Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 86
Sire (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
Jankin thet was our sire [i.e., husband]. -- Chaucer.
And raise his issue, like a loving sire. -- Shak.
Sire (n.) A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
[He] was the sire of an immortal strain. -- Shelley.
Sire (n.) The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
Note: Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather; great-grandsire, great-grandfather.
Sired (imp. & p. p.) of Sire.
Siring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sire.
Sire (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
Sire (n.) A title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority.
Sire (n.) The founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" [syn: forefather, father, sire].
Sire (n.) Male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse.
Sire (v.) Make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth].
Siredon (n.) (Zool.) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
Siren (n.) (Class. Myth.) One of
three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent
an island near the coast of
Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please. -- Pope.
Siren (n.) An enticing, dangerous woman. -- Shak.
Siren (n.) Something which is insidious or deceptive.
Consumption is a siren. -- W. Irving.
Siren (n.) A mermaid. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Siren (n.) (Zool.) Any
long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of
hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs.
They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the
Siren (n.) (Acoustics) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written also sirene, and syren.]
Siren (a.) Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
Siren (n.) A sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song."
Siren (n.) A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn: enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatale].
Siren (n.) A warning signal that is a loud wailing sound.
Siren (n.) An acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning.
Siren (n.) Eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills.
Siren, (n.) One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady of splendid promise, dissembled purpose and disappointing performance.
Siren, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 988
Housing Units (2000): 499
Land area (2000): 1.103843 sq. miles (2.858940 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.022314 sq. miles (0.057793 sq. km)
Total
area (2000): 1.126157 sq. miles (2.916733 sq. km)
FIPS code: 74175
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.783633 N, 92.380161 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 54872
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Siren, WI
Siren
Sirene (n.) See Siren, 6.
SIRENE, () Supplementary Information REquest at the National Entry (SIS, Europe).
Sirenia (n. pl.) [NL.] (Zool.) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
Note: The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals.
See Cetacea (b).
Sirenia (n.) An animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow [syn: Sirenia, order Sirenia].
Sirenian (n.) (Zool.) Any species of Sirenia.
Sirenian (n.) Any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs [syn: sea cow, sirenian mammal, sirenian].
Sirenical (a.) Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.
Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye. -- Marton.
Sirenize (v. i.) To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.
Siriasis (n.) (Med.) A sunstroke.
Siriasis (n.) (Med.) The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.
Siriasis (n.) Sudden prostration due to exposure to the sun or excessive heat [syn: sunstroke, insolation, thermic fever, siriasis].
Sirius (n.) (Astron.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star.
Sirius (n.) The brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major [syn: Sirius, Dog Star, Canicula, Sothis].
Sirkeer (n.) (Zool.) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer ({Taccocua sirkee"> Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer ({Taccocua sirkee).
Sirloin (n.) A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also surloin.]
Surloin (n.) A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography. [Also spelled sirloin.]
Sirloin (n.) The portion of the loin (especially of beef) just in front of the rump.
Sirname (n.) See Surname.
Siroc (n.) See Sirocco. [Poetic] -- Emerson.
Siroccos (n. pl. ) of Sirocco.
Sirocco (n.) An oppressive,
relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in
Sirocco (n.) In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa, the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste of the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.
Sirrah (n.) 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. "Ah, sirrah mistress." -- Beau. & Fl.
Go, sirrah, to my cell. -- Shak.
Sirrah (n.) Formerly a contemptuous term of address to an inferior man or boy; often used in anger.
Sirt (n.) A quicksand. [Obs.] Sirup
Sirup (n.) Alt. of Syrup.
Syrup (n.) A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.
Syrup (n.) A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated.
Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. -- Keats.
Mixing sirup. See the Note under Dextrose. Siruped
Sirup (n.) A thick sweet sticky liquid [syn: syrup, sirup].
Siruped (a.) Alt. of Syruped.
Syruped (a.) Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice. Sirupy
Sirupy (a.) Alt. of Syrupy.
Syrupy (a.) Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. -- Mortimer.
Sirvente (n.) 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.
Sis (n.) A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.
