj._ SIN'FUL, full of, or tainted with, sin: iniquitous: wicked: depraved: criminal: unholy.--_adv._ SIN'FULLY.--_n._ SIN'FULNESS.--_adj._ SIN'LESS, without sin: innocent: pure: perfect.--_adv._ SIN'LESSLY.--_ns._ SIN'LESSNESS; SIN'NER, one who sins: an offender or criminal: (_theol._) an unregenerate person.--_v.i._ (_Pope_) to act as a sinner (with indefinite _it_).--_n._ SIN'-OFF'ERING, an offering for, or sacrifice in expiation of, sin.--_adjs._ SIN'-SICK, morally sick from sin; SIN'-WORN, worn by sin.--LIKE SIN (_slang_), very much, very hard; MORTAL, or DEADLY, SIN, such as wilfully violates the divine law and separates the soul from God--seven deadly sins, _pride_, _covetousness_, _lust_, _anger_, _gluttony_, _envy_, and _sloth_; ORIGINAL SIN, the innate depravity and corruption of the whole nature due to the sin of Adam as federal representative of the human race, and transmitted by ordinary generation to all his posterity; VENIAL SIN, any transgression due to inadvertence, not alienating the friendship of God. [A.S. _syn_, _sinn_; Ice. _syn-d_, Ger. _sünde_, L. _sons_.]

SINAITIC, s[=i]-na-it'ik, _adj._ pertaining to, made, or given at Mount Sinai.--Also SIN[=A]'IC.

SINAPIS, si-n[=a]'pis, _n._ the officinal name of mustard.--_n._ SIN'APISM, a mustard-plaster. [L.,--Gr. _sinapi_.]

SINCE, sins, _adv._ from the time that: past: ago.--_prep._ after: from the time of.--_conj._ seeing that: because: considering. [M. E. _sins_, _sithens_--A.S. _síth-thám_, lit. 'after that,' from _síth_, late (Ger. _seit_), and _thám_, dat. of _thæt_, that.]

SINCERE, sin-s[=e]r', _adj._ clean: pure: (_B._) unadulterated: being in reality what it is in appearance: unfeigned: frank: honest: true, virtuous.--_adv._ SINC[=E]RE'LY.--_ns._ SINC[=E]RE'NESS, SINCER'ITY, state or quality of being sincere: honesty of mind: freedom from pretence. [Fr.,--L. _sincerus_, clean, generally derived from _sine_, without, _cera_, wax; better from _sin-_, single, _-cerus_ for an assumed _scerus_, bright.]

SINCIPUT, sin'si-put, _n._ the forepart of the head from the forehead to the vertex.--_adj._ SINCIP'ITAL. [L., _semi-_; half, _caput_, the head.]

SIND, s[=i]nd, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to rinse.--Also Synd.

SINDON, sin'don, _n._ (_Bacon_) a wrapper. [L.,--Gr. _sind[=o]n_, fine Indian cloth, muslin, a garment, prob. from _India_, or _Sinde_ in India.]

SINE, s[=i]n, _n._ a straight line drawn from one extremity of an arc perpendicular to the diameter that passes through the other extremity. [L. _sinus_, a curve.]

SINE, SYNE, s[=i]n, _adv._ (_Scot._) after that: ago.--_conj._ since.

SINE, s[=i]'ne, _prep._ without, as in SINE DIE, without day, of an adjournment; SINE QUÂ NON, an indispensable condition, &c. [L.]

SINECURE, s[=i]'n[=e]-k[=u]r (or sin'-), _n._ an ecclesiastical benefice without the cure or care of souls: an office with salary but without work.--_adj._ pertaining to such an office.--_ns._ S[=I]'NECURISM, the state of having a sinecure; S[=I]'NECURIST, one who holds a sinecure. [L. _sine_, without, _cura_, care.]

