Shyly
Shy″ly, adv. In a shy or timid manner; not familiarly; with reserve. [Written also shily.]
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Shyness
Shy″ness, n. The quality or state of being shy. [Written also shiness.]Frequency in heavenly contemplation is particularly important to prevent a shyness bewtween God and thy so...
Shyster
Shy″ster (?), n. [Perh. from G. scheisse excrement.] A trickish knave; one who carries on any business, especially legal business, in a mean and dishonest way.
Si
Si (?). (Mus.) A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about...
Si quis
‖Si′ quis″ (?). (Ch. of Eng.) A notification by a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
Siaga
‖Si‐a″ga (?), n.(Zoöl.) The ahu, or jairou.
Sialogogue
Si‐al″o‐gogue (?), n. [Gr. σίαλον saliva + ���� leading, from ��� to lead: cf. F. sialagogue.] (Med.) An agent which promotes the flow of saliva.
Siamang
‖Si″a‐mang′ (?), n. [Malay siāmang.] (Zool.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web.
Siamese
Si′a‐mese″ (?), a. Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language.
Siamese (2)
Si′a‐mese′, n. sing. & pl. 1. A native or inhabitant of Siam; pl., the people of Siam.2. sing. The language of the Siamese.
Sib
Sib (?), n. [AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative. √289. See Gossip.] A blood relation. Nash.
Sib (2)
Sib, a. Related by blood; akin. Sir W. Scott.Your kindred is but... little sib to you. Chaucer.is no fairy birn, ne sib at allTo elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial. Spenser.
Sibbens
Sib″bens (?), n.(Med.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excresc...
Siberian
Si‐be″ri‐an (?), a. [From Siberia, Russ. Sibire.] Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia; as, a Siberian winter. — n. A nativ...
Sibilance
{ Sib″i‐lance (?), Sib″i‐lan‐cy (?), } n. The quality or state of being sibilant; sibilation.Milton would not have avoided them for their sibilancy, he who wrote... verses that ...
Sibilant
Sib″i‐lant (?), a. [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.] Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are s...
Sibilate
Sib″i‐late (?), v. t. & i. To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
Sibilation
Sib′i‐la″tion (?), n. [L. sibilatio.] Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss.He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. Tennyson.
Sibilatory
Sib″i‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. Hissing; sibilant.
Sibilous
Sib″i‐lous (?), a. [L. sibilus.] Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant. Pennant.
Sibyl
Sib″yl (?), n. [L. sibylla, Gr. ����.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A woman supposed to be endowed with a spirit of prophecy.☞ The number of the sibyls is variously stated by different au...
Sibylist
Sib″yl‐ist, n. One who believes in a sibyl or the sibylline prophecies. Cudworth.
Sibylline
Sib″yl‐line (?), a. [L. sibyllinus.] Pertaining to the sibyls; uttered, written, or composed by sibyls; like the productions of sibyls.Sibylline books. (a) (Rom. Antiq.) Books o...
Sic
Sic (?), a. Such.
Sic (2)
‖Sic (?), adv. Thus.☞ This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like...
Sicamore
Sic″a‐more (?), n.(Bot.) See Sycamore.
Sicca
‖Sic″ca (?), n. [Ar. sikka.] A seal; a coining die; — used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains.Sicca rupee, an ...