Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 87

Sitfast (n.) A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.

Sith (prep., adv., & conj.) Since; afterwards; seeing that.

Sith (n.) Alt. of Sithe

Sithe (n.) Time.

Sithe (v. i.) To sigh.

Sithe (n.) A scythe.

Sithe (v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to scythe.

Sithed (a.) Scythed.

Sitheman (n.) A mower.

Sithen (adv. & conj.) Since; afterwards. See 1st Sith.

Sithence (adv. & conj.) Alt. of Sithens

Sithens (adv. & conj.) Since. See Sith, and Sithen.

Siththen (adv. & conj.) See Sithen.

Sitology (n.) A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics.

Sitophobia (n.) A version to food; refusal to take nourishment.

Sitten () p. p. of Sit, for sat.

Sitter (n.) One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.

Sitter (n.) A bird that sits or incubates.

Sittine (a.) Of or pertaining to the family Sittidae, or nuthatches.

Sitting (a.) Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.

Sitting (n.) The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.

Sitting (n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.

Sitting (n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.

Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.

Sitting (n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.

Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.

Situate (a.) Alt. of Situated

Situated (a.) 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.

Situated (a.) Placed; residing.

Situate (v. t.) To place.

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

Situation (n.) Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.

Situation (n.) Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.

Situation (n.) Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.

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

Sitz bath () A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.

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

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

Sivatherium (n.) 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.

Siver (v. i.) To simmer.

Sivvens (n.) See Sibbens.

Siwin (n.) Same as Sewen.

Six (a.) One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.

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

Six (n.) A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.

Sixfold (a.) Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.

Six-footer (n.) One who is six feet tall.

Sixpences (pl. ) of Sixpence

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

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

Sixscore (a. & n.) Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.

Six-shooter (n.) A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver.

Sixteen (a.) Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.

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

Sixteen (n.) A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.

Sixteenmos (pl. ) of Sixteenmo

Sixteenmo (n.) See Sextodecimo.

Sixteenth (a.) Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.

Sixteenth (a.) Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixteenth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.

Sixteenth (n.) The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.

Sixteenth (n.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second.

Sixth (a.) First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.

Sixth (a.) Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.

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

Sixth (n.) The next in order after the fifth.

Sixth (n.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Sixthly (adv.) In the sixth place.

Sixtieth (a.) Next in order after the fifty-ninth.

Sixtieth (a.) Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided.

Sixtieth (n.) The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.

Sixtieth (n.) The next in order after the fifty-ninth; the tenth after the fiftieth.

Sixty (a.) Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.

Sixties (pl. ) of Sixty

Sixty (n.) The sum of six times ten; sixty units or objects.

Sixty (n.) A symbol representing sixty units, as 60, lx., or LX.

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

Sizable (a.) Of considerable size or bulk.

Sizable (a.) Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.

Sizar (n.) 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.

Sizarship (n.) The position or standing of a sizar.

Size (n.) Six.

Size (v. i.) A thin, weak glue used in various trades, as in painting, bookbinding, paper making, etc.

Size (v. i.) Any viscous substance, as gilder's varnish.

Sized (imp. & p. p.) of Size

Sizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Size

Size (v. t.) To cover with size; to prepare with size.

Size (n.) A settled quantity or allowance. See Assize.

Size (n.) An allowance of food and drink from the buttery, aside from the regular dinner at commons; -- corresponding to battel at Oxford.

Size (n.) Extent of superficies or volume; bulk; bigness; magnitude; as, the size of a tree or of a mast; the size of a ship or of a rock.

Size (n.) Figurative bulk; condition as to rank, ability, character, etc.; as, the office demands a man of larger size.

Size (n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves, and other articles made up for sale.

Size (n.) An instrument consisting of a number of perforated gauges fastened together at one end by a rivet, -- used for ascertaining the size of pearls.

Size (v. t.) To fix the standard of.

Size (v. t.) To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.

Size (v. t.) To take the height of men, in order to place them in the ranks according to their stature.

Size (v. t.) To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts.

Size (v. t.) To swell; to increase the bulk of.

Size (v. t.) To bring or adjust anything exactly to a required dimension, as by cutting.

Size (v. i.) To take greater size; to increase in size.

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