sittacine

A variant of psittacine. sittandt, p. a. [ME., ppr. of sit, v. Cf. sitting, p. a.] Same as sitting, 3. He saluzede that sorowfulle with sittande wordez, And fraynez aftyre the fende fairely there aftyre. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. §.), 1. 958. sittandlyt, adv . [ME., sit tingly . That they bee herberde in haste in thoos heghe chambres; Sythine sittandly in sale servyde ther-aftyr. Morte Arthure (É. E. T. S.), L. 159. sitting (sit'ing), p . a. [ sittynge , ppr. of sit . Cf. sittand.) 1. Pertaining to or charac- teristic of a sitter: as, a sitting posture.-2. In bot . , se ile - that is, without petiole, peduncle, or pedicel, etc.-3t. Befitting; suitable; be- coming. This lechecraft, or heled thus to be, Were wel sittynge , if that I were a fend, To traysen a wight that trewe is unto me. sitting + -ly2. Cf. sittandly .] Befittingly; be- comingly; suitably. sitting-room (sit'ing-röm), n. 1. Sufficient space for sitting in: as, sitting -room could not be got in the hall.-2. A room in which people sit; in many houses, the parlor or room most Mortimer, Husbandry. commonly occupied by the family. Sittidæ (sit'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Sitta + -idæ .] A family of birds, named from the genus Sitta . See Sittinæ . Sittinæ (si-ti'nē), n . pl . [NL., Sitta +-inæ.] 1. The Sittidæ as a subfamily of Paridæ or of Certhi- idæ .-2. A subfamily of Sittidæ , chiefly repre- sented by the genus Sitta ; the nuthatches proper. They have the bill straight, slender, tapering, and acute, about as long as the hard, for tapping wood; rounded nostrils, concealed by bristly tufts; long, pointed wings with ten primaries, of which the first is spurious; short square tail with twelve broad soft fea- thers not used in climbing; small feet, with scutellate = Syn. 1 and 2. Site, station, post.-3. Case, plight; situation is relation to external objects; state and con- dition refer to what a person or thing is inwardly. situla (sit'ū-la), n. [ML. (see def. 1), also a liquid measure, situla , a bucket, urn.] 1. Pl. situlæ (-lē). Eccles ., an aspersorium, or mov- able stoup.-2. [ cap .] A very yellow star of magnitude 5.5, к Aquarii. situs (sī'tus), n.; pl. situs. [L.: see site2 .] 1. Situation; on; site. The future situs of the cotton manufacture of the United States. E. At kins on , Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXVI. 289. 2. In biol ., archæol ., etc., the proper or original site, place, position, or location of a part or organ, or of any other thing: chiefly in the phrase in situ , in place - that is, not disturbed or disarranged by di ection, excavation, or other proce of examination.-3. In law , sit- uation in contemplation of law; locality, actual or recognized. Thus, the forms of transfer of real property must conform to the law of the situs (that is, the jurisdiction within which the property is actually situ- ated); and when it is said that personal property has no situs, it is meant that for certain purposes the law refuses to recognize its actual situs, and inquires for the law ap- plicable to the person of the owner. - Situs per versus, abnormal position of organs or parts. Situs transver- situate (sit'u-āt), a. [Formerly also, errone- ously, scituate ; situatus , pp. of (ML.) situ- are, locate, place: see situate , v .] Placed, with reference to surroundings; located; situated. [Archaic.] There's nothing situate under heaven's eye But hath his bound, in earth, in sea, in sky. Physic, taking it according to the derivation, and not according to our idiom for medicine, is situate in a middle term or distance between natural history and metaphysic. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. Earth hath this variety from heaven Milton , P. L., vi. 641. Bergen was well situate upon a little stream which con- nected it with the tide-waters of the Scheldt. Motley, Hist. Netherlands, II. 537. situation (sit-u-ā'shon), n. [ Sp . situacion = Pg. situação = It. situazione , situare , Siva (sē'vä), n. pp. situatus , situate: see situate.] 1. Local position; location. 3. An incubation; a brooding, as of a hen upon eggs; also, the time for brooding, or dur- ing which a bird broods. In the somer seson whane sittinge nyeth, This brid [partridge] be a bank bildith his nest. Richard the Redele , iii. 39. Whilst the hen is covering her eggs the male amuses and diverts her with his songs during the whole time of her sitting. Add is on, Spectator, No. 128. In that Cytee [Samaria] was the syttinges of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Mandeville , Travels, p. 106. 7. In Eng . law , the part of the year in which judicial busine is transacted. See Easter term, under Easter1 , and Trinity term, Michael- mas term , and Hilary term , under term .-8. In the Society of Friends, an occasion of family worship, especially when a minister is a guest. Beautiful for situation , the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion. Ps. xlviii. 2. It were of use to inform himself, before he undertakes his voyage, by the best chorographical and geographical map, of the situation of the country he goes to. E. Leigh (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 646). 2. The place which a person or thing occupies. At once, as far as angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild: A dungeon horrible on all sides round. The situation [of Samaria] as a whole is far more beaut i- ful than that of Jerusalem, though not so grand and wild. Encyc . Brit ., XXI. 243. 3. Position with reference to circumstances; set of relations; condition; state. To be so tickled, they would change their state And situation with those dancing chips, 2. In ornith ., a genus of Asiatic birds, such as S. cyanuroptera , S. strigula , and S. cast a- neicauda : so named by Hodgson in 1838, and also called by him Hemiparus (1841) and Ioropus (1844). The species inhabit the Hima- lay an regions, and south- Siva. (From Moor's "Hindu Pantheon.") Sivaite Sivaite (sē'vä-īt), a. and n. [ belonging to the sect or body of Hindus who worship Siva as highest god. Here, in historical times, was the home of Sankara Acharya, the great Sivaite reformer of the 8th century. IMG:content-1169.jpg:[blocks in formation] six screws. See involution . - Six Nations. See Iroquois . sixfold (siks'föld), adv . [ sixfold , a.] In a six- - Six-Principle Baptists. See baptist , 2.- Six-year fold degree; with six times the amount, extent, See molar, act . the The rest Six permanent Articles. molar See article . tooth . - The Six Acts Com value, etc. panies, six great organizations of Chinese merchants in San Francisco, which control Chinese immigration into the United States and the immigrants. - The whip with six Sivalik (si-väʻlik), a. Same as Siwalik. Sivan (siv'an), n. [ siva-snake (sēʼvä-snāk), n. A book-name of Ophiophagus elaps, a very large and deadly Siva-snake (Ophiophagus elaps). cobriform serpent of India: so called from its powers of destruction. See Ophiophagus. sivathere (siv'a-ther), n. A sivatherium. Sivatheriidæ (siva-the-ri'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., sivatherioid (siv-a-the'ri-oid), a. [ 2. [l. c.] An animal of this genus; a sivathere. sivelt, n. and v. An obsolete spelling of sieve. sive2 (sīv), n. A dialectal variant of scythe. Hall i well.