simon yite

[After Prof. F. Simony, suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A monoclinic mineral occurring both in crystals and ma ive. Hardne , 2.5; specific gravity, 2.244. Composition: Sulphuric acid, 47-17; magnesia, 12-65: soda, 18:86; water, 21.82=100-50, yielding the formula ROSO3+2HO, where RO=magnesia and soda. si-moôm', *si-moôn', s . [Arab.samūm=a sultry, pestilential wind which destroys travelers; from samma he poisoned; sam us poisoning.] Meteor.: A hot which blows over the deserts of Asia and Africa, darkening the air with the sand which it raises. Under its influence the skin feels dry, the respiration is accelerated, and there is burning thirst. The simoom is called in Algiers and Italy the Sirocco, in Egypt the Kamsin, in Turkey the Samiel, and in Guinea the Harmattan. The Indian hot wind blowing over Central India in April or May is a milder form of the Simoom. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. IMG:content-1481.png:[blocks in formation] Vulgar Errors, p. 108. sim-pai, s. (Native name.] Zool.: Semnopithecus melalophus ; called also the Black-crested Monkey, a native of Sumatra. Body long, slender, pelvic limbs so long that the hindquarters are higher than the shoulders when the animal walks on all-fours. There is a long crest of black hair on the top of the head; under parts white; back and neck bright yellow and red. sim-pěr, v . i . [Prob. a nasalized form from sip (q. v.); cf. Dan. sippe a woman who is affectedly coy; Sw. sipp = finical, prim; Low Ger. sipp =the gesture of a compre ed mouth and affected pronunciation; Norw.semper fine, smart; Dan. dial. simper, semper affected, coy, prudish; Prov. Ger. zimpern to be affectedly coy.] 1. To smile in an affected, silly manner. "There dost thou glide from fair to fair, Still simpering on with eager haste." Byron: To a Youthful Friend. IMG:content-1482.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1483.png:[blocks in formation] "And well the simperer might be vain, He chose the fairest of the train." Scott: Lady of the Lake, v. 21. sim-për-ing, pr . par . or a . [SIMPER, v.] sim-per-ing-lỹ, adv . [Eng. simpering ; -ly.] In a simpering manner; with simpers or smirks. "Why looks neat Curus all so simperingly ?" Marston: Scourge of Villany , iii. 9.