sister (sister)

[ She... with her neeld composes Nature's own shape, of bud, bird, branch, or berry, That even her art sisters the natural roses. Shak ., Pericles, v., Prol., 1. 7. 2. To addre or treat as a sister. actively engaged in a isting the poor, those who live in community but are engaged in devotions and other secluded occupations, and those not living in the community but a isting it as co-workers. There are also a number of somewhat similar organizations in the Episcopal Church in the United States. A very virtuous maid, And to be shortly of a sisterhood . Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 21. O peaceful Sisterhood , Receive, and yield me sanctuary. Tennyson, Guinevere. sister-hook (sis'tėr-hük), n. Naut ., one of a pair of hooks working on the same axis and fitting closely together: much used about a ship's rigging. Also clip - hook , Sister-hooks, closed and open. clove-hook. sister-in-law (sis'ter-in-la'), n. [ Release my brother;. My sisterly remorse confutes mine honour. Shak., M. for M., v. 1. 100. We hear no more of this sisterly resemblance [of Christianity] to Platonism. IMG:content-1164.png:[merged small][ocr errors] Rattling an ancient sistrum at his head base!" Sistrum .