Sisyrinchium (sisiringkium)

[NL. (Tournefort, 1700), transferred by Linnæus from the iris; It is characterized by round or two-edged stems without a bulbous base, rising from a cluster of thickened fibers; flowers with the filaments commonly partly united into a tube, and with three slender undivided style-branches; and a globose ovary which becomes an exserted capsule in fruit. There are about 50 species, all American, occurring both in the tropical and in the temperate zones, one species also indigenous in Ireland. They are tufted plants with numerous flat, long, and narrow upright leaves which are all or mostly radical, and usually a single spathe with numerous open flattish flowers. The two species of the eastern United States, S. an gust i folium and S. anceps, are known as blue - eyed gra , from the flowers. See rush - lily. sit (sit), v.; pret.sat (formerly also set, now only dialectal, and sate, still used archaically), pp. Well, may you see things well done there: adieu! Lest our old robes sit easier than our new! Art thou a knight? did ever on that sword The Christian cause sit nobly? Beau , and Fl ., Knight of Malta, iv. 2. Her little air of precision sits so well upon her. Scott , Kenilworth, vii. Mrs. Stelling. was a woman whose skirt sat well; who adjusted her waist and patted her curls with a pre- occupied air when she inquired after your welfare. 101. To be incumbent; lie or rest, as an obli- gation; be proper or seemly; suit; comport. Hit sittes , me semeth, to a sure knyghte, That ayres into vnkoth lond auntres to sec he, To be counseld in case to comfford hym-seluyn Of sum fre that hym faith awe, & the fete knoweth. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 530. But as for me, I seye that yvel it sit To e aye a wyf whan that it is no nede, And putten her in anguish and in drede. It sitteth with you now to call your wits and senses to- Spenser, To Gabriel Harvey. seidest to me mi preyere scholde sitte . Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. T. S.), p. 8. 12. To place one's self in position or in read i- ne for a certain end: as, to sit for one's por- trait; to sit for an examination, or for a fellow- ship in a university. thedral, chair , chaise, etc., octahedron, poly he- dron, tetrahedron , etc. The forms of sit , partly by phonetic confluence and partly by mere con- fusion, have been more or le mixed with those of set1 . The pret. sat , formerly also sate and set (cf. eat (et), ate , pret. of eat ) , is still in dial. use often set , and corruptly sot ; the pp., prop. sitten (ME. siten , seten , AS. seten ), is also by lo of the pp. suffix set , or by confusion with the pret. also sat, the pp. set being now usually regarded as belonging only to set , the causal of sit . ] I. in- trans. 1. To take or have such a posture that judicial busine . the back is comparatively erect, while the rest of the body bends at the hips and generally at the knees, to conform to a support beneath; rest in such a posture; occupy a seat: said of persons, and also of some animals, as dogs and 4. To be or continue in a state of rest; remain pa ive or inactive; repose. Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? Num. xxxii. 6. We have sitten too long; it is full time we were travel- ling. Rev. T. Adams , Works, II. 47. Ye princes of the earth, ye sit aghast Amid the ruin which you yourselves have made. Shelley, Revolt of Islam, xi. 15. 5. To continue in a position or place; remain; stay; pa the time. Elyng is the halle vche daye in the wyke, There the lorde ne the lady liketh nouzte to sytte. 7. To have a certain position or direction; be disposed in a particular way. Sits the winde there? blowes there so cal me a gale From a contemned and deserued anger? This day I began to sit , and he [Hale) will make, I think, a very fine picture. Pepys , Diary, II. 363. We read that James the Second sat to Varelst, the great flower painter. Macaulay , Pilgrim's Progre . 13. To be convened, as an a embly; hold a se ion; be officially engaged in deliberative or You of whom the senate had that hope, As, on my knowledge, it was in their purpose Next sitting to restore you. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 2. Convocation during the whole reign sits at the same time with the parliament, and generally the Friday in each week, sometimes the Tuesday also, is marked by adjourn- ment that the prelates may attend convocation. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 270. 