SICK
SICK, adjective [Qu.Gr. squeamish, lothing.]1. Affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach. [This is probably the primary sense of the word.] Hence,2. Disgu...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SICKEN
SICKEN, verb transitivesik'n.1. To make sick; to disease.Raise this to strength, and sicken that to death. Prior.2. To make squeamish. It sickens the stomach.3. To disgust. It s...
SICKER
SICK'ER, adjective [Latin securus;] Sure; certain; firm.SICK'ER, adverb Surely; certainly.
SICKERLY
SICK'ERLY, adverb Surely.
SICKERNESS
SICK'ERNESS, noun Security.
SICKISH
SICK'ISH, adjective [from sick]1. Somewhat sick or diseased.2. Exciting disgust; nauseating; as a sickish taste.
SICKISHNESS
SICK'ISHNESS, noun The quality of exciting disgust.
SICKLE
SICKLE, noun [Gr. Vaiclh, Vagclon; Latin sicula, from the root of seco, to cut.] A reaping hook; a hooked instrument with teeth; used for cutting grain. Thou shalt not move a si...
SICKLED
SICK'LED, adjective Furnished with a sickle.SICK'LEMAN. SICK'LER, noun One that uses a sickle; a reaper.
SICKLEWORT
SICK'LEWORT, noun A plant of the genus Coronilla.
SICKLINESS
SICK'LINESS, noun [from sickly.]1. The state of being sickly; the state of being habitually diseased;2. The state of producing sickness extensively; as the sickliness of a clima...
SICKLY
SICK'LY, adjective1. Not healthy; somewhat affected with disease; or habitually indisposed; as a sickly person, or a sickly constitution; a sickly plant.2. Producing disease ext...
SICKNESS
SICK'NESS, noun1. Nausea; squeamishness; as sickness of the stomach.2. State of being diseased. I do lament the sickness of the king.3. Disease; malady; a morbid state of the bo...
SIDE
SIDE, noun [Latin latus.]1. The broad and long part of surface of a thing, as distinguished from the end, which is of less extent and many be a point; as the side of a plank; th...
SIDE-BOX
SI'DE-BOX, noun A box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater distinct from the seats in the pit.
SIDE-FLY
SI'DE-FLY, noun An insect.
SIDE-SADDLE
SI'DE-SADDLE, noun A saddle for a woman's seat on horseback.SIDE-SADDLE FLOWER, noun A species of Sarracenia.
SIDEBOARD
SI'DEBOARD, noun A piece of furniture or cabinet work consisting of a table or box with drawers or cells, placed at the side of a room or in a recess, and used to hold dining ut...
SIDELING
SI'DELING, adverb1. Sidewise; with the side foremost; as, to go sideling through a crowd. It may be used as a participle; as, I saw him sideling through the crowd.2. Sloping.
SIDELONG
SI'DELONG, adjective Lateral; oblique; not directly in front; as a sidelong glance.SI'DELONG, adverb1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.2. On the side; as, to ...
SIDER
SI'DER, noun1. One that takes a side or joins a party.2. Cider. [Not in use.]
SIDERAL
SID'ERAL, SIDE'REAL, adjective [Latin sideralis, from sidus, a star.]
SIDERATED
SID'ERATED, adjective [Latin sideratus.] Blasted; planet-struck.
SIDERATION
SIDERA'TION, noun [Latin sideratio; sidero, to blast, from sidus, a star.]1. A blasting or blast in plants; a sudden deprivation of sense; an apoplexy; a slight erysipelas.2. A ...
SIDEREAL
SID'ERAL, SIDE'REAL, adjective [Latin sideralis, from sidus, a star.]1. Pertaining to a star or stars; astral; as sideral light.2. Containing stars; starry; as SIDEREAL regions....
SIDERITE
SID'ERITE, noun [Latin sideritis; Gr. id. from sidhroV, iron.]1. The loadstone; also, iron-wort, a genus of plants; also, the common ground pine2. In mineralogy, a phosphate of ...
SIDERO-CALCITE
SIDERO-CAL'CITE, noun Brown spar.