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Sist (?), n. (Scots Law) A stay or suspension of proceedings; an order for a stay of proceedings. Burril.
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Sister (?), n. [OE. sister, fr. Icel. systir; also suster, from AS. sweostor, sweoster, swuster, akin to OFries. sweester, suster, LG. süster, suster, D. zuster, OS. & OHG. swestar, G. schwester, Icel. systir, Sw. syster, Dan. söster, Goth. swistar, Lith. ses�, Russ. sestra, Pol. siostra, L. soror, Skr. svasr. √298. Cf. .] 1. A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.
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I am the sister of one Claudio.
Shak.
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2. A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community. James ii. 15.
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3. One of the same kind, or of the same condition; -- generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits. Pope.
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Coloq. Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves, one above the other. -- Coloq. Sister hooks , a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also match hook. -- Coloq. Sister of charity , Coloq. Sister of mercy . (R. C. Ch.) See under , and .
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Sister, v. t. To be sister to; to resemble closely. [Obs.] Shak.
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Sisterhood (?), n. [Sister + hood.] 1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
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She . . . abhorr'd
Her proper blood, and left to do the part
Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife.
Daniel.
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2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. “A sisterhood of holy nuns.” Shak.
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The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood.
Bryant.
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Sistering, a. Contiguous. [Obs.] Shak.
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Sister-in-law (?), n.; pl. Sisters-in-law (�). The sister of one's husband or wife; also, the wife of one's brother; sometimes, the wife of one's husband's or wife's brother.
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Sisterly, a. Like a sister; becoming a sister, affectionate; as, sisterly kindness; sisterly remorse. Shak.
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Sistine (?), a.[It. sistino.] Of or pertaining to Pope Sixtus.
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Coloq. Sistine chapel , a chapel in the Vatican at Rome, built by Pope Sixtus IV., and decorated with frescoes by Michael Angelo and others.
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Sistren (?), n. pl. Sisters. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Sistrum (?), [L., fr. Gr. ���, from ��� to shake.] (Mus.) An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian, and used especially in the worship of Isis. It is still used in Nubia.
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Sisyphean (?), a. Relating to Sisyphus; incessantly recurring; as, Sisyphean labors.
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Sisyphus (?), n. [L. Sisyphus, Sisyphus, fr. Gr. ����.] (Class. Myth.) A king of Corinth, son of Æolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.
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Sit (?), obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of , for sitteth.
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Sit, v. i. [imp. Sat (?) (Sate (?), archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten (?), obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten, AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G. sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde, Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ���, Skr. sad. √154. Cf. , , , , , , , , , , , , n., , , , , , v. t., , , .] 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground.
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And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat.
Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.)
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I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner.
Shak.
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2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc.
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3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
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And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Num. xxxii. 6.
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Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
Shak.
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4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him.
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The calamity sits heavy on us.
Jer. Taylor.
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5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill.
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This new and gorgeous garment, majesty,
Sits not so easy on me as you think.
Shak.
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6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
Jer. xvii. 11.
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8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
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Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits.
Selden.
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Sits the wind in that quarter?
Sir W. Scott.
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9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress.
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10. To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night.
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11. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.
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Coloq. To sit at , to rest under; to be subject to. [Obs.] “A farmer can not husband his ground so well if he sit at a great rent”. Bacon. -- Coloq. To sit at meat or Coloq. To sit at table , to be at table for eating. -- Coloq. To sit down . (a) To place one's self on a chair or other seat; as, to sit down when tired. (b) To begin a siege; as, the enemy sat down before the town. (c) To settle; to fix a permanent abode. Spenser. (d) To rest; to cease as satisfied. “Here we can not sit down, but still proceed in our search.” Rogers. -- Coloq. To sit for a fellowship , to offer one's self for examination with a view to obtaining a fellowship. [Eng. Univ.] -- Coloq. To sit out . (a) To be without engagement or employment. [Obs.] Bp. Sanderson. (b) To outstay. -- Coloq. To sit under , to be under the instruction or ministrations of; as, to sit under a preacher; to sit under good preaching. -- Coloq. To sit up , to rise from, or refrain from, a recumbent posture or from sleep; to sit with the body upright; as, to sit up late at night; also, to watch; as, to sit up with a sick person. “He that was dead sat up, and began to speak.” Luke vii. 15.
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Sit (?), v. t. 1. To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well.
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Hardly the muse can sit the headstrong horse.
Prior.
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2. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; -- used reflexively.
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They sat them down to weep.
Milton.
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Sit you down, father; rest you.
Shak.
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3. To suit (well or ill); to become. [Obs. or R.]
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Site (?), n. [L. situs, fr. sinere, situm, to let, p. p. situs placed, lying, situate: cf. F. site. Cf. .] 1. The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position; as, the site of a city or of a house. Chaucer.
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2. A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation; as, a site for a church.
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3. The posture or position of a thing. [R.]
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The semblance of a lover fixed
In melancholy site.
Thomson.
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Sited (?), a. Having a site; situated. [Obs.]
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[The garden] sited was in fruitful soil.
Chaucer.
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Sitfast (?), a. [Sit + fast.] Fixed; stationary; immovable. [R.]
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'T is good, when you have crossed the sea and back,
To find the sitfast acres where you left them.
