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An obsolete form of scion. Cotgrave. sierra (sier'ä), n. [ For miles and miles we skirt the Ragusan island of Meleda, long, slender, with its endle hills of no great height standing up like the teeth of a saw - a true sierra in miniature. E. A. Freeman , Venice, p. 193. 2. A scombroid fish, Scomberomorus caballa, a kind of Spanish mackerel. The sides of the body of the young are relieved by indistinct dark-yellowish spots, which are lost in the adult, and the spinous dorsal has no anterior black blotch. It is the largest species of its genus, and occasionally reaches a weight of 100 pounds. It inhabits the tropical Atlantic, and rarely visits the southern coast of the United States. 3. Same as chromosphere. Sierra Leone fever, peach, etc. See fever1, IMG:content-1027.jpg:[graphic] etc. IMG:content-1028.png:[blocks in formation] sieve-like (siv'lik), a. In an at ., cribriform; ethmoid. sieve-plate (siv'plāt), n. bone or other hard, flat part full of little holes; a foraminulose plate or surface; specifically, the Cucurbit a pepe cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone.-2. In bot ., one of the panels or thin areas of a sieve-cell. See sieve - cell .-3. In pa- per-manuf., a strainer for paper-pulp; a knot- ter; a sifting-machine. sieve-pore (siv'por), n. In bot ., one of the pores or openings through the sieve-plate permitting communication between contiguous sieve-cells. See sieve -cell. sievest, n . pl . An obsolete form of cives . See cive. Holly band's Dict ., 1593. ( Hall i well . ) sieve-ti ue (siv'tish"ö), n. In bot . , ti ue composed of sieve-cells. sieve-tube (siv'tūb), n. In bot . , same as sieve- sieve-ve el (siv'ves"el), n. In bot . , same as sieve -cell. sieveyert (siv'yer), n. [Early mod. E. siveyer ; -yer .] A maker of sieves. William Siveyer was born at Shincliffe in this bishop rick, where his father was a siveyer or sieve-maker. Fuller , Worthies, Durham, I. 486. sifac (sē'fak), n . [Malagasy.] The babakoto or short-tailed indri of Madagascar, Indris bre- vic aud at us . It varies to nearly white, when it is also called simpouné and venerated by the Malagasies. See Drum-sieve, a kind of sieve in extensive use among druggists, drysalters, and confectioners: so named from its form. It is used for sifting very fine powders, and consists of three parts or sections, the top and bottom sec- tions being covered with parchment or leather, and made to fit over and under a sieve of the usual form, which is placed between them. The substance to be sifted being thus closed in, the operator is not annoyed by the clouds tation, and the material sifted is at the same time saved from waste. - Sieve and shears, an old mode of divina- tion. See coscinomancy . Th' oracle of sieve and shears, That turns as certain as the spheres. IMG:content-1029.png:[blocks in formation] school which believes that God's attributes are eternally part of his being. A third sect, that of the Sifatites (Partisans of the At- tributes), contended energetically against the two former [Jabarites and Motazilites]. Encyc. Brit ., XVI. 592. sifflet (sif'l), v. [ syflen , siffler , whistle, = Pr. siblar , ciblar , siular = Sp. silbar = Pg. sibilar = It. sibilare , sibillare , sibilare , LL. also sifilare , sibilus , hi ing: see sibilate .] To breathe or blow with a softly sibilant sound; whistle; hi . After the sesoun of somer wyth the soft wyndez, Quen zeferus syftez hym-self on sedez & erbez. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. 8.), 1. 517. [ siffle ment , siffler , whistle: see sifle , v.] act of whistling or hi ing; a whistling, or a siffleur (si-fler'), n. [F.: name given by Cana- dian voyageurs.) The whistler, or hoary mar- mot, Arctomys pruinosus . sifflöt (sif'flet), n . [With accom. term. (as if whistle: see siffle , v .] In music , a whistle-flute; in the organ, a flute-stop having a whistling sift (sift), v. [ siften , syften , sift an , syftan = MD. siften , D. ziften = LG. siften , MLG. LG. also sichten (> G. sichten = Dan. sigte = Sw. sikta = Icel. sikta , sigta ), sift (whence Dan. sigte = Sw. sikta , a sieve); connected with sife , sib i , a sieve: see sieve .] I. trans. 