SINEW, sin'[=u], _n._ that which joins a muscle to a bone, a tendon: muscle, nerve: that which supplies vigour.--_v.t._ to bind as by sinews: to strengthen.--_adj._ SIN'EWED, furnished with sinews: (_Shak._) strong, vigorous.--_n._ SIN'EWINESS, the state or quality of being sinewy.--_adjs._ SIN'EWLESS, having no sinews: without strength or power; SIN'EW-SHRUNK, applied to a horse which has become gaunt-bellied from being overdriven; SIN'EWY, SIN'EWOUS, furnished with sinews: consisting of, belonging to, or resembling sinews: strong: vigorous.--SINEWS OF WAR, money. [A.S. _sinu_; Ice. _sin_, Ger. _sehne_.]

SINFONIA, sin-f[=o]-n[=e]'a, _n._ symphony. [It.]

SING, sing, _v.i._ to utter melodious sounds in musical succession: to make a small, shrill sound: to relate in verse: to squeal: to ring: to be capable of being sung.--_v.t._ to utter musically: to chant: to celebrate: to attend on: to effect by singing: to celebrate or relate in verse:--_pa.t._ sang or sung; _pa.p._ sung.--_adj._ SING'ABLE.--_ns._ SING'ABLENESS; SING'ER, one who sings: one whose occupation is to sing; SING'ING, the act or art of singing; SING'ING-BIRD, a bird that sings, a songster; SING'ING-BOOK, a song-book; SING'ING-GALL'ERY, a gallery occupied by singers; SING'ING-HINN'Y, a currant cake baked on a girdle.--_adv._ SING'INGLY.--_ns._ SING'ING-MAN (_Shak._), one employed to sing, as in a cathedral; SING'ING-MAS'TER, a master who teaches singing; SING'ING-SCHOOL, a place where singing is taught; SING'ING-VOICE, the voice as used in singing; SING'ING-WOM'AN, a woman employed to sing.--SING ANOTHER SONG, or TUNE, to change one's tone or attitude, esp. to a humbler manner; SING OUT, to call out distinctly, to shout; SING SMALL, to assume a humble tone: to play a minor part. [A.S. _singan_; Ger. _singen_, Goth. _siggwan_.]

SINGE, sinj, _v.t._ to burn on the surface: to scorch:--_pr.p._ singe'ing; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ singed.--_n._ a burning of the surface: a slight burn.--SINGED CAT, a person who is better than he looks. [A.S. _besengan_, the causative of _singan_, to sing, from the singing noise produced by scorching.]

SINGHALESE. Same as CINGALESE.

SINGLE, sing'gl, _adj._ consisting of one only: individual, unique: separate, private: alone: unmarried: not combined with others: unmixed: having one only on each side: straightforward: sincere: simple, normal: pure.--_v.t._ to separate: to choose one from others: to select from a number.--_adjs._ SING'LE-ACT'ING, acting effectively in one direction only--of any reciprocating machine or implement; SING'LE-BREAST'ED, with a single row of buttons or loops only, of a coat, corsage, &c.--_n._ SINGLE-EN'TRY, a system of book-keeping in which each entry appears only once on one side or other of an account.--_adj._ SING'LE-EYED, having but one eye: devoted, unselfish.--_ns._ SING'LE-FLOW'ER, a flower containing a single set of petals, as a wild rose; SING'LE-FOOT, a gait of horses, the amble.--_adjs._ SING'LE-HAND'ED, by one's self: unassisted: having only one workman; SING'LE-HEART'ED, having a single or sincere heart: without duplicity.--_adv._ SING'LE-HEART'EDLY.--_adj._ SING'LE-MIND'ED, having a single or sincere mind: upright.--_ns._ SING'LE-MIND'EDNESS; SING'LENESS, state of being single or alone: freedom from deceit: sincerity: simplicity.--_adj._ SING'LE-SOLED, having a single sole, as a shoe: poor.--_ns._ SING'LE-STICK, a stick or cudgel for one hand: a fight or game with singlesticks; SING'LET, an undershirt or waistcoat; SING'LETON, in whist, a hand containing one card only of some suit; SING'LETREE (the same as SWINGLETREE); SING'LE-WOM'AN, an unmarried woman: (_obs._) a whore.--_adv._ SING'LY, one by one: particularly: alone: by one's self: honestly: sincerely. [O. Fr.,--L. _sin-gulus_, one to each, separate, akin to _sem-el_, once, Gr. _ham-a_.]

