Sickled
Sic″kled (?), a. Furnished with a sickle.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sickleman
Sic″kle‐man (?), n.; pl.Sicklemen (�). One who uses a sickle; a reaper.You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. Shak.
Sickler
Sic″kler (?), n. One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
Sickless
Sick″less (?), a. Free from sickness.Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease. Marston.
Sicklewort
Sic″kle‐wort′ (?), n. [AS. sicolwyrt.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); — so named from its curved pods. (b) The healall (Brunella vulgaris).
Sicklied
Sick″lied (?), a. Made sickly. See Sickly, v.
Sickliness
Sick″li‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being sickly.
Sickly
Sick″ly (?), a. [Compar.Sicklier (?); superl.Sickliest.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.This physic but prolongs thy sickly days...
Sickly (2)
Sick″ly, adv. In a sick manner or condition; ill.My people sickly beareth our marriage. Chaucer.
Sickly (3)
Sick″ly, v. t. To make sick or sickly; — with over, and probably only in the past participle.Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak.Sentiments sicklied over... with t...
Sickness
Sick″ness, n. [AS. seócness.] 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak.Trust not too much your no...
Sicle
Si″cle (?), n. [F., fr. L. silcus, Heb. shegel. See Shekel.] A shekel.The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God. Jer. Taylor.
Sida
‖Si″da (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for...
Siddow
Sid″dow (?), a. Soft; pulpy.
Side
Side (?), n. [AS. sīde; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. sīta, Icel. sī�a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. sīd large, spacious, Icel. sī�r long, hanging.] 1. The margin, edge, verg...
Side (2)
Side (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden.2. Hence, indirect; ob...
Side (3)
Side, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sided; p. pr. & vb. n.Siding.] 1. To lean on one side. Bacon.2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to anothe...
Side (4)
Side, v. t. 1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.His blind eye that sided Paridell. Spenser.2. To suit; to pair; to match. Clarendon.3. (Shipbuilding) To w...
Side line
Side line. 1. (a) A line pert. or attached to the side of a thing. (b) Specif., a line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.2. (a) A ...
Side slip
Side slip. See Skid, below.
Side-chain theory
Side″–chain′ the′o‐ry. (Physiol. Chem.) A theory proposed by Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outline it is as follows: Animal cells and bacteri...
Side-slip
Side″–slip′, v. i. See Skid, below.
Side-taking
Side″–tak′ing (?), n. A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction. Bp. Hall.
Side-wheel
Side″–wheel′, a. Having a paddle wheel on each side; — said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.
Sideboard
Side″board′ (?), n. A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.At a stately sideboard, by the wine,That...
Sidebone
Side″bone′ (?), n.(Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse. J. H. Walsh.
Sided
Sid″ed (?), a. Having (such or so many) sides; — used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.