Singultus
‖Sin‐gul″tus (?), n.(Med.) Hiccough.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sinic
Sin″ic (?), a. [See Sinologue.] (Ethnol.) Of or pertaining to the Chinese and allied races; Chinese.
Sinical
Sin″i‐cal (?), a. [From Sine.] (Trig.) Of or pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines; as, a sinical quadrant.
Sinicism
Sin″i‐cism (?), n.(Ethnol.) Anything peculiar to the Chinese; esp., a Chinese peculiarity in manners or customs.
Sinigrin
Sin″i‐grin (?), n. [From NL. Sinapis nigra.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, formerly Sinapis nigra) It resembles sinalbin, and consists...
Sinister
Sin″is‐ter (sĭn″ĭs‐tẽr; 277), a. [L. sinister: cf. F. sinistre.] 1. On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; — opposed to dexter, or right. “Here on his sinister ch...
Sinister-handed
Sin″is‐ter–hand″ed (?), a. Left-handed; hence, unlucky. Lovelace.
Sinisterly
Sin″is‐ter‐ly, adv. In a sinister manner. Wood.
Sinistrad
Sin″is‐trad (?), adv. [L. sinistra the left hand + ad to.] (Anat. & Zoöl.) Toward the left side; sinistrally.
Sinistral
Sin″is‐tral (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left; sinistrous; — opposed to dextral.2. (Zoöl.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the...
Sinistrality
Sin′is‐tral″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being sinistral.
Sinistrally
Sin″is‐tral‐ly (?), adv. Toward the left; in a sinistral manner. J. Le Conte.
Sinistrin
Sin″is‐trin (sĭn″ĭs‐trĭn), n. [L. sinister left.] (Chem.) A mucilaginous carbohydrate, resembling achroödextrin, extracted from squill as a colorless amorphous substance; — so c...
Sinistrorsal
Sin′is‐tror″sal (?), a. [L. sinistrorsus, sinistroversus, turned toward the left side; sinister left + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum, to turn.] Rising spirally from right to ...
Sinistrorse
Sin″is‐trorse′ (?), a. [See Sinistrolsal.] Turning to the left (of the spectator) in the ascending line; — the opposite of dextrorse. See Dextrorse.
Sinistrous
Sin″is‐trous (?), a. [See Sinister.] 1. Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. “Sinistrous gravity.” Sir T. Browne.2. Wrong; absurd; perverse.A knave or fool c...
Sinistrously
Sin″is‐trous‐ly (sĭn″ĭs‐trŭs‐ly̆), adv. 1. In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily.2. With a tendency to use the left hand.Many, in their infancy, are sinistrousl...
Sink
Sink (sĭṉk), v. i. [imp.Sunk (sŭṉk), or (Sank (săṉk)); p. p.Sunk (obs.Sunken, — now used as adj.); p. pr. & vb. n.Sinking.] [OE. sinken, AS. sincan; akin to D. zinken, OS. sinca...
Sink (2)
Sink, v. t. 1. To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse or submerge in a fluid; as, to sink a ship.fell upon the wings and sank a single ship. Jowett (Thucyd.).2. Figura...
Sink (3)
Sink, n. 1. A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes.2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy ...
Sink (4)
Sink (sĭṉk), n. The lowest part of a natural hollow or closed basin whence the water of one or more streams escapes by evaporation; as, the sink of the Humboldt River.
Sinker
Sink″er (?), n. One who, or that which, sinks. Specifically: (a) A weight on something, as on a fish line, to sink it. (b) In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, ...
Sinking
Sink″ing, a. & n. from Sink.Sinking fund. See under Fund. — Sinking head(Founding), a riser from which the mold is fed as the casting shrinks. See Riser, n., 4. — Sinking pump, ...
Sinless
Sin″less (?), a. Free from sin. Piers Plowman.— Sin″less‐ly, adv. — Sin″less‐ness, n.
Sinner
Sin″ner (?), n. One who has sinned; especially, one who has sinned without repenting; hence, a persistent and incorrigible transgressor; one condemned by the law of God.
Sinner (2)
Sin″ner, v. i. To act as a sinner.Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. Pope.
Sinneress
Sin″ner‐ess, n. A woman who sins.