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3. To become disgusting or tedious.
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The toiling pleasure sickens into pain. Goldsmith.
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4. To become weak; to decay; to languish.
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All pleasures sicken, and all glories sink. Pope.
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Sickening (?), a. Causing sickness; specif., causing surfeit or disgust; nauseating. -- Sickeningly, adv.
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Sicker (?), v. i. [AS. sicerian.] (Mining) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.] [Prov. Eng.]
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{ Sicker, Siker }, a. [OE. siker; cf. OS. sikur, LG. seker, D. zeker, Dan. sikker, OHG. sihhur, G. sicher; all fr. L. securus. See , .] Sure; certain; trusty. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns.
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When he is siker of his good name. Chaucer.
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{ Sicker, Siker }, adv. Surely; certainly. [Obs.]
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Believe this as siker as your creed. Chaucer.
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Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well. Spenser.
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{ Sickerly, Sikerly }, adv. Surely; securely. [Obs.]
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But sikerly, withouten any fable. Chaucer.
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{ Sickerness, Sikerness }, n. The quality or state of being sicker, or certain. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
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Sickish, a. 1. Somewhat sick or diseased.
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2. Somewhat sickening; as, a sickish taste.
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-- Sickishly, adv. -- Sickishness, n.
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Sickle (?), n. [OE. sikel, AS. sicol; akin to D. sikkel, G. sichel, OHG. sihhila, Dan. segel, segl, L. secula, fr. secare to cut; or perhaps from L. secula. See a cutting instrument.] 1. A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under .
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When corn has once felt the sickle, it has no more benefit from the sunshine. Shak.
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2. (Astron.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of .
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Coloq. Sickle pod (Bot.), a kind of rock cress (Arabis Canadensis) having very long curved pods.
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Sicklebill (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of three species of humming birds of the genus Eutoxeres, native of Central and South America. They have a long and strongly curved bill. Called also the sickle-billed hummer. (b) A curlew. (c) A bird of the genus Epimachus and allied genera.
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Sickled (?), a. Furnished with a sickle.
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Sickleman (?), n.; pl. Sicklemen (�). One who uses a sickle; a reaper.
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You sunburned sicklemen, of August weary. Shak.
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Sickler (?), n. One who uses a sickle; a sickleman; a reaper.
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Sickless (?), a. Free from sickness. [R.]
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Give me long breath, young beds, and sickless ease. Marston.
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Sicklewort (?), n. [AS. sicolwyrt.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Coronilla (C. scorpioides); -- so named from its curved pods. (b) The healall (Brunella vulgaris).
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Sicklied (?), a. Made sickly. See , v.
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Sickliness (?), n. The quality or state of being sickly.
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Sickly (?), a. [Compar. Sicklier (?); superl. Sickliest.] 1. Somewhat sick; disposed to illness; attended with disease; as, a sickly body.
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This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. Shak.
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2. Producing, or tending to, disease; as, a sickly autumn; a sickly climate. Cowper.
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3. Appearing as if sick; weak; languid; pale.
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The moon grows sickly at the sight of day. Dryden.
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Nor torrid summer's sickly smile. Keble.
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4. Tending to produce nausea; sickening; as, a sickly smell; sickly sentimentality.
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Syn. -- Diseased; ailing; infirm; weakly; unhealthy; healthless; weak; feeble; languid; faint.
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Sickly, adv. In a sick manner or condition; ill.
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My people sickly [with ill will] beareth our marriage. Chaucer.
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Sickly, v. t. To make sick or sickly; -- with over, and probably only in the past participle. [R.]
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Sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak.
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Sentiments sicklied over . . . with that cloying heaviness into which unvaried sweetness is too apt to subside. Jeffrey.
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Sickness, n. [AS. seócness.] 1. The quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; sisease or malady.
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I do lament the sickness of the king. Shak.
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Trust not too much your now resistless charms;
Those, age or sickness soon or late disarms. Pope.
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2. Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
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Syn. -- Illness; disease; malady. See .
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Sicle (?), n. [F., fr. L. silcus, Heb. shegel. See .] A shekel. [Obs.]
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The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God. Jer. Taylor.
