siskin green (siskin gren)

A shade of light green inclining to yellow, as the color of the mineral uranite. siskiwit, siskowet, n. Same as siscowet. was formerly a very common fem. name. Cf. sismondine (sis-mon'din), n. jill2, gillo, similarly derived from Jillian, Gil lian, also formerly a common fem. name, now, like Cicely, almost disused. From Sis, Si is derived the surname Si on. In def. 2 the word is commonly regarded as an abbr. of sis ter.] 1. A girl; a sweetheart; a jill: a familiar term. The plowman that in times past was contented in rus set must now adaies have his doublet of the fashion, with wide cuts, his garters of fine silke of Granado, to meet IMG:content-1158.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1159.jpg:[blocks in formation] sirple (ser'pl), v. t. and i.; pret. and pp. sirpled, ppr. sirpling. [Appar. a var. of sipple.] To sipple. Brockett; Jamie son. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] sirrah (sir'ä), n. [Formerly also sirra, sirrha, serrha (the last form being indicated also by the pron. "sar'ra" given by Walker and other authorities); appar. an extension of sir, or a modified form, in addre , of the orig. di yllabic sire (not