SINGSONG, sing'song, _n._ bad singing: drawling: a convivial meeting where every one must sing.--_adj._ monotonously rhythmical, drawling.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to make songs: to chant monotonously.

SINGSPIEL, sing'sp[=e]l, _n._ a semi-dramatic representation in which a series of incidents are set forth in alternate dialogue and song, now a kind of opera in which the music is subordinated to the words. [Ger., _singen_, to sing, _spiel_, play.]

SINGULAR, sing'g[=u]-lar, _adj._ alone: (_gram._) denoting one person or thing: single: not complex or compound: standing alone, rare, unusual, uncommon: of more than common value or importance: unique, extraordinary, strange, odd: (_B._) particular.--_n._ that which is singular: (_logic_) that which is not general, that which is here and now, that which is determinate in every respect.--_n._ SINGULARIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._ SING'ULARISE, to make singular.--_ns._ SING'ULARIST, one who affects singularity; SINGULAR'ITY, the state of being singular: peculiarity: anything curious or remarkable: particular privilege or distinction: (_math._) an exceptional element or character of a continuum.--_adv._ SING'ULARLY, in a singular manner: peculiarly: strangely: so as to express one or the singular number. [Fr.,--L. _singularis_.]

SINGULT, sin'gult, _n._ a sigh.--_adjs._ SINGUL'TIENT, SINGUL'TOUS, affected with hiccup.--_n._ SINGUL'TUS, a hiccup. [L. _singultus_, a sob.]

SINHALESE, sin'ha-l[=e]z, _n._ and _adj._ the same as CINGALESE and SINGHALESE.

SINIC, sin'ik, _adj._ Chinese.--_adj._ SIN'IAN, a widely spread series of rocks in China, containing many trilobites and brachiopods.--_ns._ SIN'ICISM, Chinese manners and customs; SIN'ISM, customs of China generally, esp. its ancient indigenous religion. [L. _Sina_, China, _Sinæ_, the Chinese, Gr. _Sinai_, the Chinese.]

SINICAL, sin'ik-al, _adj._ pertaining to, employing, or founded upon sines.

SINISTER, sin'is-t[.e]r, _adj._ left: on the left hand: evil: unfair: dishonest: unlucky: inauspicious, malign.--_adj._ SIN'ISTER-HAND'ED, left-handed.--_advs._ SIN'ISTERLY; SINIS'TRA (_mus._), with the left hand; SIN'ISTRAD, towards the left.--_adj._ SIN'ISTRAL, belonging or inclining to the left: reversed.--_n._ SINISTRAL'ITY.--_adv._ SIN'ISTRALLY.--_n._ SINISTR[=A]'TION, a turning to the left.--_adj._ SIN'ISTROUS, on the left side: wrong: absurd: perverse.--_adv._ SIN'ISTROUSLY. [L.]

SINISTRORSE, sin'is-trors, _adj._ rising from left to right, as a spiral line.--Also SINISTRORS'AL. [L. _sinistrorsus_, _sinistroversus_, towards the left side--sinister, left, _vert[)e]re_, _versum_, to turn.]

SINK, singk, _v.i._ to fall to the bottom: to fall down: to descend lower: to fall gradually: to fall below the surface: to enter deeply: to be impressed: to be overwhelmed: to fail in strength.--_v.t._ to cause to sink: to put under water: to keep out of sight: to suppress: to degrade: to cause to decline or fall: to plunge into destruction: to make by digging or delving: to pay absolutely: to lower in value or amount: to lessen:--_pa.t._ sank, sunk; _pa.p._ sunk, sunk'en.--_n._ a drain to carry off dirty water: a box or vessel connected with a drain for receiving dirty water: an abode of degraded persons: a general receptacle: an area in which a river sinks and disappears: a depression in a stereotype plate: a stage trap-door for shifting scenery: in mining, an excavation less than a shaft.--_ns._ SINK'ER, anything which causes a sinking, esp. a weight fixed to a fishing-line; SINK'-HOLE, a hole for dirty water to run through; SINK'ING, a subsidence: a depression.--_adj._ causing to sink.--_n._ SINK'ING-FUND, a fund formed by setting aside income every year to accumulate at interest for the purpose of paying off debt.--_adj._ SINK'ING-RIPE (_Shak._), dead-ripe, about to fall off.--_n._ SINK'ROOM, a scullery. [A.S. _sincan_; Ger. _sinken_, Dut. _zinken_.]

