sincaline

[Fr. sin ( apique ), and ( al ) caline.] Chem.: C5H13NO. A brownish crystalline ma , obtained, together with sinapic acid, by boiling sinapine-sulphocyanate with baryta water. It has a strong alkaline reaction, di olves sulphur, and precipitates most of the metallic oxides from their solution. Its salts are extremely deliquescent. sinçe, *sins, *sithens, *sithence, *sithen, *sin, *sith, *sithe, adv . , prep . & conj . [A. S. sidhdhan , sidhdhon, sydhdhan, sedhdhan, siodhdhan after that, since, for sidh dhám after that: sidh =after (prep.), dhám, dat. masc. of the demonstrative pron.] A. As adverb: IMG:content-1488.png:[blocks in formation] "Since thou art dead, lo, here I prophesy: Sorrow on love hereafter shall attend.' Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 1,135. sin-çëre', a . [Fr., from Lat. sincerus , a word of doubtful etymology, some considering it a contraction of sine cera without wax, like the strained honey, the best in the shop, while others consider sintc be the same as in sin - gul i one by one, sem -el =once, sim - ul =together, and -cerus to be connected with cerno to separate; Sp. & Ital. sincero .] *1. Pure, unmixed. "The mind of a man, as it is not of that content or receipt to comprehend knowledge without helpe and supplies, so again, it is not sincere , but of an ill and corrupt tincture."-Bacon: Interpretation of Nature , ch. xvi. *2. Unhurt, uninjured, whole. "He tried a tough well-chosen spear; Th' inviolable body stood sincere ." Dryden: Ovid; Metamorphoses xii. 3. Being in reality what it appears or pretends to be; not feigned, not a umed; genuine, real, true. [See also example under NARD, s ., 2.] "A mourning much more sincere than on the death of one of those princes whose accursed ambition is the sole cause of war." -Knox: On the Folly of War. 4. Honest, und is sembling, frank, truthful, true; really meaning what one says or does. "A ure yourself that I never was more sincere." Ma caulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xxiii. sin-çëre-lý, adv. [Eng. sincere; -ly.] 1. In a sincere manner; without mixture or alloy. "Commonwealths. absolutely and sincerely made of any of them but alwaies mixed with another." -Smith: Commonwealth , bk. i., ch. vi. 2. Honestly; with purity of heart, purpose, or motives; in sincerity; without simulation or disguise. "Nothing simply or sincerely done." Daniel: Dedic. of Queen's Arcadia . sin-çëre'-ně , subst . [Eng. sincere; -ne .] The quality or state of being sincere; sincerity. "Suddenly see you leave off this sincerene ." Beaum. & Flet .: Woman Pleased , iv. 1. sin-çěr-i-tỹ, s. [Fr. sincérité , from Lat. sincer itatem , acc us. of since rit as , from sincerus sincere (q. v.); Sp. sinceridad ; Ital. since rità .] *1. The quality or state of being pure or unmixed. "The Germans are a people that more than all the world, I think, may boast sincerity , as being for some you sand years a pure and unmixed people." -Feltham: Brief Character of the Low Countries, p. 59. 2. The quality or state of being sincere or honest in mind, motives, or intention; freedom from simulation or disguise; genuinene of purpose; truth fulne , earnestne . "Sincerity is a duty no le plain than important."_ Knox: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 8. sinch, s. [Sp. cincho.] 1. A strap whereby the loop on the end of the girth of a Spanish saddle is laced to the loop on the saddle. The Spaniards and Mexicans do not use a buckle, but pa a strap, rope or raw-hide over and over around the loops, and tuck the end in. 2. Absolute certainty of hold or po e ion; as, He has a sinch on the office. ( U. S. Colloq .) sinch, v. i. [SINCH, s.] To girth a horse; to fasten the sinch of a saddle.