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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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Sy-cō'sis, n. p. 1341(Med.) A tubercular eruption upon the scalp or the bearded part of the face.Sŷd'er-o-lite, n. p. 1341A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the pottery called Wedgwood-ware. Simmonds.Sȳ'e-nīte, n. p. 1341(Min.) A crystalline rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, of grayish-white and reddish colors, taking its name from Syene, in Upper Egypt, where it was quarried for monuments by the…Sȳ'e-nĭt'ĭc, a. p. 1341Relating to Syene; as Syenitic inscriptions. 2. Relating to, or like, syenite; as, syenitic granite.Sȳke, n. p. 1341A small brook or rill in low ground; a sike. [Prov. Eng.]Sȳk'er, adv. p. 1341Surely. [Obs.] Spenser.Sŷl'la-ba-ry, n. p. 1341A table of syllables; more especially, the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.Syl-lāb'ic or Syl-lāb'ic-al, a. p. 1341Pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent. 2. Consisting of a syllable or syllables; as, a syllabic augment.Syl-lāb'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1341In a syllabic manner; syllable after syllable.Syl-lāb'ī-ē'āte, v. t. p. 1341To form into syllables; to syllabify.Syl-lāb/i-cā'tion, n. p. 1341The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. [See Prin. of Pron., § 129.]Syl-lāb'ī-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 1341The same as SYLLABICATION, q. v. “That condition of syllabification which constitutes in part the prosodial superiority of the Greek.” Bush.Syl-lāb'ĭ-fȳ, v. t. p. 1341To form or divide into syllables.Sŷl'la-bīst, n. p. 1341One who forms words into syllables, or is skilled in doing this.Sȳl'la-ble, n. p. 1341An elementary sound, or a combination of elementary sounds, uttered together, or at a single effort or impulse of the voice, and constituting a word or a part of a word; the smallest separately…Syl'la-ble, v. t. p. 1341To pronounce the syllables of: to utter; to articulate. [Obs.] Milton.Syl'la-bŭb, n. p. 1341A compound drink made of wine and milk. [Written also sillabub.]Sўl'la-bŭs, n. p. 1341A compendium containing the heads of a discourse, and the like; an abstract.Syl-lēp'sis, n. p. 1341(Rhet.) A figure by which the sense of words is construed otherwise than the words import, they being still construed according to the intention of the author; the use of words in a literal and…Syl-lēp'tic or Syl-lēp'tic-al, a. p. 1341Of, pertaining to, or containing, syllepsis.Syl-lĕp'tĭc-al-ly, adv. p. 1341In a sylleptical manner; with or by syllepsis.Syl'lo-gĭsm, n. p. 1341(Logic.) The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last the conclusion. The conclusion necessarily follows…Syl'lo-gis'tic or Syl'lo-gis'tic-al, a. p. 1341Of, or pertaining to, a syllogism; consisting of a syllogism, or of the form of reasoning by syllogisms; as, syllogistic arguments, or reasoning.Syl'lo-gis'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 1341In the form of a syllogism; by means of syllogisms; as, to reason or prove syllogistically.Sÿl'lo-gi-zā'tion, n. p. 1341A reasoning by syllogisms. [Obs. or rare.] Harris.Sŷl'lo-gīze, v. i. p. 1341To reason by syllogisms. Men have endeavored to teach boys to syllogize, or to frame arguments and refute them, without real knowledge. Watts.Syl'lo-giz'er, n. p. 1341One who reasons by syllogisms.Sylph, n. p. 1341An imaginary being inhabiting the air; a fairy.Sylph'id, n. p. 1341A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph. “The palace of the sylphid queen.” J. R. Drake.S̆yl'va, n. p. 1341The forest trees of any region or country. 2. (Bot.) A work containing a botanical description of the forest trees of any region or country; as, Michaux's Sylva Americana. 