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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sĭ-mōōm’ or Sĭ-mōōn’, n. p. 1231A hot, dry wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and the neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains. Its approach is indicated by a redness…Sĭ'mōus, a. p. 1231Having a very flat or snub nose, with the end turned up. 2. Concave. “The simous part of the liver.” Browne.Sim’per, v. i. p. 1232To glimmer; to twinkle. [Obs.] The house is here before us, The candles all are out; But one i’ the parlor, I see it simper hither. Beau. & Fl. Yet can I mark how stars above Simper and shine.…Sim'per, n. p. 1232A smile with an air of silliness, affectation, or conceit. Addison.Sim′per-er, n. p. 1232One who simpers. “A simperer that a court affords.” Neville.Sim'per-ing-ly, adv. p. 1232In a simpering manner; with a silly smile.Sĭm'ple, a. p. 1232Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine.…Sĭm’ple, n. p. 1232Something not mixed or compounded. 2. (Med.) A medicinal plant; — so called because each vegetable is supposed to possess its particular virtue and therefore to constitute a simple remedy. We walked…Sĭm′ple, v. i. p. 1232To gather simples or plants. Simpling on the flowery hills he strayed. Garth.Sĭm'ple-heärt'ed, a. p. 1232Having a simple heart; single-hearted; ingenuous; guileless. W. Scott.Sim'ple-mīnd'ed, a. p. 1232Having a simple mind; artless; undesigning; unsuspecting. Blackstone.Sim'ple-mīnd'ed-ness, n. p. 1232The state or quality of being simple-minded; artlessness.Sim'ple-ness, n. p. 1232The state or quality of being simple; simplicity; as, the simpleness of the elements.Sim'pler, n. p. 1232One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.Sim'pless, n. p. 1232Simplicity; silliness. [Obs.] Spenser.Sĭm'ple-ton, n. p. 1232A silly person; a person of weak intellect; a trifler; a foolish person.Sim-pli'cian, n. p. 1232An artless, unskilled, or undesigning person.Sim-pliç'i-ty, n. p. 1232The quality of being simple, unmingled, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths. 2. The quality of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a…Sim'pli-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1232The act of simplifying, or making simple.Sĭm'plĭ-fy, v. t. p. 1232To make simple; to reduce from the complex state by analysis; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making. The collection of duties is drawn…Sim'plist, n. p. 1232One skilled in simples, or medical plants; a simpler. Browne.Sim-plĭst'ic, a. p. 1232Of, or pertaining to, simples, or a simplist. [Rare.] Wilkinson.Sĭm'pli-ty, n. p. 1232Simplicity. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.Sĭm'plo-çe, n. p. 1232See SYMPLOCE.Sĭm'ply, adv. p. 1232In a simple manner; without art; without subtlety; artlessly; plainly. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. Milton. 2. When considered in or by itself; without addition; alone…Sĭm'ū-lā/cher or Sĭm'ū-lā/ehre, n. p. 1232An image. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.Sim'ū-lar, n. p. 1232One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something. Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.Sĭm’ū-lāte, v. t. p. 1232To assume the mere appearance of without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign. The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent…Sĭm’ū-late, a. p. 1232Feigned; pretended. Bale.Sĭm'-ū-lā'tion, n. p. 1232The act of simulating, or putting on what is not true;— distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true. Syn.—Counterfeiting; feint; pretense.Si'mul-ta-nē'i-ty, n. p. 1232The state or quality of being simultaneous; simultaneousness. De Quincey.Sī’mul-tā’ne-oūs, a. p. 1232Existing or happening at the same time; as, simultaneous events. Simultaneous equations (Math.), equations in which the values of the unknown quantities entering them are the same in both or in all…Sĭ'mul-tā'ne-oüs-ly, adv. p. 1232At a simultaneous time or in a simultaneous manner.Sī'mul-tā'ne-oūs-ness, n. p. 1232The state or quality of being simultaneous; as, the simultaneousness of transactions in two different places.Sim'ul-ty, n. p. 1232Private grudge or quarrel. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Sin, n. p. 1232Transgression of the law of God; disobedience of the divine command; any violation of God’s will, either in purpose or conduct; moral deficiency in the character; iniquity. I think it no sin to cozen…Sin, v. i. p. 1232To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or non-observance of its injunctions; to…Sin, adv. p. 1232Since. [Obs.]Si-nā'ic or Si'na-īt'ic, a. p. 1232Of, or pertaining to, Mount Sinai; given or made at Sinai.Sin'a-pic, a. p. 1232(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sinapine;—said of a certain acid obtained from sinapine by the action of potash and soda.Sĭn'a-pīne, n. p. 1232(Chem.) A base obtained from the seeds of Sinapis alba, or white mustard, the solution of which is yellow. It can not be obtained pure, from its tendency to decompose. Gregory.Si-nā'pis, n. p. 1232(Bot.) A genus of plants; mustard.Sin'a-pis'ine, n. p. 1232(Chem.) A principle extracted from mustard seed. It is white, crystallizable, inodorous, and bitter.Sin'a-pīzm, n. p. 1232(Med.) A cataplasm composed of mustard seed pulverized, with some other ingredients, and used as an external application. It is a powerful irritant.Sĭ-näp'ō-līne, n. p. 1232(Chem.) A substance obtained from essence of mustard by digesting it with hydrated oxide of lead. It crystallizes in shining, greasy flakes.Sĭnçe, adv. p. 1232In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; from any time forward to the present; ago; as, two years since; I have not seen him since.Sĭnçe, prep. p. 1232From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after;—with a past event or time for the object. The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming. Gen. xxx. 30.Sĭnçe, conj. p. 1232Since the time when; from the (past) time that. As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began. Luke i. 70. 2. From (inferentially), or in view of, the fact…Sin-çēre', a. p. 1233Pure; unmixed; unadulterated. “A joy which never was sincere till now.” Dryden. There is no sincere acid in any animal juice. Arbuthnot. 2. Unhurt; uninjured. [Obs.] The inviolable body stood…Sin-cĕ're'ly, adv. p. 1233In a sincere manner; honestly; unfeignedly; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.Sin-cēre'ness, n. p. 1233The state or quality of being sincere; sincerity.Sin-cĕr'i-ty, n. p. 1233The state or quality of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense. I protest in the sincerity of love. Shak.Sin-cĭp′i-tal, a. p. 1233(Anat.) Of, or pertaining to, the sinciput. The parietal bones have been called sincipital. Dunglison.Sē'mĭ-pŭt, n. p. 1233(Anat.) The fore part of the head from the forehead to the coronal suture.Sin'don, n. p. 1233A wrapper. [Obs.] “Wrapped in sindons of fine linen.” Bacon. 2. (Surg.) A small piece of rag or round pledget introduced into the hole in the cranium made by a trephine. Dunglison.Sine, n. p. 1233(Trigonometry.) (a.) The length of a perpendicular drawn from one extremity of an arc to the diameter drawn through the other extremity. (b.) The perpendicular itself. Artificial sines, logarithms of…Si'ne, prep. p. 1233Without.Sī'ne-cū're-al, a. p. 1233Of, or pertaining to, a sine-cure; in the nature of a sinecure.Sī'ne-cūre, n. p. 1233An ecclesiastical benefice, without the care of souls. Ayliffe. 2. An office or position which requires or involves no labor or active service. “A lucrative sinecure in the Excise.” Macaulay.Si'ne-cūre, v. t. p. 1233To put in a sinecure.