Webster's Dictionary 1913

12880

Swough

Swough (?), n. [See Swoon.] 1. A sound; a groan; a moan; a sough.He sigheth with full many a sorry swough. Chaucer.2. A swoon. Chaucer.

12881

Swound

Swound (?), v. & n. See Swoon, v. & n.Shak. Dryden.The landlord stirredAs one awaking from a swound. Longfellow.

12882

Swown

Swown (?), v. & n. Swoon. Chaucer.

12883

Swum

Swum (?), imp. & p. p. of Swim.

12884

Swung

Swung (?), imp. & p. p. of Swing.

12885

Swythe

Swythe (?), adv. Quickly. See Swithe.

12886

Sy

Sy (?), obs.imp. of See. Saw. Chaucer.

12887

Syb

Syb (?), a. See Sib.

12888

Sybarite

Syb″a‐rite (?), n. [L. Sybarita, Gr. �, fr. �, a city in Italy, noted for the effeminacy and voluptuousness of its inhabitants; cf. F. Sybarite.] A person devoted to luxury and ...

12889

Sybaritic

{ Syb′a‐rit″ic (?), Syb′a‐rit″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. Sybariticus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate. “Sybaritic din...

12890

Sybaritism

Syb″a‐rit‐ism (?), n. Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

12891

Sycamine

Syc″a‐mine (?), n. [L. sycaminus, Gr. �; perhaps of Semitic origin.] See Sycamore.

12892

Sycamore

Syc″a‐more (?), n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. � the fig mulberry; � a fig + � the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin: cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.) (a) A large tree (...

12893

Syce

Syce (?), n. [Ar. sāïs.] A groom.

12894

Sycee

Sy‐cee″ (?), n. [Said to be from a Chinese word, se-tze or se-sze, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if pure it may be drawn out into fine threads.] Silver, pounde...

12895

Sychnocarpous

Sych′no‐car″pous (?), a.(Bot.) Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.

12896

Sycite

Sy″cite (?), n.(Min.) A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.

12897

Sycoceric

Syc′o‐cer″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.

12898

Sycoceryl

Syc′o‐ce″ryl (?), n. [Gr. � a fig + � wax + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of ...

12899

Sycock

Sy″cock (?), n.(Zoöl.) The missel thrush.

12900

Sycones

‖Sy‐co″nes (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of calcareous sponges.☞ They usually resemble a fig, being vase-shaped with a fringed opening at the summit. The feeding cells are in am...

12901

Syconium

{ ‖Sy‐co″ni‐um (?), ‖Sy‐co″nus (?), } n.(Bot.) A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig.

12902

Sycophancy

Syc″o‐phan‐cy (?), n. [Cf. L. sycophantia deceit, Gr. � false accusation.] The character or characteristic of a sycophant. Hence: -(a) False accusation; calumniation; talebearin...

12903

Sycophant

Syc″o‐phant (?), n. [L. sycophanta a slanderer, deceiver, parasite, Gr. � a false accuser, false adviser, literally, a fig shower; � a fig + � to show: cf. F. sycophante. The re...

12904

Sycophant (2)

Syc″o‐phant (?), v. t. [CF. L. sycophantari to deceive, to trick, Gr. �.] 1. To inform against; hence, to calumniate.Sycophanting and misnaming the work of his adversary. Milton...

12905

Sycophant (3)

Syc″o‐phant, v. i. To play the sycophant.

12906

Sycophantcy

Syc″o‐phant‐cy (?), n. Sycophancy.