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Sida (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ��� a kind of plant.] (Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants common in the tropics. All the species are mucilaginous, and some have tough ligneous fibers which are used as a substitute for hemp and flax. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
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Siddow (?), a. Soft; pulpy. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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Side (sīd), n. [AS. sīde; akin to D. zijde, G. seite, OHG. sīta, Icel. sī�a, Dan. side, Sw. sida; cf. AS. sīd large, spacious, Icel. sī�r long, hanging.] 1. The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distinguished from the shorter edges, called ends; a bounding line of a geometrical figure; as, the side of a field, of a square or triangle, of a river, of a road, etc.
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3. Any outer portion of a thing considered apart from, and yet in relation to, the rest; as, the upper side of a sphere; also, any part or position viewed as opposite to or contrasted with another; as, this or that side.
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Looking round on every side beheld
A pathless desert. Milton.
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4. (a) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather. (b) The right or left part of the wall or trunk of the body; as, a pain in the side.
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One of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side. John xix. 34.
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5. A slope or declivity, as of a hill, considered as opposed to another slope over the ridge.
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Along the side of yon small hill. Milton.
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6. The position of a person or party regarded as opposed to another person or party, whether as a rival or a foe; a body of advocates or partisans; a party; hence, the interest or cause which one maintains against another; a doctrine or view opposed to another.
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God on our side, doubt not of victory. Shak.
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We have not always been of the . . . same side in politics. Landor.
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Sets the passions on the side of truth. Pope.
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7. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
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To sit upon thy father David's throne,
By mother's side thy father. Milton.
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8. Fig.: Aspect or part regarded as contrasted with some other; as, the bright side of poverty.
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Coloq. By the side of , close at hand; near to. -- Coloq. Exterior side . (Fort.) See , and Illust. of . -- Coloq. Interior side (Fort.), the line drawn from the center of one bastion to that of the next, or the line curtain produced to the two oblique radii in front. H. L. Scott. -- Coloq. Side by side , close together and abreast; in company or along with. -- Coloq. To choose sides , to select those who shall compete, as in a game, on either side. -- Coloq. To take sides , to attach one's self to, or give assistance to, one of two opposing sides or parties.
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Side (?), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a side, or the sides; being on the side, or toward the side; lateral.
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One mighty squadron with a side wind sped. Dryden.
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2. Hence, indirect; oblique; collateral; incidental; as, a side issue; a side view or remark.
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The law hath no side respect to their persons. Hooker.
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3. [AS. sīd. Cf , n.] Long; large; extensive. [Obs. or Scot.] Shak.
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His gown had side sleeves down to mid leg. Laneham.
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Coloq. Side action , in breech-loading firearms, a mechanism for operating the breech block, which is moved by a lever that turns sidewise. -- Coloq. Side arms , weapons worn at the side, as sword, bayonet, pistols, etc. -- Coloq. Side ax , an ax of which the handle is bent to one side. -- Coloq. Side-bar rule (Eng. Law.), a rule authorized by the courts to be granted by their officers as a matter of course, without formal application being made to them in open court; -- so called because anciently moved for by the attorneys at side bar, that is, informally. Burril. -- Coloq. Side box , a box or inclosed seat on the side of a theater.
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To insure a side-box station at half price. Cowper.
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-- Coloq. Side chain , (a) one of two safety chains connecting a tender with a locomotive, at the sides. (b) (Chem.) a chain of atoms attached to the main structure of a large molecule, especially of a polymer. -- Coloq. Side cut , a canal or road branching out from the main one. [U.S.] -- Coloq. Side dish , one of the dishes subordinate to the main course. -- Coloq. Side glance , a glance or brief look to one side. -- Coloq. Side hook (Carp.), a notched piece of wood for clamping a board to something, as a bench. -- Coloq. Side lever , a working beam of a side-lever engine. -- Coloq. Side-lever engine , a marine steam engine having a working beam of each side of the cylinder, near the bottom of the engine, communicating motion to a crank that is above them. -- Coloq. Side pipe (Steam Engine), a steam or exhaust pipe connecting the upper and lower steam chests of the cylinder of a beam engine. -- Coloq. Side plane , a plane in which the cutting edge of the iron is at the side of the stock. -- Coloq. Side posts (Carp.), posts in a truss, usually placed in pairs, each post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc. -- Coloq. Side rod . (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod, under . -- Coloq. Side screw (Firearms), one of the screws by which the lock is secured to the side of a firearm stock. -- Coloq. Side table , a table placed either against the wall or aside from the principal table. -- Coloq. Side tool (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point. -- Coloq. Side wind , a wind from one side; hence, an indirect attack, or indirect means. Wright.