SINK-A-PACE, singk'-a-p[=a]s, _n._ (_Shak._)=_Cinquepace_.

SINOLOGUE, sin'[=o]-log, _n._ one versed in Chinese.--_adj._ SINOLOG'ICAL (-loj'-).--_ns._ SINOL'OGIST; SINOL'OGY.

SINOPLE, sin'[=o]-pl, _n._ a ferruginous clay yielding the fine red pigment SIN[=O]'PIA or SIN[=O]'PIS. [Gr. _sin[=o]pis_, a red earth brought from _Sinope_.]

SINSYNE, sin-s[=i]n', _adv._ (_Scot._) since, ago.

SINTER, sin't[.e]r, _n._ a name given to rocks precipitated in a crystalline form from mineral waters. [Ger.]

SINTO, SINTOISM=_Shinto_, _Shintoism_.

SINTOC, sin'tok, _n._ a Malayan tree with aromatic bark.--Also SIN'DOC.

SINUATE, -D, sin'[=u]-[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ curved: (_bot._) with a waved margin.--_v.t._ to bend in and out.--_ns._ SINU[=A]'TION; SINUOS'ITY, quality of being sinuous: a bend or series of bends and turns.--_adjs._ SIN'UOUS, SIN'U[=O]SE, bending in and out, winding, undulating: morally crooked.--_adv._ SIN'UOUSLY. [L. _sinuatus_, _pa.p._ of _sinu[=a]re_, to bend.]

SINUPALLIATE, sin-[=u]-pal'i-[=a]t, _adj._ having a sinuous pallial margin on the shell along the line of attachment of the mantle.--Also SINUPALL'IAL. [L. _sinus_, a fold, pallium, a mantle.]

SINUS, s[=i]'nus, _n._ a bending: a fold: an opening: a bay of the sea: a recess on the shore: (_anat._) a cavity or hollow of bone or other tissue, one of the air-cavities contained in the interior of certain bones: a channel for transmitting venous blood: a narrow opening leading to an abscess, &c.--_n._ S[=I]'NUSOID, the curve of sines in which the abscisses are proportional to an angle, and the ordinates to its sine.--_adj._ SINUSOI'DAL.--_adv._ SINUSOI'DALLY. [L. _sinus_, a curve.]

SIOUX, s[=oo], _n._ (_pl._ SIOUX, s[=oo] or s[=oo]z) the principal tribe of the Dakota family of American Indians in South Dakota and Nebraska--also _adj._--Also SIOUAN (s[=oo]'an).

SIP, sip, _v.t._ to sup or drink in small quantities: to draw into the mouth: to taste: to drink out of.--_v.i._ to drink in small quantities: to drink by the lips:--_pr.p._ sip'ping; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sipped.--_n._ the taking of a liquor with the lips: a small draught.--_n._ SIP'PER. [A.S. _syppan_ (assumed), _sipian_, to soak. Related to _súpan_, to sup, taste.]

SIPE, s[=i]p, _v.i._ (_prov._) to soak through.--Also SEEP. [A.S. _sipian_, to soak; Dut. _zijpen_, to drop.]

SIPHILIS. Same as SYPHILIS (q.v.).

