Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sĭn'gle-stick, n. p. 1233A cudgel used in fencing or fighting. 2. A game at cudgels, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor. Halliwell.Sĭn'gle-tree, n. p. 1233The cross-piece of a carriage to which the traces of a harnessed horse are fixed; a whiffletree. A single-tree is fixed upon each end of another cross-piece, called the double-tree, when two horses…Sin'gle-välved, a. p. 1233Having one valve only.Sīn'glin, n. p. 1233A single gleaning; a handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng.]Sïn'glo, n. p. 1233A fine kind of tea, with large, flat leaves, not much rolled. Simmonds.Sĭn'gly, adv. p. 1233Individually; particularly; as, to make men singly and personally good. 2. Only; by one's self. Look thee, ’tis so, thou singly honest man. Shak. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; as…Sing'-sŏng, n. p. 1233Bad singing. 2. A drawling tone, as of a monotonous or badly executed song.Sing'ster, n. p. 1233A female who sings; a songstress. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Sĭn'gu-lar, a. p. 1233Separate from others; single. [Obs.] “To try the matter in a singular combat.” Holinshed. 2. (Logic.) Existing by itself; single; individual. That idea which represents one determinate thing, is…Sin'gu·lar, n. p. 1234An individual instance; a particular. [Obs.] More. 2. (Gram.) The singular number.Sin'gu·lar-ist, n. p. 1234One who affects singularity. [Obs.] Barrow.Sin'gu-lār'i-ty, n. p. 1234The state of being singular; some character or quality of a thing by which it is distinguished from all, or from most, others; peculiarity. Pliny addeth this singularity to that soil, that the second…Sin'gu·lar-ize, v. t. p. 1234To make single. [Obs.]Sin'gu·lar·ly, adv. p. 1234In a singular manner; peculiarly; strangely; oddly. 2. So as to express one, or the singular number.Sin'gulf, n. p. 1234A sigh or sobbing; a sob; a hiccough. [Obs.] Spenser.Sin'gult, n. p. 1234A sigh or sobbing; a hiccough. [Obs.] Browne.Sin-gült’ous, a. p. 1234(Med.) Relating to, or affected with, hiccough. Dunglison.Sin-gŭl'tus, n. p. 1234(Med.) Hiccough. See HICCOUGH.Sin'i·cal, a. p. 1234Pertaining to a sine; employing, or founded upon, sines. Sinical quadrant, a kind of quadrant the index of which is divided according to sines, or sometimes into equal parts. Hutton.Sin'is-ter, a. p. 1234On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left;—opposed to dexter or right; as, the sinister side of an escutcheon,—which is the side opposite to the right hand of the beholder. See ESCUTCHEON.…Sin'is-ter-hănd'ed, a. p. 1234Left-handed. [Obs.]Sin'is-ter-ly, adv. p. 1234In a sinister manner. A. Wood.Sĭn'is-tral, a. p. 1234Pertaining, or inclining, to the left; sinistrous. 2. (Conch.) Having the turns of the spiral made to the left;—the same as reversed.Sin'is-träl'i-ty, n. p. 1234The state or quality of being sinistral.Sin'is-tral-ly, adv. p. 1234Toward the left.Sin'/is-trōr'/sal, a. p. 1234Rising from left to right, as a spiral line, or helix.Sin'is-trôrse', a. p. 1234(Bot.) Turning to the left. Gray.Sin’is-trōüs, a. p. 1234Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral. Browne. 2. Wrong; absurd; perverse. A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice. Bentley.Sĭn'is-trōus-ly, adv. p. 1234In a sinistrous manner; perversely; wrongly; unluckily. 2. With a tendency to use the left hand. Many, in their infancy, are sinistrously disposed, and divers continue all their lives left-handed.…Sink, v. i. p. 1234To fall by the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to fall gradually; to subside. I sink in deep mire. Ps. lxix. 2. He sunk down in his chariot. 2 Kings xxiv. The Alps and Pyrenees sink…Sink, v. t. p. 1234To cause to sink; to put under water; to immerse in a fluid; as, to sink a ship. 2. To depress; to degrade. I mean not that we should sink our figure out of covetousness. Rogers. 3. To plunge into…Sink, n. p. 1234A drain to carry off filthy water; a jakes. 2. A shallow box or vessel of wood, stone, iron, or other material, connected with a drain, and used for receiving filthy water, &c., as in a kitchen. 3. A…Sink'er, n. p. 1234A weight on something, as on a fish-line, to sink it. 2. One of the thin plates, or slips, of steel that aid in forming the loops upon the needles, in knitting-machines.Sink'-hōle, n. p. 1234A hole for dirty water to run through.Sin'less, a. p. 1234Free from sin; pure; perfect; as, Christ yielded a sinless obedience. 2. Innocent of transgression or trespass. No thoughts like mine his sinless soul profane. Dryden.Sin'less-ly, adv. p. 1234In a sinless manner; innocently.Sin'less-ness, n. p. 1234The state of being sinless; perfect innocence.Sin'ner, n. p. 1234One who has sinned; an offender. 2. Especially, one who has sinned without repenting of it; a persistent or unrepenting sinner; one condemned by the law of God.Sin'ner, v. i. p. 1234To act as a sinner. [Humorous.] “Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it.” Pope.Sin'ner-ess, n. p. 1234A female sinner; a woman who sins. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Sin'net, n. p. 1234The same as SENNIT. See SENNIT.Sĭn'-ŏf/fer-ing, n. p. 1234A sacrifice for sin; something offered as an expiation for sin.Sin’o-lōgue, n. p. 1234A scientific student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, history, and the like.Sin'o-per p. 1234Sin'o-pite, n. p. 1234(Min.) The same as SINOPLE.Sin'o-ple, n. p. 1234(Min.) Red ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish-red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow. It occurs in small but perfect crystals, and in masses that resemble some varieties of jasper.Sin'o-ple, n. p. 1234(Her.) The tincture green; vert;— so called in continental Europe.Sínque, n. p. 1234Cinque. See CINQUE. [Obs.]Sin'ter, n. p. 1234(Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which flies from iron when hammered; — applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareous sinter, a loose variety of carbonate of lime, composed of a series of…Sin'toc, n. p. 1234A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting of the bark of a species of Laurus. [Written also sindoc.] P. Cyc.Sin'ū-ate, v. t. p. 1234To bend in and out; to wind; to turn. Woodward.Sin′ū-ate or Sin′ū-ā′ted, a. p. 1234(Bot.) Having the margin alternately bowed inward and outward; strongly wavy on the margin, with alternate concavities and convexities; having rounded lobes separated by sinuses. Gray.Sĭn'ū-ā'tion, n. p. 1234A winding or bending in and out.Sin'ū-ōse, a. p. 1234Sinuous. [Rare.] Loudon.Sin'ū-ŏs'i-ty, n. p. 1234The quality of being sinuous, or bending in and out. 2. A series of bends and turns in arches or other irregular figures; a series of windings. “A line of coast certainly amounting, with its…Sin'ü-oüs, a. p. 1234Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked. “Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.” Milton. “Gardens bright with sinuous rills.” Coleridge.Sin′ū-oŭs-ly, adv. p. 1234In a sinuous manner; windingly; crookedly.Sī'nus, n. p. 1234An opening; a hollow; a bending. 2. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore, or an opening into the land. 3. (Anat.) (a.) A cavity in a bone or other part, wider at the bottom than at the entrance.…Sĭp, v. t. p. 1234To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea. “Every herb that sips the dew.” Milton. 2. To draw into the mouth; to…Sĭp, v. i. p. 1234To drink a small quantity; to take a fluid with the lips.