Sis (n.) Six. See Sise. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Sisal grass
Sis (n.) A female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician" [syn: sister, sis] [ant: blood brother, brother].
SIS, () Schengen Information System (police, Europe).
SIS, () Silicon Integrated Systems [corp.] (manufacturer, Taiwan).
SIS, () Stellen-Informations-Service (WWW).
SIS, () Software Information Services.
SIS, () Strategic Information System.
Sisal grass () Alt. of Sisal hemp.
Sisal hemp () The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
Siscowet (n.) (Zool.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit.
Sise (n.) An assize. [Obs.]
Sise (n.) Six; the highest number on a die; the cast of six in throwing dice.
In the new casting of a die, when ace is on the top, sise must needs be at the bottom. -- Fuller.
Sise (n.) The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn: six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad].
Sisel (n.) (Zool.) The suslik.
Siser (n.) Cider. See Sicer. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. Siserara
Siserara (n.) Alt. of Siserary.
Siserary (n.) A hard blow. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Siskin (n.) (Zool.) A small green and yellow European finch ({Spinus spinus, or Carduelis spinus); -- called also aberdevine.
Siskin (n.) (Zool.) The American pinefinch ({Spinus pinus); -- called also pine siskin. See Pinefinch.
Note: The name is applied also to several other related species found in Asia and South America.
Siskin green, A delicate shade of yellowish green, as in the mineral torbernite.
Siskin (n.) Small yellow-and-black Eurasian finch with a sharp beak [syn: siskin, Carduelis spinus].
Compare: Siscowet
Siscowet (n.) (Zool.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit.
Siskiwit (n.) (Zool.) The siscowet.
Sismograph (n.) See Seismograph.
Sismometer (n.) See Seismometer.
Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger. [Colloq. U. S.; Local, Eng.]
Siss (n.) A hissing noise. [Colloq. U. S.]
Siss (v.) Express or utter with a hiss [syn: hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate].
Siss (v.) Make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval [syn: hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate].
Sissoo (n.) (Bot.) 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.
Sissoo (n.) East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties [syn: sissoo, sissu, sisham, Dalbergia sissoo].
Sist (v. t.) (Scots Law) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop.
Sist (v. t.) To cause to take a place, as at the bar of a court; hence, to cite; to summon; to bring into court. [Scot.]
Some, however, have preposterously sisted nature as the first or generative principle. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Sist (n.) (Scots Law) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. -- Burril.
Sister (n.) A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.
I am the sister of one Claudio. -- Shak.
Sister (n.) A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community. -- James ii. 15.
Sister (n.) One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. -- Pope.
Sister Block (Naut.), A tackle block having two sheaves, one above the other.
Sister hooks, A pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also match hook.
Sister of charity, Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under Charity, and Mercy.
Sister (v. t.) To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Sister (n.) A female person who has the same parents as another person; "my sister married a musician" [syn: sister, sis] [ant: blood brother, brother].
Sister (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God".
Sister (n.) A female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her".
Sister (n.) (Slang) Sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women [syn: baby, babe, sister].
Sister. () A woman who has the same father and mother with another, or has one of them only. In the first case she is called sister, simply; in the second, half sister. Vide Brother; Children; Descent; Father; Mother.
Sisterhood (n.) The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
She . . . abhorr'd Her proper blood, and left to do the part Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. -- Daniel.
Sisterhood (n.) A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. "A sisterhood of holy nuns". -- Shak.
The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. -- Bryant.
Sisterhood (n.) The kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings [syn: sisterhood, sistership].
Sisterhood (n.) An association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest [syn: sisterhood, sistership].
Sisterhood (n.) A religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns).
Sistering (a.) Contiguous. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Sisters-in-law (n. pl. ) Of Sister-in-law.
Sister-in-law (n.) 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.
Sisterly (a.) Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. -- Shak.
Sisterly (a.) Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister; "sisterly kindness"; "sororal concern" [syn: sisterly, sisterlike, sororal] [ant: brotherlike, brotherly, fraternal].
Sistine (a.) Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
Sistine chapel, A chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others.
