sipuncu11dæ

pl. [Modern Latin sipun cul(us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idæ.] Zool .: The typical family of the Sipunculoidea or Gephyrea (q. v.), with three genera. Sipunculus, Syrinx, and Phascolosoma. The proboscis is retractile, furnished with tentacles at its tip; vent at base. some univalve mollusk for the protection of its soft vermiform body, plastering up the entrance, leaving only a hole for the protrusion of its proboscis. Other species burrow in sand, as does S. edulis , eaten by the Chinese. sip-ý-lite, subst. [After Sipylus, one of Niobe's children; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A tetragonal mineral, occurring in octahedrons. Hardne , 60; specific gravity, 4:89; luster, resinous; color, brownish-black to brownish orange. Composition: E entially a columbate of erbium, lanthanum, didymium, cerium, . Found in Amherst county, Virginia. si quis, phr. [Latin if any one, so called from the opening words of the notice formerly given in Latin.] Eccles. Law : A notification by candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him. sir, s . [Fr. sieur , from Lat. senior =older, senior (q. v.); Icel. sir a ; Sp. ser ; Italian ser . The older form of sir was sire (q. v.); senior , seignior , señor, signor , and sir are doublets.] 1. A term of complimentary addre applied commonly, without regard to position or standing, to men of any degree; a general title by which a person addre es the man to whom he is speaking. Commonly used as a title of respect by sons to their fathers, pupils to their teachers, and generally by inferiors to superiors; also in phrases expre ing doubt, displeasure, astonishment, or the like. *2. A title formerly given to clergymen; as, Shakespeare's Sir Hugh Evans, a Welsh priest, . knights; it is always prefixed to the Christian name, as Sir John, Sir Robert, . 3. A British title of honor given to baronets and *4. Used as a noun appellative to signify- (1) A lord, a master, a sovereign. "Sole sir o' the world." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , v. 2. (2) A gentleman. "In the habit of some sir of note." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, iii. 4. sir, v . t . [SIR, 8.] To addre as sir. " Sir'd him at every word."-Richardson: Clari a , i. 47. *sir-reverence, *sur-reverence, phr . [A corrupt. of save - reverence (q. v.).] 1. An apologetical apostrophe for introducing an indelicate word or expre ion. "A very reverend body: ay, such a one as a man may not speak of, without he say, sir-reverence." --Shakesp .: Comedy of Errors , iii. 2. 2. The thing signified by the word or expre ion. ( Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, i. 4.)