sibllist

The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia · 1910 · p. 44
[Eng. Sibyl; -ist.] A devotee of or believer in the Sibyls; a believer in the Sibylline oracles. "Upon Celsus mentioning a sect of Christians called Sibyl lists, Origen tells us, that these were such as using the sibylline testimonies, were called so in way of disgrace, by other Christians, who would not allow the sibyl to have been a prophete ."-Cudworth: Intell. System, p. 284. sIc, adv . [Lat.=so.) Thus, so. (A word often used within brackets in quoting, in order to call attention to the fact that the word or words are quoted exactly and literally. It is generally used to indicate that there is or seems to be a mistake in the original, or to expre a difference of opinion, or contempt.) SIC, a. [SUCH.] ( Scotch .) sic'-a-möre, 8. [SYCAMORE.] sic'-ca, s. [Hind.) An Indian jeweler's weight of about 180 grains troy. sicca-rupee, s. [RUPEE.] sic-can, a. [Eng. such; -an.] Such; such kind of. ( Scotch. ) "Na, na! if ye are nae friend to kirk and the king, and are detained as siccan a person." -Scott : Waverley , ch. xxx. sic-car, sik-kar, a. [SICKER.] *sic'-cāte, v . t . [Lat. siccatus , pa. par. of sicco = to dry; siccus =dry.] To dry. *sic-ca-tion, subst . [Lat. siccatio .] The act or proce of drying.
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