Webster's Dictionary 1913

5428

Sirdar (2)

Sir‐dar″ (?), n. In Turkey, Egypt, etc., a commander in chief, esp. the one commanding the Anglo-Egyptian army.

5429

Sire

Sire (?), n. [F. sire, originally, an older person. See Sir.] 1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir.Pain and distress, sickness and ire,And melancholy that an...

5430

Sire (2)

Sire, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sired (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Siring.] To beget; to procreate; — used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

5431

Siredon

Si‐re″don (?), n.(Zoöl.) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes ...

5432

Siren

Si″ren (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. ���: cf. F. sirène.] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, — or, according to some writers, of two, — said to frequent an island near the coast ...

5433

Siren (2)

Si″ren, a. Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

5434

Sirene

Si‐rene″ (?), n. See Siren, 6.

5435

Sirenia

Si‐re″ni‐a (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.☞ The hind limbs are either rudimen...

5436

Sirenian

Si‐re″ni‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any species of Sirenia.

5437

Sirenical

Si‐ren″ic‐al (?), a. Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. Marton.

5438

Sirenize

Si″ren‐ize (?), v. i. To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.

5439

Siriasis

‖Si‐ri″a‐sis (?), n.(Med.) (a) A sunstroke. (b) The act of exposing to a sun bath. Cf. Insolation.

5440

Sirius

Sir″i‐us (?), n.(Astron.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star.

5441

Sirkeer

Sir″keer (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).

5442

Sirloin

Sir″loin′ (?), n. [A corruption of surloin. Not so called because this cut of beef was once jocosely knighted (dubbed Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular sto...

5443

Sirname

Sir″name′ (?), n. See Surname.

5444

Siroc

Si″roc (?), n. See Sirocco. Emerson.

5445

Sirocco

Si‐roc″co (?), n.; pl.Siroccos (?). [It. sirocco, scirocco, Ar. shorug, fr. sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca to rise as the sun. Cf. Saracen.] An oppressive, r...

5446

Sirocco (2)

Si‐roc″co (sĭ‐rŏk″kō̍), n. In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern California, the harmattan ...

5447

Sirrah

Sir″rah (?), n. [Probably from Icel. sīra, fr. F. sire. See Sir.] A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, add...

5448

Sirt

Sirt (?), n. [See Syrt.] A quicksand.

5449

Sirup

{ Sir″up (?) Syr″up }, n. [F. sirop (cf. It. siroppo, Sp. jarabe, jarope, LL. siruppus, syrupus), fr. Ar. sharāb a drink, wine, coffee, sirup. Cf. Sherbet.] 1. A thick and visci...

5450

Siruped

{ Sir″uped (?), Syr″uped }, a. Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.

5451

Sirupy

{ Sir″up‐y (?), Syr″up‐y }, a. Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. Mortimer.

5452

Sirvente

‖Sir′vente″ (?), n. [F. sirvente, fr. Pr. sirventes, sirventesc, originally, the poem of, or concerning, a sirvent, fr. sirvent, properly, serving, n., one who serves (e. g., as...

5453

Sis

Sis (?), n. A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

5454

Sis (2)

Sis (?), n. Six. See Sise. Chaucer.