Webster's Dictionary 1913

5347

Sinnet

Sin″net (?), n. See Sennit.

5348

Sinological

Sin′o‐log″ic‐al (?), a. [See Sinologue.] Relating to the Chinese language or literature.

5349

Sinologist

Si‐nol″o‐gist (?), n. A sinologue.

5350

Sinologue

Sin″o‐logue (?), n. [From L. Sinae, an Oriental people mentioned by Ptolemy, or Ar. Sin China or the Chinese + Gr. ��� discourse; formed like theologue: cf. F. sinologue.] A stu...

5351

Sinology

Si‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Cf. F. sinologie.] That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.

5352

Sinoper

Sin″o‐per (?), n.(Min.) Sinople.

5353

Sinopia

{ Si‐no″pi‐a (?), Si‐no″pis (?), } n. A red pigment made from sinopite.

5354

Sinopite

Sin″o‐pite (?), n. [F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. ����.] (Min.) A brickred ferruginous clay u...

5355

Sinople

Sin″o‐ple (?), n.(Min.) Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.

5356

Sinople (2)

Sin″o‐ple, n. [F., fr. LL. sinopis. See Sinople a mineral.] (Her.) The tincture vert; green.

5357

Sinque

Sinque (?), n. See Cinque. Beau. & Fl.

5358

Sinsring

Sins″ring (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Banxring.

5359

Sinter

Sin″ter (?), n. [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; — applied as a name to various minerals.Calcareous sinter, a loose band...

5360

Sinto

{ Sin″to (?), orSin″tu (?), Sin″to‐ism (?), Sin″to‐ist }. See Shinto, etc.

5361

Sintoc

‖Sin″toc (?), n. A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum. [Written also sindoc.]

5362

Sinuate

Sin″u‐ate (?), a. [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.] Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rou...

5363

Sinuate (2)

Sin″u‐ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sinuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sinuating.] To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous. Woodward.

5364

Sinuated

Sin″u‐a′ted (�), a. Same as Sinuate.

5365

Sinuation

Sin′u‐a″tion (?), n. [L. sinuatio.] A winding or bending in and out.

5366

Sinuose

Sin″u‐ose′ (?), a. Sinuous. Loudon.

5367

Sinuosity

Sin′u‐os″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Sinuosities (#). [Cf. F. sinuosité.] 1. Quality or state of being sinuous.2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings...

5368

Sinuous

Sin″u‐ous (?), a. [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See Sinus.] Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked. — Sin″u‐...

5369

Sinupalliate

Si′nu‐pal″li‐ate (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus.

5370

Sinus

Si″nus (?), n.; pl. L. Sinus, E. Sinuses (#). [L., a bent surface, a curve, the folds or bosom of a garment, etc., a bay. Cf. Sine, n.] 1. An opening; a hollow; a bending.2. A b...

5371

Sinusoid

Si″nus‐oid (?), n. [Sinus + -oid.] (Geom.) The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also call...

5372

Sinusoidal

Si′nus‐oid″al (?), a.(Geom.) Of or pertaining to a sinusoid; like a sinusoid.

5373

Siogoon

Sio″goon (?), n. See Shogun.