Sisterhood

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 479
snAer-hood, n..orig. State of being a sitter the duly of a sister a society of females. Sis terlike,.sister-ilk. Sisterly, sis't£r-li, adj. hue or becoming a sister, kind affectionate. Sit. to rc>t on the haunches to j*erch. as birds to rest to remain to brood to occupy a seat, esp officially to be officially engaged to blow from a certain direction, as the wind.— v.t. to keep the seat upon to seat:—prf>. sm’mg fa and Pa.p. sat n. Sitt'er.—Sit OUt, to sit during, — Sit Up, to rise from a lying to a sitting position. [AS. sittan, cog. with Ger sitjsen, sed-eo. Gr. hed-os, a seat, hezomai. to sit. Cf. Seat and Set Site, n. the place where anything is set down or fixed situation a place chosen for any par- — ticular purpose. [Fr, L. situs— siturn, pa. p. of sino, to set down. Cf. Situate.] mOte mate mGCn then. 4m 479 IMG:page-479.webp:Page 479 81th
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