14. To occupy a seat in an official capacity; be in any a embly as a member; have a seat, as in Parliament; occupy a see (as bishop). Gyve in commi ion to some sadd father which was brought up in the said Universitie of Oxford to syt ther, and examyne. the novicyes which be not yet throughly cankerd in the said errors [doctrines of Luther]. Abp . Warham , To Cardinal Wolsey (1521). (Ellis's Hist. [Letters, 3d ser., I. 241.) Stigand the Simonious Archbishop, whom Edward much to blame had suffered many years to sit Primate in the Church. Milton , Hist. Eng., vi. 15. To crack off and subside without breaking, as a ma of coal after holing and removal of When they cam to the hill againe, The[y] sett doune one thair knees. To sit out, to make one's self an exception; take no part, as in a game, dance, practice, etc. I bring my zeal among you, holy men; If I see any kneel, and I sit out, That hour is not well spent. She heard, she moved, She moan'd, a folded voice; and up she sat . Tennyson, Prince , v. (b) To maintain a sitting posture; sit with the back com- paratively erect; not to be bedridden. There were many visitors to the sick-room, and there could hardly be one who did not retain in after years a vivid remembrance of the scene there - of the pale wasted form in the easy-chair (for he sat up to the last). George Eliot, Janet's Repentance, xxvii. (c) To refrain from or defer going to bed or to sleep. He studied very hard, and sate up very late; commonly till 12 or one o'clock at night. Aubrey, Lives, Milton. My dear father often told me they sat up always until nine o'clock the next morning with Mr. Fox at Brooke's. Thackeray, Pen dennis, xxxix. Hence - ( d ) To keep watch during the night or the usual time for sleeping: generally followed by with . Let the nurse this night sit up with you. Shak., R. and J., iv. 3. 10. See skirt1 . or keep a seat upon. Shak ., Hen. VIII., iv. 2. 16. To sit upon one's skirtst. II. trans. 1. To have He could not sit his mule. She set her horse with a very graceful air. The kyng syttyng hym selfe , & his sete helde: He comaund for to cum of his kynd sons. the sprags. Gresley . [Midland coal-fields, Eng.] 2. To seat: chiefly in reflexive use. - To sit akneet. Same as to sit on the knees . - To sit at chambers. See chamber . - To sit below the gangway. See gangway , 2. To sit bodkint. See bodkinl . - To sit close or closely tot, to devote one's self closely to; at- tend strictly to. The turne that I would have presently served is the get- ting of one that hath already been tryed in transcribing of manuscripts, and will sitt close to worke. Abp . U her , To Sir R. Cotton (1625). (Ellis's Literary [Letters, p. 132.) To sit down. (a) To take a seat; place one's self in a sit- ting posture. (b) To establish one's self; settle. The Brain tree company (which had begun to sit down at Mount Wollaston) by order of court removed to New- town. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 104. (c) Milit ., to encamp, especially for the purpose of be- sieging; begin a siege. The Earl led his Forces to Mon tegu ill on, and sat down before it, which after five Months Siege he took. Baker , Chronicles, p. 181. went? 31. To rest or weigh on; concern; interest; affect; stand (in expense); cost. Oure sorowe wole than sitte us so soore Oure stomak wole no mete fonge. Hymns to Virgin , etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 80. We han a wyndowe a wirchyng [making] wil sitten vs ful heigh. Piers Plowman (B), iii. 48. 4. To be incumbent upon; lie or rest upon; be proper for; suit; become; befit. It sittis youe to sette it aside. She IMG:content-1165.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-1167.png:[blocks in formation] a, first larva; g, anal spinnerets and clasps of same; b, second larva; c, pupa; d, female imago; e, pseudo pupa; f, third larva. (All enlarged; hair-lines indicate natural sizes.) In early stages they are parasitic in the nests of wild bees, as collet is of southern France in those of bees of the genus Colletes, where they undergo hyper metamorphosis. sitelt, n. [ME., also syt, syte, cytte, Now, alle-weld and Gode, that wyr scheppez us alle, Gif the sorowe and syte ,... the fende have thi saule! Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1060. Adam, thy selffe made al this syte , For to the tree thou wente full tyte, And boldely on the frute gan byte my lord for-bed. York Plays , p. 30. 2. Sinfulne ; sin. He [God] knyt a couenande cortaysly with monkynd.. That he schulde neuer for no syt smyte al at ones. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 566. sitelt, v. i . [ME. siten , syten , sūta , grieve, wail, sut , grief, sorrow: see site1 , n.] Το grieve; mourn. Bot i site for an other thing, That we o water has nu wanting; Vr water purueance es gan, And in this wild ernes es nan. Cursor Mundi (E. E. T. S.), 1. 11675.