syringa

[Lat. syrinx; Gr. syringx =a pipe. So called because the branches are long, straight, and with large pith.] Botany : 1. A synonym of Philadelphus. [3.] 2. Lilac; a genus of Fraxinese. Deciduous shrubs, with simple leaves, and very fragrant flowers in terminal thyrsoid panicles. Calyx small, four toothed; corolla funnel-shaped, its limb four parted; stamens stigma bifid; fruit with two boat-shaped valves, having a di epiment in the middle, two cells, and two seeds. Known species about six. Natives apparently of southeastern Europe and central and eastern Asia. Syr . smaller species or variety, with pinnatifid leaves, ing a vulgar is is the Lilac (q. v.). S. persica is a supposed to have come from Persia. There are three common varieties of it in nurseries, the White, the Cut-leaved, and the Sage-leaved Persian Lilac. S. josikœa , a Transylvanian shrub, has scentle flowers. The leaves of S. emodi , a large Him a lay an shrub, are eaten by goats. 3. ( Pl.): The Phil a delph aceæ (q. v.). syr-Inge, *sir'-Inge, s. [Fr. syringue, from Lat. syph-i-lize, v. t. [Eng. syphil(is) -ize.] To syringem, acc us. of syrinx =a reed, pipe, tube; Gr saturate or inoculate with syphilitic matter as a cure for or a preventive against the disease. sỹ-phil-ô-ma ( pl . syph-1-lom-a-ta), s. [As if from a Greek word, but really a modern derivative from syphilis (q. v.).] syringx=a reed, a tube, a whistle; Sp. siring a ; Ital. sciringa .] A small portable hydraulic instrument of the pump kind, used to draw in a quantity of water or other liquid, and eject the same with force. In its simplest form it consists of a small cylindrical tube having an air-tight piston fitted with a rod and handle at the upper end. The lower end terminates in a small tapering tube. This being immersed in the fluid, the piston is drawn back, and the liquid is forced into the cylinder by atmospheric pre ure. On pushing the piston back again to the lower end of the cylinder the liquid is ejected in a jet. The syringe is used by surgeons, ., for washing wounds, injecting liquids into animal bodies and similar purposes. Larger forms are used for watering plants, trees, . sy-phon, s . [SIPHON.] sỹ-phon-ic, a. [SIPHONIC.] +sy-phon-o-stom-a-ta, s. pl . [SIPHONOSTO- (or the black Storke). This bird having a crooked and MATA. syr'-en (yr as ir), s. [SIREN.] Sýr-I-ăc, a. & s. [Lat. Syriacus.] A. As adj.: Of or pertaining to Syria or its lan guage. B. A ubst.: The language spoken by the Syrians, especially the language of the ancient Syrians. It belongs to the Semitic family of languages, and differs little from the Chaldee or Eastern Aramaic. Syriac-version, s . Biblical Versions : Any version of the Bible in the Syriaclanguage. The most important part is the Peschito (q. v.); the next is the Phil oxen i an, or Syro-Phil oxen i an, made by Phil oxen us, Bishop of Hierapolis (A. D. 488-518). It is confined to the New Testament. Sýr-I-a-çişm, s. [Eng. Syriac; -ism.] A Syriac idiom, phrase, or expre ion. Sýr-i-an, a . & s. [See def.] A. As adj .: Of or pertaining to Syria or its inhabitants; Syriac. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Syria. Syrian-bear, s . Zool.: Ursus syriacus , from Western Asia. It is about the size of the Brown Bear, but of a much lighter color, varying from fulvous-brown to ful vous-white, according to the season of the year. Syrian-Catholics, s. pl . Church Hist.: A term which should properly include all Christians using a Syriac liturgy, but confined by ecclesiastical writers to converts from the Jacobite or Monophysite Church in Syria. "The like devise to this, namely, clysters, we learned first of a foule in the same Egypt, which is called Ibis hooked bill, useth it in steed of a syringe or pipe, to squirt water into that part, whereby it is most kind and holsome to void the doung and excrements of meat, and so purgeth and cleanseth her bodie." -P. Holland . Pliny , bk. viii., ch. xxvii. Pneumatic Syringe : [PNEUMATIC SYRINGE.] of the syringe, formerly used as a fire-engine. *syringe-engine, s. A machine on the principle syringe-valve, subst. A peculiarly constructed valve used in syringes. The valve-guide stem has an end knob, by which its falling out is prevented. syr-Inge, v. t. & i. [SYRINGE, 8.] A. Transitive: 1. To inject by means of a syringe. "I syringed into a dog's jugular vein about two quarts of warm water." -Boyle: Works, vi. 464. 2. To wash or cleanse by injections from a syringe. B. In trans.: To inject water by means of a syringe.