SIDERO-CLEPTE
SIDERO-CLEP'TE, noun A mineral of a yellowish green color, soft and translucid, occurring in reniform or botryoidal masses.
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SIDEROGRAPHCH
SIDEROGRAPH'CH, SIDEROGRAPH'OCAL, adjective [See Siderography.] Pertaining to siderography, or performed by engraved plates of steel; as siderographic art; siderographic impress...
SIDEROGRAPHIST
SIDEROG'RAPHIST, noun One who engraves steel plates, or performs work by means of such plates.
SIDEROGRAPHOCAL
SIDEROGRAPH'CH, SIDEROGRAPH'OCAL, adjective [See Siderography.] Pertaining to siderography, or performed by engraved plates of steel; as siderographic art; siderographic impress...
SIDEROGRAPHY
SIDEROG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. sidhroV, steel or iron, grajw, to engrave.] and The art or practice of engraving on steel, by means of which, impressions may be transferred from a stee...
SIDESMAN
SI'DESMAN, noun1. An assistant to the church warden.2. A party man.
SIDETAKING
SI'DETAKING, noun A taking sides, or engaging in a party.
SIDEWAYS
SI'DEWAYS, SI'DEWISE, adverb
SIDEWISE
SI'DEWAYS, SI'DEWISE, adverb1. Towards one side; inclining; as, to hold the head sidewise2. Laterally; on one side; as the refraction of light SIDEWISE
SIDING
SI'DING, participle present tense Joining one side or party.SI'DING, noun The attaching of one's self to a party.
SIDLE
SI'DLE, verb intransitive1. To go or move side foremost; as, to sidle through a crowd.2. To lie on the side.
SIEGE
SIEGE, noun [Latin sigillum.]1. The setting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; or the surrounding or investin...
SIENITE
SI'ENITE, noun A compound granular rock composed of quartz, hornblend and feldspar, or a grayish color; so called, because there are may ancient monuments consisting of this roc...
SIEUR
SIEUR, noun A title of respect used by the French.
SIEVE
SIEVE, noun siv. An utensil for separating flour from bran, or the fine part of any pulverized or fine substance from the coarse, by the hand; as a fine sieve; a coarse sieve It...
SIFT
SIFT, verb transitive1. To separate by a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.2. To separate; to part.3...
SIFTED
SIFT'ED, participle passive Separated by a sieve; purified from the coarser parts; critically examined.
SIFTER
SIFT'ER, noun One that sifts; that which sifts; a sieve.
SIFTING
SIFT'ING, participle present tense Separating the finer from the coarser parts; critically examining.
SIG
SIG, a Saxon word signifying victory. is used in names, as in Sigbert, bright victory. In answers to the Greek vix in Nicander, and the Latin vic, in Victorinus.
SIGH
SIGH, verb intransitive To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual and immediately expel it; to suffer a single deep respiration. He sighed deeply in his spirit. Mark 8:12.SI...
SIGHER
SIGHER, noun One that sighs.
SIGHING
SIGHING, participle present tense Suffering a deep respiration; taking a long breath.SIGHING, noun The act of suffering a deep respiration, or taking a long breath.
SIGHT
SIGHT, noun1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land; to have a sight of a landscape; to lose sight of a ship at sea. A cloud recei...
SIGHTED
SIGHTED, noun In composition only, having sight, or seeing in a particular manner; as long-sighted, seeing at a great distance; short-sighted, able to see only at a small distan...
SIGHTFULNESS
SIGHTFULNESS, noun Clearness of sight. [Not in use.]
SIGHTLESS
SIGHTLESS, adjective1. Wanting sight; blind. Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar.2. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; as sightless stains. [Not well authorized.]