Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 83
Sinch (v. t.) To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle. [Western U.S.]
Sincipital (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.
Sinciput (n.) (Anat.) The fore part of the head.
Sinciput (n.) (Zool.) The part of the head of a bird between the base of the bill and the vertex.
Sinciput (n.) The front part of the head or skull (including the forehead).
Sindon (n.) A wrapper. [Obs.] "Wrapped in sindons of linen." -- Bacon.
Sindon (n.) (Surg.) A small rag or pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. -- Dunglison.
Sine (n.) (Trig.) The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc of a circle to the diameter drawn through the other extremity.
Sine (n.) (Trig.) The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below.
Artificial sines, Logarithms of the natural sines, or logarithmic sines.
Curve of sines. See Sinusoid.
Natural sines, The decimals expressing the values of the sines, the radius being unity.
Sine of an angle, In a circle whose radius is unity, the sine of the arc that measures the angle; in a right-angled triangle, the side opposite the given angle divided by the hypotenuse. See Trigonometrical function, under Function.
Versed sine, That part of the diameter between the sine and the arc.
Sine (prep.) [L.] Without.
Sine (n.) Ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle [syn: sine, sin].
Sinecural (a.) Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.
Sinecure (n.) An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. -- Ayliffe.
Sinecure (n.) Any office or position which requires or involves little or no responsibility, labor, or active service.
A lucrative sinecure in the Excise. -- Macaulay.
Sinecure (v. t.) To put or place in a sinecure.
Sinecure (n.) A benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached.
Sinecure (n.) An office that involves minimal duties.
Sinecure. () In the ecclesiastical law, this term is used to signify that an ecclesiastical officer is without a charge or cure.
Sinecure. () In common parlance it means the receipt of a salary for an office when there are no duties to be performed.
Sinecurism (n.) The state of having a sinecure.
Sinecurist (n.) One who has a sinecure.
Sine die (adv.) Without a date fixed (as of an adjournment).
Sine die. () Without day. A judgment for a defendant in many cases is quod eat sine die, that he may go without day. While the cause is pending and undetermined, it may be continued from term to term by dies datus. (q.v.) See Huxley's Judgments & Rastal's Entries, passim; Co. Litt. 362b & 363a. When the court or other body rise at the end of a session or term they adjourn sine die.
Sine die (adv.) Without any future date being designated (as for resumption) : Indefinitely <the meeting adjourned sine die> .
Origin and Etymology of sine die : Latin, without day, First Known Use: 1607
Sinew (n.) (Anat.) A tendon or tendonous tissue. See Tendon.
Sinew (n.) Muscle; nerve. [R.] -- Sir J. Davies.
Sinew (n.) Fig.: That which supplies strength or power.
The portion and sinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry. -- Shak.
The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Note: Money alone is often called the sinews of war.
Sinewed (imp. & p. p.) of Sinew.
Sinewing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sinew.
Sinew (v. t.) To knit together, or make strong with, or as with, sinews. -- Shak.
Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger. -- Goldsmith.
Sinew (n.) A cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment [syn: tendon, sinew].
Sinew (n.) Possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness].
Sinewed (a.) Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.
Sinewed (a.) Fig.: Equipped; strengthened.
When he sees Ourselves well sinewed to our defense. -- Shak.
Sinewiness (n.) Quality of being sinewy.
Sinewish (a.) Sinewy. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Sinewless (a.) Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.
Sinewous (a.) Sinewy. [Obs.] -- Holinshed.
Sinew-shrunk (a.) (Far.) Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.
Sinewy (a.) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews.
The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. -- Donne.
Sinewy (a.) Well braced with, or as if
with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy
A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. -- Hare.
Sinewy (a.) (Of meat) Full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn: fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable].
Sinewy (a.) Consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon [syn: tendinous, sinewy].
Sinewy (a.) (Of a person) Possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" [syn: brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy].
Sinful (a.) Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts.
Sung (imp.) of Sing.
Sang () of Sing.
Sung (p. p.) of Sing.
Singing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sing.
Sing (v. i.) To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.
The noise of them that sing do I hear. -- Ex. xxxii. 18.
Sing (v. i.) To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.
On every bough the briddes heard I sing. -- Chaucer.
Singing birds, in silver cages hung. -- Dryden.
Sing (v. i.) To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.
O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air. -- Pope.
Sing (v. i.) To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry. -- Milton.
Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed. -- Prior.
Sing (v. i.) Ti cry out; to complain. [Obs.]
They should sing if thet they were bent. -- Chaucer.
Sing (v. t.) To utter with musical infections or modulations of voice.
And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb. -- Rev. xv. 3.
And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise. -- Keble.
Sing (v. t.) To celebrate is song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry. -- Milton.
Arms and the man I sing. -- Dryden.
The last, the happiest British king, Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing. -- Addison.