SIPHON, s[=i]'fun, _n._ a bent tube for drawing off liquids from one vessel into another.--_v.t._ to convey by means of a siphon.--_n._ S[=I]'PHONAGE.--_adjs._ S[=I]'PHONAL, S[=I]'PHONATE, S[=I]PHON'IC, pertaining to, or resembling, a siphon.--_n._ S[=I]'PHON-BOTT'LE, a glass bottle for containing aerated liquid, fitted with a glass tube reaching nearly to the bottom and bent like a siphon at the outlet.--_adjs._ SIPHONIF'EROUS; S[=I]'PHONIFORM; SIPHONOST[=O]'MATOUS, having a siphonate mouth.--_ns._ S[=I]'PHONOSTOME, a siphonostomatous animal, as a fish-louse; S[=I]'PHUNCLE, the siphon or funnel of tetrabranchiate cephalopods: a nectary.--_adjs._ S[=I]'PHUNCLED, SIPHUNC'ULAR, SIPHUNC'ULATE, -D.--_ns._ SIPHUNC'ULUS; SIPUNC'ULUS, a genus of worms belonging to the class _Gephyrea_. [Fr.,--Gr., _siph[=o]n_--_siphlos_, hollow.]

SIPPET, sip'et, _n._ a small sop: (_pl._) morsels of bread served in broth, &c.--_v.i._ SIPP'LE, to sup in sips.

SIPYLITE, sip'i-l[=i]t, _n._ a niobite of erbium. [From Gr. _Sipylos_, one of the children of Niobe.]

SIR, s[.e]r, _n._ a word of respect used in addressing a man: a gentleman: the title of a knight or baronet, used along with the Christian name and surname, as 'Sir David Pole:' formerly a common title of address for the clergy as a translation of L. _dominus_, the term used for a bachelor of arts, originally in contradistinction from the _magister_, or master of arts--hence SIR JOHN=a priest.--_v.t._ to address as 'sir.' [O. Fr. _sire_, through O. Fr. _senre_, from L. _senior_, an elder, comp. of _senex_, old. Cf. the parallel forms _Sire_, _Senior_, _Seignior_, _Signor_.]

SIRCAR, s[.e]r-kär', _n._ a Hindu clerk.--Also SIRKAR', CIRCAR'. [Hind. _sark[=a]r_, a superintendent--_sar_, head, _k[=a]r_, Sans. _kara_, work.]

SIRDAR, s[.e]r-där', _n._ a chief or military officer. [Hind. _sard[=a]r_--_sar_, head, _-d[=a]r_, holding.]

SIRE, s[=i]r, _n._ one in the place of a father, as a sovereign: an elder, a progenitor: the male parent of a beast, esp. of a horse: (_pl._) ancestors (_poetry_).--_v.t._ to beget, used of animals. [_Sir_.]

SIREDON, s[=i]-r[=e]'don, _n._ a larval salamander:--_pl._ SIR[=E]'DONES.

SIREN, s[=i]'ren, _n._ (_Gr. myth._) one of certain sea-nymphs who sat on the shores of an island between Circe's isle and Scylla, near the south-western coast of Italy, and sang with bewitching sweetness songs that allured the passing sailor to draw near, only to meet with death: a fascinating woman, any one insidious and deceptive: an instrument which produces musical sounds by introducing a regularly recurring discontinuity into an otherwise steady blast of air: an instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones: an eel-like, amphibious animal, with only one pair of feet, inhabiting swamps in the southern states of North America.--_adj._ pertaining to, or like, a siren: fascinating.--_n._ SIR[=E]'NIA, an order of aquatic mammals now represented by the dugong (_Halicore_) and the manatee (_Manatus_).--_adj._ SIR[=E]'NIAN.--_v.i._ S[=I]'RENISE, to play the siren. [L. _siren_--Gr. _seir[=e]n_, prob. _seira_, a cord.]

SIRGANG, s[.e]r'gang, _n._ the Asiatic green jackdaw.

SIRIH, sir'i, _n._ the betel-leaf. [Malay.]

SIRIUS, sir'i-us, _n._ the Dogstar or Canicula, the brightest star in the heavens, situated in the constellation of _Canis Major_, or the Great Dog.--_n._ SIR[=I]'ASIS, sunstroke. [L.,--Gr. _seirios_.]

