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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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Sŷr'i-a-çīsm or Sŷ-rī'a-çīsm, n. p. 1345A Syrian idiom. Milton.Sŷr'i-an, a. p. 1345(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Syria; Syriac.Sŷr'i-an, n. p. 1345(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Syria.Sŷr'i·an-īsm, n. p. 1345A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity in the Syrian language; a Syriacism. Paley.Sŷr'i-ăsm, n. p. 1345A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. [Rare.] Stuart. The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms. Warburton.Sy-rĭn'gă, n. p. 1345(Bot.) A genus of plants; the lilac. ☞— The mock orange is popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as pipe-stems.Sŷr'inge, n. p. 1345An instrument consisting usually of a tube terminating in a small orifice, and filled, by the action of a piston, with a liquid, which is first drawn in and then expelled in a stream, as for…Sŷr'inge, v. t. p. 1345To inject by means of a syringe. 2. To wash and cleanse by injections from a syringe.Sy-rin’go-tōme, n. p. 1345(Surg.) A kind of bistoury formerly used in the operation of cutting for the fistula. Dunglison.Sŷr'in-gōt'o-my, n. p. 1345(Surg.) The operation of cutting for the fistula.Sȳr'ingx, n. p. 1345(Mus.) A wind instrument made of reeds tied together;—called also pandean pipes. Moore.Syr'ma, n. p. 1345(Antiq.) A long dress, reaching to the floor, worn by tragic actors.Syrt, n. p. 1345A quicksand; a bog. [Rare.] Young.Syr'tic, a. p. 1345Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a syrt, or quicksand. [Rare.] Ed. Rev.Syr'tis, n. p. 1345A quicksand. Quenched in a boggy syrtis; neither sea Nor good dry land. Milton.Syr'up, n. p. 1345See SIRUP, the preferable, but perhaps less usual, orthography.Sŷs'sar-eō'sis, n. p. 1345(Anat.) The junction of bones by intervening muscles. Brande.Sys-tăl'tic, a. p. 1345(Physiol.) Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.Sŷs'ta-sĭs, n. p. 1345The consistence of a thing; constitution. [Very rare.] Burke.Sŷs'tem, n. p. 1345An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a…Sŷs'tem-ăt'ic or Sŷs'tem-ăt'ic-al, a. p. 1345Of, or pertaining to, system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic…Sȳs'tem-ăt'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 1345In a systematical manner; in the form of a system; methodically.Sŷs'tem-a-tĭsm, n. p. 1345A method according to which every fact of a science is collected round an opinion or idea, true or false; reduction of facts or principles to a system. Dunglison.Sŷs'tem-a-tist, n. p. 1345One who forms a system, or reduces to system.Sŷs'tem-a-tize, v. t. p. 1345To reduce to system or regular method; to arrange methodically; as, to systematize plants or fossils. Diseases were healed, and buildings erected, before medicine and architecture were systematized…Sŷs'tem-a-tīz'er, n. p. 1345One who systematizes, or reduces things to system. Aristotle may be called the systematizer of his master's doctrines. Harris.Sŷs'tem-a-tŏl'o-ǵy, n. p. 1345The doctrine, or a treatise, of systems. Dunglison.Sys-tēm'ic, a. p. 1345Of, or relating to, a system. 2. (Pathol.) Belonging to the body as a whole; common to a general system; as, systemic circulation.Sŷs'tem-i-zā'tion, n. p. 1345The act or operation of systemizing; the reduction of things to system, or regular method.Sŷs'tem-īze, v. t. p. 1345To reduce to system; to systematize.Sȳs'tem-īz'er, n. p. 1345One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer.Sŷs'tem-less, a. p. 1345Without system. 2. (Bat. & Zoöl.) Without a distinct expression of either of the four systems of structure characterizing organic nature, that is, the radiate in the vegetable kingdom, and the…Sŷs'to-le, n. p. 1345(Gram.) The shortening of a long syllable. 2. (Physiol.) The contraction of the heart and arteries for expelling the blood and carrying on the circulation. See DIASTOLE.Sys-tŏl'ic, a. p. 1345Of, or pertaining to, systole, or contraction.Sŷs'tȳle, n. p. 1345(Arch.) (a.) The manner of placing columns, where the space between the two shafts consists of two diameters or four modules; the arrangement of columns in such a manner that they are two diameters…Sȳthe, n. p. 1345The same as SCYTHE. [Obs. or rare.]Syx-hĕn'de-man, n. p. 1345(O. Sax. Law.) A man who possessed property to the value of six hundred shillings. [Obs.]Sÿz'y-gy, n. p. 1345(Astron.) The point of an orbit, as of the moon or a planet, at which it is in conjunction or opposition;—commonly used in the plural. Line of syzygies, the straight line connecting the earth, the…T p. 1346the twentieth letter of the English alphabet, is a simple consonant, allied to both D and N, all three of these letters being dental elements. It differs from D in the entire absence of vocality, and…Tāb, n. p. 1346The latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or otherwise. [Prov. Eng.] Forby. 2. The end of a lace; a tag. [Prov. Eng.] Forby. 3. A hanging sleeve of a child's garment. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 4. A…Ta-bäc'co, n. p. 1346Tobacco. [Obs.]Tă-bā'nus, n. p. 1346(Entom.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the horse-fly.Tāb'ard, n. p. 1346A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn over the armor, covering the body before and behind, and reaching below the loins, but open at the sides, from the shoulders downward. It was generally…Tāb'ard-er, n. p. 1346One who wears a tabard.Tāb'a-rēt, n. p. 1346A stout, satin-striped silk, used for furniture.Tāb'a-sheer', n. p. 1346A concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silex. It is highly valued in the East Indies as a medicine for the cure of bilious vomitings, bloody flux, piles…Tāb'bi-nēt, n. p. 1346A more delicate kind of tabby.Tăb'by, a. p. 1346Having a wavy or watered appearance. 2. Brinded; brindled; diversified in color; as, a tabby cat.Tāb'by, n. p. 1346A kind of waved silk, usually watered, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by the process of calendering. 2. A mixture of lime with shells, gravel, or…Tăb'by, v. t. p. 1346To water, or cause to look wavy by the process of calendering; as, to tabby silk, mohair, ribbon, and the like.Tāb'e-fāc'tion, n. p. 1346A wasting away; a gradual losing of flesh by disease.Tāb'e-fy, v. i. p. 1346To consume; to waste gradually; to lose flesh. [Rare.] Harvey.Ta-bĕll'ion, n. p. 1346A secretary or notary under the Roman empire, or in France during the old monarchy.Tāb'erd, n. p. 1346The same as TABARD. See TABARD.Tāb'er-na-cle, n. p. 1346A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. “Orange-trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves.” Evelyn. 2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable…Tāb’er-na-cle, v. i. p. 1346To dwell or reside for a time; to be housed; as, Christ tabernacled in the flesh.Tāb'er-nāc'ū-lar, a. p. 1346Pertaining to a tabernacle, or to the Jewish tabernacle. 2. Formed in latticed work; latticed. Warton. 3. Of, or belonging to, a booth or shop; hence, common; low. [Rare.] “The word ‘short-comings,’…Tā'bēs, n. p. 1346(Med.) Progressive emaciation of the whole body, accompanied with hectic fever, and with no well-marked local symptoms.Ta-bēt'ic, a. p. 1346Of, or pertaining to, tabes; of the nature of tabes; affected with tabes.Tāb'id, a. p. 1346Relating to, or wasted by, tabes. In tabid persons, milk is the best restorative. Arbuthnot.