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Side, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sided; p. pr. & vb. n. Siding.] 1. To lean on one side. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. To embrace the opinions of one party, or engage in its interest, in opposition to another party; to take sides; as, to side with the ministerial party.
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All side in parties, and begin the attack. Pope.
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Side, v. t. 1. To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. [Obs.]
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His blind eye that sided Paridell. Spenser.
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2. To suit; to pair; to match. [Obs.] Clarendon.
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3. (Shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
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4. To furnish with a siding; as, to side a house.
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Sideboard (?), n. A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
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At a stately sideboard, by the wine,
That fragrant smell diffused. Milton.
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Sidebone (?), n. (Far.) A morbid growth or deposit of bony matter and at the sides of the coronet and coffin bone of a horse. J. H. Walsh.
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Side-chain theory. (Physiol. Chem.) A theory proposed by P. Ehrlich as a chemical explanation of immunity phenomena. In brief outline it is as follows: Animal cells and bacteria are complex aggregations of molecules, which are themselves complex. Complex molecules react with one another through certain of their side chains, but only when these side chains have a definite correspondence in structure (this accounts for the specific action of antitoxins).
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Sided (?), a. Having (such or so many) sides; -- used in composition; as, one-sided; many-sided.
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Sideflash (?), n. (Elec.) A disruptive discharge between a conductor traversed by an oscillatory current of high frequency (as lightning) and neighboring masses of metal, or between different parts of the same conductor.
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Sidehill (?), n. The side or slope of a hill; sloping ground; a descent. [U. S.]
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Sideline, Side line. 1. (a) A line pertaining or attached to the side of a thing. (b) Specif., a line for hobbling an animal by connecting the fore and the hind feet of the same side.
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2. (a) A line of goods sold in addition to one's principal articles of trade; a course of business pursued aside from one's regular occupation. (b) A secondary road; esp., a byroad at right angles to a main road. [Canada]
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Sideling (?), adv. [OE. sideling, fr. side side. See , and cf. , .] Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew.
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A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down. Swift.
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Sideling, a. Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.
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Sidelong (?), adv. [See , adv.] 1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
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2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. [See , adv. ] Evelyn.
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Sidelong, a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
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The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. Goldsmith.
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Sidepiece (?), n. (Joinery) The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.
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Sider (?), n. One who takes a side.
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Sider (?), n. Cider. [Obs.]
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Sideral (?), a. [L. sideralis. See .] 1. Relating to the stars.
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2. (Astrol.) Affecting unfavorably by the supposed influence of the stars; baleful. “Sideral blast.” Milton.
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Siderated (?), a. [L. sideratus, p. p. of siderari to be blasted by a constellation, fr. sidus, sideris, a constellation.] Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.]
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Sideration, n. [L. sideratio.] The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [Obs.] Ray.
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Sidereal (?), a. [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star. Cf. , , .] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
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2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
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Coloq. Sidereal clock , Coloq. day , Coloq. month , Coloq. year . See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Sideral time , time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
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Siderealize (?), v. t. To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.
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German literature transformed, siderealized, as we see it in Goethe, reckons Winckelmann among its initiators. W. Pater.
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Sidereous (?), a. [L. sidereus.] Sidereal. [Obs.]
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Siderite, n. [L. sideritis loadstone, Gr. ����, ����, of iron, from ���� iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron, spathic iron. (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.
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2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Sideritis; ironwort.
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{ Siderographic (?), Siderographical (?), } a. Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.
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Siderographist (?), n. One skilled in siderography.
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Siderography (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -graphy.] The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.
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Siderolite (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -lite.] A kind of meteorite. See under .
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Sideromancy (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -mancy.] Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning. Craig.
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Sideroscope (?), n. [Gr. ��� iron + -scope.] An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.
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Siderosis (?), n.[NL., fr. Gr. ��� iron.] (Med.) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.
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Siderostat (?), n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. ��� standing, fixed, fr. ���� to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
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Sideroxylon (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ��� iron + ��� wood.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
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Sidesaddle (?), n. A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.
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Coloq. Sidesaddle flower (Bot.), a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See .
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Side-slip, v. i. See , below.
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Side slip. See , below.
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