1. To cause the finer parts of to pa through a sieve; part or separate the larger and smaller elements of, by shaking in a sieve; bolt: as, to sift meal, powder, sand, or lime; to sift the flour from the bran. I saw about this place, as well as on the spot of the antient Arsinoe, near Faiume, the people sifting the sand in order to find seals and medals. Pococke , Description of the East, L. 58. 2. To pa or shake through or from anything in the manner of a sieve; pour out or stir up loosely, like particles falling from a sieve: as, to sift sand through the fingers; to sift sugar upon a cake. When yellow sands are sifted from below, The glitt'ring billows give a golden show. 3. To act upon or about as if by means of a sieve; examine with close scrutiny; subject to minute analysis: used with a great variety of applications: sometimes with out : as, to sift the good from the bad; to sift out the truth of the matter; to sift a proposition. As near as I could sift him on that argument. Shak ., Rich. II., i. 1. 12. The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted . Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. xiii. You must speak with this wench, Rat-this Effie Deans -you must sift her a wee bit. Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, xvii. With many a courtly wile she pry'd and sifted , His parentage and family to find. sift (sift), n. [ sift , v. i.] Something that falls or pa es as if from the meshes of a sieve; sift- ing or sifted material. [Rare.] sifter (sif'ter), n. [ Though the stile nothing delight the daintie eare of the curious sifter. Lyly , Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 204. 2. A sieve, particularly one differing in form and use from the common sieve, as for sorting matter of differing sizes, sifting ashes from partly burned coal, or the like. An ash - sifter is usu- ally square or oblong, provided with a handle and some- times a cover, and shaken over a box or barrel. 3. pl . Specifically, in ornith ., the lamellirostral birds, as ducks and geese; sieve beaks. sifting (sif'ting), n. [Verbal n. of sift , v.] A searching or investigating. sifting-machine (sif'ting-ma-shēn"), n. In paper - manuf ., a sieve-plate. sig1 (sig), v . A dialectal form of siel . sig2 (sig), n. [ sig1 , v.] Urine; stale urine. [Prov. Eng. and New Eng.] Sigalphinæ (sig-al-fi'nē), n . pl . [NL., Sigal- phus + -inæ.] A subfamily of hymen opter- ous parasites of the family Braconidæ , division Crypto gas tres , typified by the genus Sigalphus , and containing only this genus and Allod or us . Sigalphus (si-gal'fus), n . [NL. (Latreille, 1804); formation not obvious.] A genus of hymenop- terous parasites, typical of the subfamily Sigal- IMG:content-1030.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-1032.png:[merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] a , male, dorsal view; b , female, side view; c, antenna, greatly enlarged. (Hair-lines indicate natural sizes of a and b.) of the destructive plum-curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar . The European species are parasitic upon bark-boring beetles and leaf-mining larvæ. Siganidæ (si-gan'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., -idæ . ] A family of teuthidoid acanthopterygian fishes, represented by the genus Siganus . They have the abdominal (vertebral) about as long as the caudal region; the rayed parts of the dorsal and anal fins subequal and shorter than the spinous parts; the ventrals Siganus striolatus , one of the Siganidæ . each with two marginal (external and internal) spines, be tween which intervene three rays; the head with its rostral section moderate; and no epipleurals. They are also remarkable for the constancy of the number of rays, the dorsal having thirteen spines and ten rays, and the anal seven spines and nine rays. About 40 species are known, all confined to the Indo-Pacific oceans, as Siganus striolatus . siganoid (sig'a-noid), a . and n. [ Siganus + -oid.] I. a. Öf or pertaining to the Siganidæ. II. n. A fish of the family Siganidæ. IMG:content-1033.png:[blocks in formation] From out her heart she sighed , as she must read Of folk unholpen in their utmost need. