Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sick'er, a. p. 1226Sure; certain; firm. [Obs.] Spenser.Sick'er, adv. p. 1226Surely; certainly. [Obs.] Spenser.Sick'er-ly, adv. p. 1226Surely. [Obs.]Sick'er-ness, n. p. 1226The state of being sicker or certain. [Obs.] Spenser.Sick'ish, a. p. 1226Somewhat sick or diseased. Hakewill. 2. Exciting sickness or disgust; nauseating; nauseous; as, a sickish taste.Sick'ly, a. p. 1226Sick'ish-ly, adv. p. 1226In a sickish manner.Sick'ish-ness, n. p. 1226The quality of being sickish, or of exciting disgust.Sick'le, n. p. 1226A reaping-hook; a hooked instrument with teeth, used for cutting grain. When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. South.Sick'led, a. p. 1226Furnished with a sickle.Sick'le-mān, n. p. 1226One who uses a sickle; a reaper. “You sun-burned sickleman, of August weary.” Shak.Sick'ler, n. p. 1226One who uses a sickle; a sickleman.Sick'less, a. p. 1226Free from sickness or disease. Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease. Marston.Sick'le-wort, n. p. 1226(Bot.) A plant of the genus Coronilla.Sick'lied, p. a. p. 1226Made sickly; rendered nauseating. See SICKLY, v.Sick'li-ness, n. p. 1227The state of being sickly; the state of being habitually diseased; — applied to persons. 2. The state of producing sickness extensively; as, the sickliness of a season. 3. The disposition to generate…Sick'-list, n. p. 1227A list containing the names of the sick.Sick'ly, a. p. 1227Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease. Physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak. 2. Producing or tending to disease; marked with sickness; as, a sickly time; a sickly autumn; a…Sick'ly, adv. p. 1227In a sick manner or condition.Sick'ly, v. t. p. 1227To make sick or diseased. [Rare.] “Sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought.” Shak. “Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside.” Jeffry.Sick'ness, n. p. 1227The state of being sick or diseased. I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak. 2. A disease or malady; especially, nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Trust not too much your now…Sick'-room, n. p. 1227A room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness.Si'ele, n. p. 1227A shekel. [Obs.] The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtle-doves to redeem the Lamb of God. Bp. Taylor.Sĭd′dōw, a. p. 1227Soft; pulpy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] “Eat like salt sea in his siddow ribs.” Marston. Peas which become soft by boiling are said to be siddow. Halliwell.Side, n. p. 1227The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape) one of the longer edges; the bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of…Side, a. p. 1227Being on the side, or toward the side; lateral. One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden. 2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; as, a side issue. The law hath no side respect to their…Side-bar rule p. 1227a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court;—so called because anciently moved for by the…Side, v. i. p. 1227To lean on one side. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, when opposed to another party; as, to side with the ministerial party. All side in parties, and…Side, v. t. p. 1227To be or stand at the side of. “His blind eye that sided Paridell.” Spenser. 2. To suit; to pair. Clarendon.Side'-ärms, n. pl. p. 1227Weapons worn on the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, &c. Simmonds.Side′board, n. p. 1227A piece of furniture or cabinet work with compartments; or a series of shelves placed on one side in a dining-room to hold dishes, and the like, until they are wanted.Side'-bŏx, n. p. 1227A box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater, distinct from the seats in the pit. “To insure a side-box station at half price.” Cooper.Side'-cŭt, n. p. 1227A canal or road branching out from the main one. [U. S.]Sid'ed, a. p. 1227Having a side;—used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.Side'-fly, n. p. 1227A certain insect. Derham.Side'-glānce, n. p. 1227A glance or brief look to one side.Side'-head, n. p. 1227An auxiliary slide-rest on a planer.Side'-hill, n. p. 1227The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent.Side'ling, a. p. 1227Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, the ground was sideling.Side'-lê/ver or Side'-lêv/er, n. p. 1227(Steam-eng.) A lever or beam working at the side of a marine steam-engine (usually one on each side, forming a pair), for transferring motion from the piston to the crank, so placed as to bring the…Side'long, a. p. 1227Lateral; oblique; not directly in front; as, a sidelong glance. “The bashful virgin’s sidelong looks of love.” Goldsmith.Side'-lōng, adv. p. 1227Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side. 2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. Evelyn.Side'-pipe, n. p. 1227(Steam-eng.) A steam or exhaust-pipe extending between the opposite steam-chests of a cylinder. [See Illust. of Valve-gear.]Side'-pōsts, n. pl. p. 1227(Carp.) A kind of truss-posts placed in pairs, each disposed at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, braces, &c. Buchanan.Sĭd'er, n. p. 1227One who takes a side or joins a party.Sī'der, n. p. 1227Cider. [Obs.] See CIDER.Sĭd'er-al, a. p. 1227Relating to the stars; hence, affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful. “Sideral blasts.” Milton.Sĭd'er-ā/ted, a. p. 1227Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.]Sid'er-ā'tĭon, n. p. 1227The state of being siderated or planet-struck; a blast; especially, a blasting or blast in plants; also, a sudden deprivation of sense; an apoplexy; a slight erysipelas. [Obs.] Ray. Coxe.Si-dē're-al, a. p. 1227Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy. 2. (Astron.) Measured by the apparent motion of the stars; pertaining to, or designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the…Sīd'er-ite, n. p. 1227(Min.) (a.) A hydrous arseniate of iron; cube-ore. (b.) Carbonate of iron; spathic iron. (c.) An indigo blue variety of quartz. Dana. The name was also formerly applied to magnetic iron ore, or…Sid'er-o-gräph'ic, a. p. 1227Sid'er-o-graph'ic-al p. 1227Pertaining to siderography, or performed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.Sid'er-ōg'ra-phist, n. p. 1227One versed in siderography.Sīd'er-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 1227The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying fac-similes of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel…Sīd’er-o-măn’cy, n. p. 1227Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and forming conjectures from the manner of their burning. Craig.Sid'er-ōm'e-lāne, n. p. 1227(Min.) An amorphous ferruginous variety of labradorite. Dana.Sid'er-o-schĭz'o-lite, n. p. 1227(Min.) A mineral of a velvet-black, or dark greenish gray color and splendent luster, consisting chiefly of silicate of iron. Dana.Sid'er-o-scōpe, n. p. 1227An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance, by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.Sīd'er-ŏx'y-lon, n. p. 1227(Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, the wood of which is exceedingly hard and heavy; iron-wood. Baird.