SIRLOIN, s[.e]r'loin, _n._ the loin or upper part of the loin of beef. [Fr. _surlonge_--_sur_ (--L. _super_, above) and _longe_ (cf. _Loin_). The first syllable has been modified by confusion with Eng. _sir_, and an absurd etymology constructed to suit.]

SIRNAME, s[.e]r'n[=a]m, _n._ a corr. of _surname_.

SIROCCO, si-rok'o, _n._ a name given in Italy to a dust-laden dry wind coming over sea from Africa; but also applied to any south wind, often moist and warm, as opposed to the _Tramontana_ or north wind, from the hills.--Also SIR'OC. [It. _sirocco_ (Sp. _siroco_)--_scharq_, the east.]

SIROP, sir'op, _n._ a form of syrup: a kettle used in making sugar by the open-kettle process.

SIRRAH, s[.e]r'a, _n._ sir, used in anger or contempt. [An extension of _sir_.]

SIR-REVERENCE, s[.e]r-rev'e-rens, _n._ a corr. of _save-reverence_.

SIRUP. See SYRUP.

SIRVENTE, sir-vont', _n._ a satirical song of the 12th-13th century trouvères and troubadours. [Fr.]

SIS, sis, _n._ a girl, a sweetheart.--Also SIS'SY. [From _Cicely_.]

SISAL-GRASS, sis'al-gras, _n._ the prepared fibre of the agave or American aloe, supplying cordage.--Also SIS'AL-HEMP.

SISCOWET, sis'k[=o]-et, _n._ a Lake Superior variety of the great lake trout.--Also SIS'KIWIT, SIS'KOWET.

SISERARY, sis'e-r[=a]-ri, _n._ a stroke, blow, originally a legal writ transferring a cause to a higher court.--WITH A SISERARY, with suddenness or vehemence. [A corr. of _certiorari_.]

SISKIN, sis'kin, _n._ a genus of perching birds belonging to the family _Fringillidæ_, the true finches. [Dan. _sisgen_, Sw. _siska_, Ger. _zeisig_.]

SIST, sist, _v.t._ (_Scots law_) to present at the bar: cause to appear, summon: to delay, stop.--_n._ the act of staying diligence or execution on decrees for civil debts. [L. _sist[)e]re_, to make to stand.]

SISTER, sis't[.e]r, _n._ a female born of the same parents: a female closely allied to or associated with another.--_adj._ closely related, akin.--_v.t._ and _v.i._ to resemble closely: to be a sister to: to be allied.--_ns._ SIS'TERHOOD, state of being a sister, the duty of a sister: a society of females, a community of women living together under a religious rule, and with a common object for their united life; SIS'TER-HOOK, in a ship's rigging, one of a pair of hooks fitting closely together and working on the same axis--also _Clip-hook_ and _Clove-hook_; SIS'TER-IN-LAW, a husband's or wife's sister, or a brother's wife.--_adjs._ SIS'TERLESS, having no sister; SIS'TER-LIKE, SIS'TERLY, like or becoming a sister: kind: affectionate. [A.S. _sweostor_; Dut. _zuster_, Ger. _schwester_.]

SISTINE, sis'tin, _adj._ pertaining to a pope of the name of _Sixtus_, esp. Sixtus IV. (1471-84) and Sixtus V. (1585-90)--also SIX'TINE.--SISTINE CHAPEL, the Pope's chapel in the Vatican, built in 1473 by Sixtus IV., covered with magnificent frescoes by Michael Angelo and the great Florentine masters; SISTINE MADONNA, or MADONNA OF SAN SISTO, a famous painting by Raphael Santi, now at Dresden, representing the Virgin and Child in glory, St Sixtus on the left, St Barbara on the right, and two cherubs below.

SISTRUM, sis'trum, _n._ a form of rattle used in ancient Egypt in connection with the worship of Isis.

SISYPHEAN, sis-i-f[=e]'an, _adj._ relating to Sisyphus: incessantly recurring. [From _Sisyphus_, a king of Corinth, who was condemned in Tartarus to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled down again, making his task incessant.]