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 110. Hence-2. To experience an oppre ive mental sensation; yearn or long, as from a special ac- ce of emotion or desire: often with for : as, to sigh for the good old times. He sighed deeply in his spirit. Sighing o'er his bitter fruit For Eden's drupes of gold. Mark viii. 12. Whittier, Lay of Old Time. It was not indeed ever to become such a definitely pre- sent able rule of life as we often sigh for . T. H. Green, Prolegomena to Ethics, § 253. 3. To make a sound resembling or suggestive of a sigh; sound with gentle or subdued mourn- fulne : said of things, especially the wind and its effects. Nothing was audible except the sighing of the wind. J. F. Cooper, Last of Mohicans, xxxii. II. trans. To emit, use, or act upon or in.re- gard to with sighs or in sighing; utter, expre , lament, etc., with sighing utterance or feeling: used poetically with much latitude: as, to sigh out one's love, pleasure, or grief. I lov'd the maid I married; never man Sigh'd truer breath. Shak ., Cor., iv. 5. 121. I approach'd the a , And straight he weeps, and sighs some sonnet out To his fair love. Marston, Satires, iii. 63. Ages to come, and Men unborn, Shall ble her Name, and sigh her Fate. Prior, Ode presented to the King (1695), st. 3. sigh1 (si), n. [ sygh , var. of sike , sik (cf. Sw. suck = Dan. suk ); sigh1 , v.] A sudden involuntary deep-drawn inspiration of breath, followed by its more or le audible expiration, usually expre ive of some emotion or sensa- tion: as, a sigh of grief, chagrin, relief, plea- sure, or fatigue. Withinne the temple, of sykes hot as fyr I herde a swow that gan aboute renne. Chaucer , Parliament of Fowls, 1. 246. Lam. i. 22. My sighs are many, and my heart is faint. She sighed a sigh of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happine were now full. Charlotte Brontë , Jane Eyre, xvii. sigh2, v. See siel. sigh3t. A Middle English preterit of seel . See signer sigher (sī'èr), n. Siganus (sig'a-nus), n. [NL., sidjan .] si In ichth ., the typical genus of Siganidæ . cut under Siganidæ. sigaret (sig'a-ret), n. A gastropod of the genus Sigaretus . Sigaretidæ (sig-a-ret'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Siga ret us.+-idæ.] A family of pectin i branchiate gastropods, united by modern conchologists with Naticidæ . Also Sigaretæ , Sig are tea , Siga ret i , and Sig a retina . Sigaretus (sig-a-rē'tus), n. [NL. (Adanson, 1757), sigaret , name of a shell.] In conch ., IMG:content-1034.jpg:[blocks in formation] the typical genus of Sigaretidæ . Cuvier , 1799. Sigaultian (si-gâl'ti-an), a. [ Sigault (see def.) +-i-an.] Pertaining to Sigault, a French surgeon.- Sigaultian section or operation, symphyseotomy. sigget, v. A Middle English form of sayl . sigger (sig'er), v . i. [A freq. of sig1 .] To trickle through a cranny or crevice; ooze as into a mine; leak. [Prov. Eng.] sigh1 (sī), v . [ sighen , syghen, sizen (pret. sizede, sizhede, sighte, syghte , sicht ), var. of siken , syken (pret. sikede , sykede , syked ), sīcan , sycan (pret. * sāc , pp. * sicen ); cf. freq. sīcet an , sicettan, siccettan, siccitan, sigh, sob (> ME. * sihten , sigh, siht , a sigh); Sw. suck a = Dan. sukke , sigh, groan; prob. ult. imitative.] I. in trans. 1. To heave or draw a sigh (see sigh , n.); make an audible inspiration and expiration indicative of some emotion; make an expre ive respiratory sound: as, to sigh with grief or dis sighs. [ sigh1 + -er1.] One who I could wish myself a sigh to be so chid, or at least a sigher to be comforted. Fletcher (and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, ii. 1. sighful (si'ful), a . [ And, in a Caue hard-by, he roareth out A sigh - full Song. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Trophies. sighingly (sī'ing-li), adv . With sighing. sight1 (sit), n . [Early mod. E. also sometimes site ; sihthe , earlier with a prefix, isiht , gesyhth (OS. gesiht = MD. gesicht, D. gezigt = MLG. gesichte, sichte = OHG. gesiht , gisiht , MHG. gesiht, gesihte, ge- sichte, G. gesicht , also MHG. siht, G. sicht = Sw. Dan. sigte ), sight, vision, a thing seen, as- pect, respect; with formative- th , later -t, seón (pret. seah , pp. gesegen ), see: see seel .] 1. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision; ability to perceive objects by means of the eyes: com- monly reckoned the first of the five senses. Extent of the power of seeing is expre ed by the phrases long or (better) far sight , and short or (better) near sight (in physiology, technically, hypermetropic or presbyopic vision and myopic vision , respectively). Formerly, but not now, used in the plural with reference to more than one subject. Grete and huge was the duste that a-roos, that troubled sore their sightes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 398. Why cloud they [the eyes of heaven] not their sights per- petually, If this be true, which makes me pale to read it? Shak ., Pericles, i. 1. 74. Muton , S. A., 1. 67. O lo of sight , of thee I most complain! 2. A seeing or looking; a vision or view; vis- ual perception or inspection: with or without an article: as, to get a sight , or catch or lose sight , of an object; at first sight ; a cheerful sight ; to get out of one's sight. IMG:content-1035.png:[blocks in formation] . Let my life be precious in thy sight . 2 Ki. i. 13. Thou hast made our false Prophets to be found a lie in the sight of all the people. Milton , On Def. of Humb. Remonst. 6. The state of being seen; visual presence; a coming into view or within the range of vision: as, to know a person by or at sight ; to honor a draft on sight . But you, faire Sir, whose honourable sight Doth promise hope of helpe and timely grace, Mote I beseech to succour his sad plight? Spenser, F. Q., II. viii. 25. IMG:content-1036.png:[graphic] This is the place appointed for our meeting, Yet comes she [not]; I'm covetous of her sight . Middle ton, More Di emblers besides Women, iv. 1. 7. An insight; an opportunity for seeing or studying, as something to be learned. I gave my time for nothing on condition of his giving me a sight into his busine . H. Brooke , Fool of Quality, I. 385. ( Davies .) Hence-8. An opportunity for doing some- thing; thing; an opening; a chance; chance; a "show": as, he has no sight against his opponent. [Colloq.] -9t. Look; aspect; manner of appearing. She sit in halle with a sorweful sighte . Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1832. 10. Something seen or to be seen; a spectacle; a show; used absolutely, a striking spectacle; a gazing-stock; something adapted to attract the eyes or fix attention: as, the sights of a town; he was a sight to behold. Het was a god seyt to se. Robin Hood and the Potter (Child's Ballads, V. 20) Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight , why the bush is not burnt. Ex. iii. 3. It was not very easy to our primitive friends to make themselves sights and spectacles, and the scorn and der i sion of the world. Penn , Rise and Progre of Quakers, ii. Hence-11. A number or quantity wonderful to see or contemplate; a surprising multitude or multiplicity presented to view or attention; a great many, or a great deal: as, what a sight of people! it must have taken a sight of work (to accomplish something). [Colloq.] Where is so great a strength of money, i. where is so huge a syght of mony. Palsgrave , Acolastus (1540). ( Hall i well .) Julian a Berners, lady-priore of the nunnery of Sopwell in the fifteenth century, informs us that in her time "a bomynable syght of monkes" was elegant English for "a large company of friars." G. P. Marsh, Lects. on Eng. Lang., 1st ser., viii. 12. An aid to seeing. Specifically - ( a ) pl . The eyes; spectacles. [Old or prov. Eng.] Bought me two new pair of spectacles of Turlington; his daughter, he being out of the way, do advise me two very young sights , and that that will help me most. Pepys , Diary, III. 279. (b) An aperture through which to look; in old armor, a perforation for the eye through the helmet; now, espe- cially, a small piece (generally one of two pieces in line) with an aperture, either vacant (plain) or containing a lens (telescopic), on a surveying or other instrument, for aid in bringing an object observed into exact line with the point of observation: as, the sights of a quadrant or a compa . Their beavers down, Their eyes of fire sparkling through sights of steel. