Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (Taccocua sirkee).

A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.

See Surname.

See Sirocco.

An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural.

A quicksand.

A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.

Six. See Sise.

A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit.

Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.

The suslik.

Cider. See Sicer.

A hard blow.

A small green and yellow European finch (Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine. The American pinefinch (Spinus pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.

The siscowet.

See Seismograph.

See Seismometer.

A hissing noise.

A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc.

A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings.

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.

The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.

Contiguous.

Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse.

Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.

Sisters.

Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.

A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.

To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.

The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.

Having a site; situated.

A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.

Since; afterwards; seeing that.

To cut with a scythe; to scythe.

Time.

Scythed.

A mower.

Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith.

Since. See Sith, and Sithen.

See Sithen.

A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.

A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.

p. p. of Sit, for sat.

One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.

The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.

To place.

Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts.

One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.

The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.

A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.

To simmer.

See Sibbens.

Same as Sewen.

The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.

One who is six feet tall.

Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.

An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.

The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.

See Sextodecimo.

The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.

In the sixth place.

The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

Constituting or being one of sixty-four equal parts into which a thing is divided.

Of considerable size or bulk.

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 charges. A sizar corresponded to a servitor at Oxford.

The position or standing of a sizar.

To take greater size; to increase in size.

Adjusted according to size.

Same as Scissel, 2.

See Sizar.

The quality or state of being sizy; viscousness.

The act of sorting with respect to size.

Sizelike; viscous; glutinous; as, sizy blood.

A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire.

a. n. from Sizzle.

Hurtful.

The larva of a bee.

An additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. See Skeg.

See Skean.

A messmate; a companion.

See Scatch.

See 5th Scald.

See Scaldic.

To scale; to mount.

Wild; timid; shy.

The shag.

A three-handed card game played with 32 cards, of which two constitute the skat (sense 2), or widow. The players bid for the privilege of attempting any of several games or tasks, in most of which the player undertaking the game must take tricks counting in aggregate at least 61 (the counting cards being ace 11, ten 10, king 4, queen 3, jack 2). The four jacks are the best trumps, ranking club, spade, heart, diamond, and ten outranks king or queen (but when the player undertakes to lose all the tricks, the cards rank as in whist). The value of hands depends upon the game played, trump suit, points taken, and number of matadores.

Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.

One who skates.

A constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. It is also found in reduced indigo. Chemically it is methyl indol, C9H9N.

[/159.] Skittles.

A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.]

To betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

A long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding; now usually spelled ski.

See Skid.

A shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

The common European sheldrake.

A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.

A sort of wild plum.

The parr.

A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).

See Skean.

A vagrant; a cheat.

A skeleton. See Scelet.

Pertaining to the skeleton.

Forming or producing parts of the skeleton.

That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

Consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

To prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.

Any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple-leaf skeletonizer.

A scoundrel.