SIT, sit, _v.i._ to rest on the haunches: to perch, as birds: to rest: to remain, abide: to brood: to occupy a seat, esp. officially: to be officially engaged: to blow from a certain direction, as the wind: to be worn, to fit, to be becoming: to take an attitude of readiness, or for any special purpose: to hold a deliberative session.--_v.t._ to keep a seat, or good seat, upon: to seat, place on a seat:--_pr.p._ sit'ting; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sat.--_n._ a subsidence of the roof of a coal-mine: (_slang_) a situation.--_adj._ SIT'-FAST, fixed, stationary.--_n._ a callosity of the skin under the saddle, often leading to ulcer.--_ns._ SIT'TER; SIT'TING, state of resting on a seat: a seat, a special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, &c.; also the right to hold such: the part of the year in which judicial business is transacted: the act or time of resting in a posture for a painter to take a likeness: an official meeting to transact business: uninterrupted application to anything for a time: the time during which one continues at anything: a resting on eggs for hatching, the number hatched at one time; SIT'TING-ROOM, the parlour or most commonly used room in many houses.--SIT DOWN, to take a seat: to pause, rest: to begin a siege; SIT LOOSE, or LOOSELY, to be careless or indifferent; SIT ON, or UPON, to hold an official inquiry regarding: (_slang_) to repress, check; SIT OUT, to sit, or to sit apart, during: to await the close of; SIT UNDER, to be in the habit of hearing the preaching of; SIT UP, to raise the body from a recumbent to a sitting position: to keep watch during the night (_with_). [A.S. _sittan_; Ger. _sitzen_, L. _sed[=e]re_.]

SITAR, sit'ar, _n._ an Oriental form of guitar.

SITE, s[=i]t, _n._ the place where anything is set down or fixed: situation: a place chosen for any particular purpose: posture.--_adj._ S[=I]'TED (_Spens._), placed, situated. [Fr.,--L. _situs_--_situm_, pa.p. of _sin[)e]re_, to set down.]

SITH, sith, _adv._, _prep._, and _conj._ since--(_obs._) SITH'ENCE, SITH'ENS. [M. E. _sithen_--A.S. _síth thám_, after that, also written _siththan_. Cf. _Since_.]

SITHE, s[=i]th, _n._ (_Spens._) time. [A.S. _síth_, time.]

SITHE, s[=i]th, _n._ (_Shak._) a scythe.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to cut with a scythe.

SITHE, s[=i]th, _n._ (_Spens._) a sigh.

SITOLOGY, s[=i]-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of the regulation of diet.--Also SITIOL'OGY. [Gr. _sitos_, food, _logia_--_legein_, to say.]

SITOPHOBIA, s[=i]-t[=o]-f[=o]'bi-a, _n._ morbid aversion to food. [Gr. _sitos_, food, _phobia_, fear.]

SITTA, sit'a, _n._ the genus of nut-hatches.--_adj._ SIT'TINE. [Gr. _sitt[=e]_, a woodpecker.]

SITUATE, -D, sit'[=u]-[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ set or permanently fixed: placed with respect to other objects: residing.--_ns._ SITU[=A]'TION, the place where anything is situated: position: temporary state: condition: any group of circumstances, a juncture: a critical point in the action of a play or the development the plot of a novel: office, employment; S[=I]'TUS, site: the proper place of an organ, &c.: locality in law. [Low L. _situatus_--L. _situ[)e]re_, to place.]

SITZ-BATH, sitz'-bäth, _n._ a hip-bath: a tub adapted for such. [Ger. _sitz-bad_.]

SIUM, s[=i]'um, _n._ a genus of umbelliferous plants--the water-parsnips. [Gr. _sion_.]

SIVA, s[=e]'va, _n._ the third god of the Hindu Trimúrti or triad, representing the principle of destruction and of reproduction.--_adj._ SIVAIST'IC.--_n._ SI'VAITE. [Sans. _çiva_, happy.]

SIVAN, siv'an, _n._ the third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to part of May and June. [Heb.]

SIVATHERIUM, siv-a-th[=e]'ri-um, _n._ a very large fossil ruminant found in India.