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 1. 121. (c) A device for directing the aim of a firearm, the most common sort being a metal pin set on top of the barrel near the muzzle. There are often two, one near the muzzle and the other at the breech, the latter having a notch or hole through which the former is seen when the gun is pointed: in this case they are called fore - sight or front sight , and hind - sight or breech - sight . Firearms intended for long range are fitted with sights marked for different elevations, or adjustable, by the use of which the aim can be taken for distances of several hundred yards. See bead Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 50. sight , peep- sight , and cuts under revolver and gun . That blisful sight softneth al my sorwe. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary sight All guns fitted with a front sight on the top of the piece between the trunnions have what is called a clearance angle. Farrow, Mil. Encyc., p. 358. 13. An aim or an observation taken by looking along the course of a gun or an instrument; in gun., specifically, the leveling or aiming of a gun by the aid of its sights; naut., an instrumental observation of the sun or other heavenly body for determining the position of a ve el; in surveying, the fixing, by sight with an instrument, of the relative position of an object for the purpose of alinement. Coarse sight, in shooting, implies an aim taken by exposing a large part of the front sight to the eye in covering the object; fine sight implies a careful aim taken by exposing only the summit of the front sight. See bead, n., 4. Hence-14. A straight stretch of road, as one along which a sight may be taken in surveying; a line uninterrupted by a bend or an elevation: as, go on three sights, and stop at the first house. Also called look. [Western U. S.] -15. In pic ture-framing, that part of a picture of any kind which is exposed to view within the edge of a frame or mat; the whole of the space within the frame. After sight, in com., after presentation. -Angle of sight. See angle3. -Aperture-sight. Same as open bead - sight (which see, under bead - sight ). -At short sight. See short. - At sight. (a) Immediately; as soon as seen; without study or practice: as, to read a piece of music at sight; to shoot at sight. (b) In com., on presentation.-Bill of sight. See bill3. - Buckhorn-sight, a form of rear sight used for rifles: so called from a fancied resemblance of the curved ears adjacent to the sighting notch to the horns of a deer. - Field of sight. Same as field of vision (which see, under field ).- In sight. (a) visibility to an observer or observers: as, the ship hove in sight. The Spanish fleet thou canst not see - because It is not yet in sight! Sheridan, The Critic, ii. 2. 5621 Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three. Tennyson, The Revenge. 2. To take a sight of; make an observation of, especially with an instrument: as, to sight a star.-3. In com., to present to sight; bring under notice: as, to sight a bill (that is, to present it to the drawee for acceptance).-4. To direct upon the object aimed at by means of a sight or sights, as a firearm. The shot struck just as a brave and skilful officer was sighting the piece. J. K. Hosmer, Color-Guard, xv. 5. To provide with sights, or adjust the sights of, as a gun or an instrument. It is the rifling, sighting , and regulation of the arm that makes a perfect match-rifle. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 146. To sight an anchor, to heave it up to see its condition. sight2t. A Middle English preterit of sigh1 . sight-bar (sīt'bär), n . A bar of metal forming part of the breech-sight of a cannon, having the range marked on it in yards or degrees. sight-draft (sīt'draft), n. In com ., a draft payable at sight-that is, on presentation. Also sight - bill . sighted (si'ted), a. [ A partially sighted girl dreams repeatedly of a wide river, and is afraid of being dashed acro it, while anxious to secure the flowers on the opposite bank, which she dimly sees. 2. Having sight of some ing in a particular way: long - sight long New Princeton Rev., V. 33. special character; see special character; in composition: as, far short - sighted, quick sighted, sharp- sighted.