Webster's Dictionary 1913

5536

Sixty (2)

Six″ty, n.; pl.Sixties (�). 1. The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.2. A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.

5537

Sixty-fourth

Six′ty–fourth″ (?), a. Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.Sixty-fourth note(Mus.), the sixty-fourth part of a whole note; a hemi-d...

5538

Sizable

Siz″a‐ble (?), a. 1. Of considerable size or bulk. “A sizable volume.” Bp. Hurd.2. Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk. Arbuthnot.

5539

Sizar

Si″zar (?), n. One of a body of students in the universities of Cambridge (Eng.) and Dublin, who, having passed a certain examination, are exempted from paying college fees and ...

5540

Sizarship

Si″zar‐ship, n. The position or standing of a sizar.

5541

Size

Size (?), n. [See Sice, and Sise.] Six.

5542

Size (2)

Size (?), n. [OIt. sisa glue used by painters, shortened fr. assisa, fr. assidere, p. p. assiso, to make to sit, to seat, to place, L. assidere to sit down; ad + sidere to sit d...

5543

Size (3)

Size, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sizing.] To cover with size; to prepare with size.

5544

Size (4)

Size, n. [Abbrev. from assize. See Assize, and cf. Size glue.] 1. A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize. “To scant my sizes.” Shak.2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) An allowan...

5545

Size (5)

Size, v. t. 1. To fix the standard of. “To size weights and measures.” Bacon.2. To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) To take the height of me...

5546

Size (6)

Size, v. i. 1. To take greater size; to increase in size.Our desires give them fashion, and so,As they wax lesser, fall, as they size, grow. Donne.2. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) ...

5547

Sized

Sized (?), a. 1. Adjusted according to size.2. Having a particular size or magnitude; — chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized.

5548

Sizel

Si″zel (?), n. Same as Scissel, 2.

5549

Sizer

Siz″er (?), n. 1. See Sizar.2. (Mech.) (a) An instrument or contrivance to size articles, or to determine their size by a standard, or to separate and distribute them according ...

5550

Siziness

Siz″i‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.

5551

Sizing

Siz″ing, n. 1. Act of covering or treating with size.2. A weak glue used in various trades; size.

5552

Sizing (2)

Siz″ing, n. 1. The act of sorting with respect to size.2. The act of bringing anything to a certain size.3. (Univ. of Cambridge, Eng.) Food and drink ordered from the buttery by...

5553

Sizy

Siz″y (?), a. [From 2d Size.] Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood. Arbuthnot.

5554

Sizzle

Siz″zle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sizzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sizzling (?).] [See Siss.] To make a hissing sound; to fry, or to dry and shrivel up, with a hissing sound. Forby.

5555

Sizzle (2)

Siz″zle, n. A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.

5556

Sizzling

Siz″zling (?), a. & n. from Sizzle.

5557

Skaddle

Skad″dle (?), n. [Dim. of scath.] Hurt; damage. Ray.

5558

Skaddle (2)

Skad″dle, a. Hurtful. Ray.

5559

Skaddon

Skad″don (?), n.(Zoöl.) The larva of a bee.

5560

Skag

Skag (?), n.(Naut.) An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

5561

Skain

Skain (?), n. See Skein.

5562

Skain (2)

Skain, n. See Skean. Drayton.