3. (Poet.) (a.) A poetical…Syl'van, a. p. 1341Of, or pertaining to, a sylva; forest like; hence, rural; rustic. The traditional memory of a rural and sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. De Quincey. 2. Abounding in forests…Syl'van, n. p. 1341A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. Pope.Syl'van-ite, n. p. 1341(Min.) A mineral of a steel-gray, silver-white, or, sometimes, yellowish color, consisting of native tellurium with a considerable proportion of gold and silver. [Written also silvanite.] Dana.Syl-văt'ic or Syl-vĕs'tri-an, a. p. 1342Sylvan. [Very rare.]Sȳ'mar, n. p. 1342The same as SIMARRE. See SIMARRE.Sy̆m'bal, n. p. 1342A cymbal. See CYMBAL.Sy̆m'bol, n. p. 1342The sign or representation of something moral or intellectual by the images or properties of natural things; an emblem; a representation; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol…Sym-bŏl'ic, n. p. 1342(Theol.) That branch of historic theology which treats of creeds; symbolism. [Written also symbolics.]Sym-bŏl'ic or Sym-bŏl'ic-al, a. p. 1342Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of, a symbol; representative; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; as, the figure of an eye is symbolical of sight and knowledge. The sacrament is a…Sym-bōl'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1342In a symbolical manner; by representation or resemblance of properties; by signs; typically.Sym-bōl'ic-al-ness, n. p. 1342The quality of being symbolical. “A prophetical symbolicalness.” Hare.Sym-bōl'ies, n. sing. p. 1342The same as SYMBOLIC, q. v. [See Note under MATHEMATICS.]Sȳm'bol-ism, n. p. 1342A system of symbols or representations. 2. (Chem.) A combining together or consent of parts or ingredients. 3. (Theol.) The science of creeds; symbolic.Sȳm'bol-ist, n. p. 1342One who employs symbols.Sĭm'bol-ĭst'ĭc or Sĭm'bol-ĭst'ĭc-al, a. p. 1342Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.Sy̆m'bol-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1342The act of symbolizing; resemblance in properties.Sym'bol-ize, v. i. p. 1342To have a resemblance of qualities or properties. The pleasing of color symbolizeth with the pleasing of a single tone to the ear; but the pleasing of order doth symbolize with harmony. Bacon. They…Sým'bol-ize, v. t. p. 1342To make to agree in properties or qualities. 2. To make representative of something. Some symbolize the same from the mystery of its colors. Browne. 3. To represent by a symbol. I. Taylor.Sym'bol-ōg'ie-al, a. p. 1342Versed in, or characterized by, symbology, or the art of expressing by symbols.Sym-bŏl'o-gist, n. p. 1342One versed in symbology, or skilled in the use of symbols.Sym-bŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1342The art of expressing by symbols.Sým'me-tral, a. p. 1342Commensurable; symmetrical. [Obs.]Sym-mē'tri-an, n. p. 1342One eminently studious of proportion, or symmetry of parts. [Rare.] Sidney. Wotton.Sym-mĕt'rie-al, a. p. 1342Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in its parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building. 2. (Bot.) Having an equal number of parts of each…Sym-mĕt'rie-al-ly, adv. p. 1342In a symmetrical manner; with due proportion of parts.Sym-mĕt'rie-al-ness, n. p. 1342The state or quality of being symmetrical.Sym`me-tri'cian or Sym`me-trist, n. p. 1342One eminently studious of symmetry; a symmetrian. Holinshed. Wotton.Sȳm'me-trīze, v. t. p. 1342To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry. Burke.Sȳm'me-try, n. p. 1342A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; or the union and conformity of the members of a work…Sym'pa-thĕt'ic or Sym'pa-thĕt'ic-al, a. p. 1342Inclined to or exhibiting sympathy; sympathizing. And wiser he whose sympathetic mind Exults in all the good of all mankind. Goldsmith. 2. (Med.) Produced by sympathy; — applied to symptoms and…