-3. Having a sight; fitted with a sight or sights, as a firearm; by extension, arranged with sights so that a certain definite distance can be reached by using ting sight or observation: with of: as, to of land. In sight of quiet sands and seas. A. C. Swinburne , Felise. (e) Within the range of observation or knowledge; known from inspection, search, or inquiry; that can calculated upon as existing or available: as, the ore in sight in a mine; the amount of grain in sight for market. (d) In estimation or consideration; as seen or judged; according to mental perception: with a po e ive pronoun: as, to yards. sighten (sī'tn), v. t. [ ico-printer to judge of the pattern. sight-feed (sīt fed), a. Noting right line joining the object looked at and then the observer.-Natural angle of sight, in gun., the angle included between the natural line of sight and the axis of the piece prolonged. - Natural line of sight, the line of metal of a piece along which the eve ranges. Nocturnal sight. Same as day - blindne . On or upon sight. Same as at sight. Out of sight. (a) Beyond or away from the field of vision; hidden from view, especially by distance; not in sight. IMG:content-1038.png:[blocks in formation] I took to bed. the impre ion that he [Skobeleff] thinker of any Ru ian I had met. was out of sight the most muscular and independent Arch. Forbes, Souvenirs of some Continents, p. 13. Point of sight. See point1. - Quarter-sights, in gun., notches or marks made in or on the upper quarters of the base-ring of a gun above a horizontal plane tangent to the upper parts of the trunnions, formerly used in connection with the muzzle-sights to give the gun an elevation ranging from point-blank to 3°. - Reflecting sight. See reflecting.-Second sight, a faculty of internal sight supposed to be po e ed by some persons, whereby they distant objects or occurrences, foresee future events, as if present before their eyes: so called because it takes the place of natural sight, which for the time is in abey ance. Belief in this faculty, and seemingly strong evi, dences of its reality, existed among nearly all races from the earliest period of history. In modern Europe they abound most among people of Celtic origin, and especially those of the Highlands and islands of Scotland. See clairvoyance. - Slit bar-sight. See bar1, 16. - Telescopic sight, a small telescope mounted as a rear sight or breech-sight upon a small-arm or cannon, so as to vary the angles of sight in aiming for long ranges. - To heave in sight. See heave. - To lose sight of. (a) To cease to see; cease to have knowledge of: as, we shortly lost sight of land; I lost sight of my friend for many years. (b) To overlook; omit to take into calculation: as, you lose sight of my last argument. - To put out of sight. (a) To place out of the range of vision; hide. (b) To consume. [Slang.] The raw spirits that they [Poles] put out of sight without so much as winking struck me with abject amazement. Arch. Forbes, War between France and Germany, II. 255. To take sight of something, to bring it into the direct which the feeding of the lubricant is visible through a tube of gla , uniformity of feeding being thus a ured. sightful (sit'fül), a. [ full sight; clear-sighted. sight clear-sis 'Tis pa ing miraculous that your dul and blind worship should so sodainly turne both sight full and witfull. Chapman , Masque of Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn. sightfulne t (sīt'fül-nes), n. Clearne of sight. Let us not wink, though void of purest sight fulne . sight-hole (sīt'hol), n. Sir P. Sidney , Arcadia, ii. A hole to see through. The generator is provided with a door, fuel-hopper, and valve, stoke and sight - holes. Sci. Amer., N. S., LIV. 66. IMG:content-1039.png:[blocks in formation]