SIROCCO
SIROC'CO, noun A pernicious wind that blows from the south east in Italy, called the Syrian wind. It is said to resemble the steam from the mouth of an oven.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SIRRAH
SIR'RAH, noun A word of reproach and contempt; used in addressing vile characters. Go sirrah to my call. [I know not whence we have this word. The common derivation of it from s...
SIRT
SIRT, noun sert. [Latin syrtis.] A quicksand. [Not in use.]
SIRUP
SIRUP, noun sur'up, [oriental. See Sherbet and Absorb.] The sweet juice of vegetables or fruits, or other juice sweetened; or sugar boiled. with vegetable infusions.
SIRUPY
SIR'UPY, adjective Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities.
SISE
SISE, for assize. [Not used.]
SISKIN
SIS'KIN, noun A bird, the green finch; another name of the aberdavine. The siskin or aberdavine is the Fringilla spinus; the green finch, the Fr. chloris, a different species.
SISS
SISS, verb intransitive To hiss; a legitimate word in universal popular use in New England.
SISTER
SIS'TER, noun1. A female born of the same patents; correlative to brother.2. A woman of the same faith; a female fellow christian. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute ...
SISTER-IN-LAW
SISTER-IN-LAW, noun A husband's or wife's sister.
SISTERHOOD
SIS'TERHOOD, noun1. Sisters collectively, or a society of sisters; or a society of females united in one faith or order.2. The officer of duty of a sister. [Little used.]
SISTERLY
SIS'TERLY, adjective Like a sister; becoming a sister; affectionate; as sisterly kindness.
SIT
SIT, verb intransitivepreterit tense sat; old participle passive sitten [Latin sedeo.]1. To rest upon the buttocks, as animals; as, to sit on a sofa or on the ground.2. To perch...
SITE
SITE, noun [Latin silus.]1. Situation; local position; as the site of a city or of a house.2. A seat or ground-plot; as a mill-site. But we usually say, mill-seat, by which we u...
SITED
SI'TED, adjective Placed; situated. [Not in use.]
SITFAST
SIT'FAST, noun A hard knob growing on a horse's back under the saddle.
SITH
SITH, adverb Since; in later times.
SITHE
SITHE, noun Time.SITHE, [See Sythe.]
SITHENCE
SITH'ENCE, SITH'ES, adverb Since; in later times.
SITHES
SITH'ENCE, SITH'ES, adverb Since; in later times.
SITTER
SIT'TER, noun [from sit.]1. One that sits. The Turks are great sitters.2. A bird that sits or incubates.
SITTING
SIT'TING, participle present tense1. Resting on the buttocks, or on the feet, as fowls; incubating; brooding; being in the actual exercise of authority, or being assembled for t...
SITUATE
SIT'UATE, adjective [Latin situs, sedeo.]1. Placed, with respect to any other object; as a town situate on a hill or on the sea shore.2. Placed; consisting. Pleasure situate in ...
SITUATED
SIT'UATED, adjective [See Situate.]1. Seated, placed or standing with respect to any other object; as a city situated on a declivity, or in front of a lake; a town well situated...
SITUATION
SITUA'TION, noun1. Position; seat; location in respect to something else. The situation of London is more favorable for foreign commerce than that of Paris. The situation of a s...
SIVAN
SIV'AN, noun The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to part of our May and part of June.
SIX
SIX, adjective [Latin sex;] Twice three; one more than five.SIX, noun The number of six or twice three. To be at six and seven, or as more generally used, at sixes and sevens, i...