Sistren (n. pl.) Sisters. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Sistrum () (Mus.) An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.
Sisyphean (a.) Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.
Sisyphean (a.) Of or relating to Sisyphus.
Sisyphean (a.) Both extremely effortful and futile.
Sisyphus (n.) (Class. Myth.) 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.
Sisyphus (n.) (Greek legend) A king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again.
Sit () obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Sit, for sitteth.
Sat (imp.) of Sit.
Sate () of Sit.
Sat (p. p.) of Sit.
Sitten () of Sit.
Sitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sit.
Sit (v. i.) To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.
And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat. -- Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.)
I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. -- Shak.
Sit (v. i.) To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
Sit (v. i.) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here? -- Num. xxxii. 6.
Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. -- Shak.
Sit (v. i.) To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
The calamity sits heavy on us. -- Jer. Taylor.
Sit (v. i.) To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so easy on me as you think. -- Shak.
Sit (v. i.) To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Sit (v. i.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. -- Jer. xvii. 11.
Sit (v. i.) To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits. -- Selden.
Sits the wind in that quarter? -- Sir W. Scott.
Sit (v. i.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.
Sit (v. i.) To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.
Sit (v. i.) To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
To sit at, To rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] "A farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a great rent". -- Bacon.
To sit at meat or To sit at table, To be at table for eating.
To sit down. (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired.
To sit down. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town.
To sit down. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. -- Spenser.
To sit down. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. "Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search." -- Rogers.
To sit for a fellowship, To offer one's self for examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng. Univ.]
To sit out. (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] -- Bp. Sanderson.
To sit out. (b) To outstay.
To sit out. (c) To elect not to participate in, as a dance or a hand of cards.
To sit under, To be under the instruction or ministrations of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good preaching.
To sit up, To rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. "He that was dead sat up, and began to speak". -- Luke vii. 15.
Sit (v. t.) To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse. -- Prior.
Sit (v. t.) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
They sat them down to weep. -- Milton.
Sit you down, father; rest you. -- Shak.
Sit (v. t.) To suit (well or ill); to become. [Obs. or R.]
Sit (v.) Be seated [syn: sit, sit down] [ant: lie, stand, stand up].
Sit (v.) Be around, often idly or without specific purpose; "The object sat in the corner"; "We sat around chatting for another hour" [syn: sit, sit around].
Sit (v.) Take a seat [syn: sit down, sit] [ant: arise, get up, rise, stand up, uprise].
Sit (v.) Be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
Sit (v.) Assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose, sit, posture].
Sit (v.) Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare" [syn: ride, sit].
Sit (v.) Be located or situated somewhere; "The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue".
Sit (v.) Work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" [syn: baby-sit, sit].
Sit (v.) Show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" [syn: seat, sit, sit down].
Sit (v.) Serve in a specific professional capacity; "the priest sat for confession"; "she sat on the jury".
SIT, () Institut fuer SIchere Telekommunikation (GMD, org.)
Stuffit
Sit, () (filename extension: .sit) A file archiving and compression utility, developed by Aladdin Systems, Inc.. Stuffit was originally developed for the Macintosh and is still the Mac standard tool for compression and archiving (compressing multiple files into one). Stuffit is now also available for Microsoft Windows and Linux. Compared to the standard Windows tool, WinZip, it is faster and gives better compression.
Stuffit archives can be extracted with Stuffit Expander. (2003-09-20)
Site (n.) The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house.
Site (n.) A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.
Site (n.) The posture or position of a thing. [R.]
The semblance of a lover fixed In melancholy site. -- Thomson.
Site (n.) The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school" [syn: site, land site].
Site (n.) Physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides" [syn: site, situation].
Site (n.) A computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers" [syn: web site, website, internet site, site].
Site (v.) Assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, place, site].
Sited (a.) Having a site; situated. [Obs.]
[The garden] sited was in fruitful soil. -- Chaucer.
Sitfast (a.) Fixed; stationary; immovable. [R.]
'T is good, when you have crossed the sea and back, To find the sitfast acres where you left them. -- Emerson.