Sing (v. t.) To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.
Sing (v. t.) To accompany, or attend on, with singing.
I heard them singing home the bride. -- Longfellow.
Sing (v.) Deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols."
Sing (v.) Produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well".
Sing (v.) To make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing."
Sing (v.) Make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle, sing].
Sing (v.) Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep one's mouth shut, keep quiet, shut one's mouth].
Singapore (n.) (proper noun) 新加坡 A country in SE Asia that consists of the island of Singapore (linked by a causeway to the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula) and about 54 smaller islands; population 5,600,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Singapore City; official languages, Malay, Chinese, Tamil, and English.
Established as a trading post under the East India Company in 1819, Singapore came under British colonial rule in 1867 as part of the Straits Settlements with Penang and Malacca. Singapore rapidly grew to become the most important commercial centre and naval base in SE Asia. After the Second World War it became first a British Crown Colony in 1946 and then a self-governing state within the Commonwealth in 1959. Federated with Malaysia in 1963, it declared full independence two years later.
Singed (imp. & p. p.) of Singe.
Singeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Singe.
Singe (v. t.) To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.
You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . . Singe my white head! -- Shak.
I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. -- L'Estrange.
Singe (v. t.) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
Singe (v. t.) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
Singe (n.) A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
Singe (n.) A surface burn [syn: scorch, singe].
Singe (v.) Burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" [syn: singe, swinge].
Singe (v.) Become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe].
Singer (n.) One who, or that which, singes. Specifically:
Singer (n.) One employed to singe cloth.
Singer (n.) A machine for singeing cloth.
Singer (n.) One who sings; especially, one whose profession is to sing.
Singer (n.) A person who sings [syn: singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser].
Singer (n.) United States inventor of an improved chain-stitch sewing machine (1811-1875) [syn: Singer, Isaac M. Singer, Isaac Merrit Singer].
Singer (n.) United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991) [syn: Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer].
Singeress (n.) A songstress. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Singhalese (n. & a.) (Ethnol.) Same as Cingalese.
Compare: Cingalese
Cingalese (n. sing. & pl.) [Cf. F. Cingalais.] A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants; also (sing.), the language of the Cingalese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cingalese. [Written also Singhalese.]
Note: Ceylonese is applied to the inhabitants of the island in general.
Singhalese (a.) Of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese, Sinhalese].
Singhalese (a.) Of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese].
Singhalese (n.) A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese].
Singhalese (n.) The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala].
Singing () a. & n. from Sing, v.
Singingly (adv.) With sounds like singing; with a kind of tune; in a singing tone.
Single (a.) One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
Single (a.) Alone; having no companion.
Single (a.) Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
Single (a.) Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
Single (a.) Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
Single (a.) Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
Single (a.) Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
Singled (imp. & p. p.) of Single.
Singling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Single.
Single (v. t.) To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
Single (v. t.) To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
Single (v. t.) To take alone, or one by one.
Single (v. i.) To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single.
Single (n.) The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
Single (n.) A handful of gleaned grain.
Single (n.) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
Single (n.) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.
Single-acting (a.) Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
Single-breasted (a.) Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
Single-foot (n.) An irregular gait of a horse; -- called also single-footed pace. See Single, v. i.
Single-handed (a.) Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
Single-hearted (a.) Having an honest heart; free from duplicity.
Single-minded (a.) Having a single purpose; hence, artless; guileless; single-hearted.
Singleness (n.) The quality or state of being single, or separate from all others; the opposite of doubleness, complication, or multiplicity.
Singleness (n.) Freedom from duplicity, or secondary and selfish ends; purity of mind or purpose; simplicity; sincerity; as, singleness of purpose; singleness of heart.
Singles (n. pl.) See Single, n., 2.
Single sb/ sth out (-phrasal verb with single) (v.) [ I ] （爲給予批評、表揚等）單獨挑出 To choose one person or thing from a group for special attention, especially criticism or praise.
// It's not fair the way my sister is always singled out for special treatment.
// Jamie was thrilled when the teacher singled out his poem and asked him to read it aloud.
Singlestick (n.) In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.
Singlestick (n.) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.
Singlet (n.) An unlined or undyed waistcoat; a single garment; -- opposed to doublet.
Singleton (n.) In certain games at cards, as whist, a single card of any suit held at the deal by a player; as, to lead a singleton.
Singletree (n.) The pivoted or swinging bar to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree.
Singly (adv.) Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good.
Singly (adv.) Only; by one's self; alone.
Singly (adv.) Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack another singly.
Singly (adv.) Honestly; sincerely; simply.
Singly (adv.) Singularly; peculiarly.
Sing-sing (n.) The kob.
Singsong (n.) Bad singing or poetry.
Singsong (n.) A drawling or monotonous tone, as of a badly executed song.
Singsong (a.) Drawling; monotonous.