Emerson.
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Sitfast, n. (Far.) A callosity with inflamed edges, on the back of a horse, under the saddle.
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Sith (?), prep., adv., & conj. [See .] Since; afterwards; seeing that. [Obs.]
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We need not fear them, sith Christ is with us.
Latimer.
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Sith thou art rightful judge.
Chaucer.
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{ Sith (?), Sithe (?), } n. [AS. ��� a path, way, time, occasion.] Time. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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And humbly thanked him a thousand sithes.
Spenser.
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Sithe (?), v. i. [Cf. .] To sigh. [A spelling of a corrupt and provincial pronunciation.]
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Sithe (?), n. A scythe. [Obs.] Milton.
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Sithe, v. t. To cut with a scythe; to scythe. [Obs.]
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Sithed (?), a. Scythed. [Obs.] T. Warton.
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Sitheman (?), n. A mower. [Obs.] Marston.
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Sithen (?), adv. & conj. [See .] Since; afterwards. See 1st . [Obs.]
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Fortune was first friend and sithen foe.
Chaucer.
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{ Sithence, Sithens } (?), adv. & conj. Since. See , and . [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
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Siththen (?), adv. & conj. See . [Obs.]
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Siththen that the world began.
Chaucer.
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Sitology (?), n. [Gr. ���� food + -logy.] A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also sitiology.]
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Sitophobia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ���� food + ���� fear.] (Med.) A version to food; refusal to take nourishment. [Written also sitiophobia.]
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Sitten (?), obs. p. p. of , for sat.
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Sitter (?), n. 1. One who sits; esp., one who sits for a portrait or a bust.
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2. A bird that sits or incubates.
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Sittine (?), a. [NL. sitta the nuthatch, from Gr. ���.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Sittidæ, or nuthatches.
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Sitting (?), a. Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
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Sitting, n. 1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
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2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
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3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
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4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
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The sitting closed in great agitation.
Macaulay.
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5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
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For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
Locke.
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6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
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The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his songs during the whole time of her sitting.
Addison.
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Coloq. Sitting room , an apartment where the members of a family usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor, chamber, or kitchen.
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{ Situate (?; 135), Situated (?), } a. [LL. situatus, from situare to place, fr. L. situs situation, site. See .] 1. Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore.
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2. Placed; residing.
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Pleasure situate in hill and dale.
Milton.
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☞ Situate is now less used than situated, but both are well authorized.
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Situate (?), v. t. To place. [R.] Landor.
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Situation (?), n. [LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.] 1. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
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2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
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A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity.
Rogers.
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3. Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.
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There's situation for you! there's an heroic group!
Sheridan.
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4. Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.
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Syn. -- State; position; seat; site; station; post; place; office; condition; case; plight. See .
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Situs (?), n. [L., situation.] (Bot.) The method in which the parts of a plant are arranged; also, the position of the parts. Henslow.
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Sitz bath (?). [G. sitzbad.] A tub in which one bathes in a sitting posture; also, a bath so taken; a hip bath.
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Siva (?), n. [Skr. Civa, properly, kind, gracious.] (Hindoo Myth.) One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.
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Sivan (?), n. [Heb. sīvān.] The third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year; -- supposed to correspond nearly with our month of June.
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Sivatherium (?), n. [NL., from E. Siva + Gr. ���� a beast, an animal.] (Paleon.) A genus of very large extinct ruminants found in the Tertiary formation of India. The snout was prolonged in the form of a proboscis. The male had four horns, the posterior pair being large and branched. It was allied to the antelopes, but very much larger than any exsisting species.
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Siver (?), v. i. To simmer. [Obs.] Holland.
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Sivvens (�), n. (Med.) See .
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Siwin (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as .
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Six (?), a. [AS. six, seox, siex; akin to OFries. sex, D. zes, OS. & OHG. sehs, G. sechs, Icel., Sw., & Dan. sex, Goth. saíhs, Lith. szeszi, Russ. sheste, Gael. & Ir. se, W. chwech, L. sex, Gr. ��, Per. shesh, Skr. shash. √304. Cf. , , , , , .] One more than five; twice three; as, six yards.
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Coloq. Six Nations (Ethnol.), a confederation of North American Indians formed by the union of the Tuscaroras and the Five Nations. -- Coloq. Six points circle . (Geom.) See Nine points circle, under .
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Six, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than five; the sum of three and three; six units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.
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Coloq. To be at six and seven or Coloq. To be at sixes and sevens , (a) to be in disorder. Bacon. Shak. Swift. (b) to be in a dispute or disagreement; -- often used with with.
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Sixfold (?), a. [AS. sixfealand.] Six times repeated; six times as much or as many.
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Six-footer (?), n. One who is six feet tall. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Sixpence (?), n.; pl. Sixpences (�). An English silver coin of the value of six pennies; half a shilling, or about twelve cents.
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Sixpenny (?), a. Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.
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Sixscore (?), a. & n. [Six + score, n.] Six times twenty; one hundred and twenty.
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Six-shooter (?), n. A pistol or other firearm which can be fired six times without reloading especially, a six-chambered revolver. [Colloq. U.S.]
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Sixteen (?), a. [AS. sixt�ne, sixt�ne. See , and , and cf. .] Six and ten; consisting of six and ten; fifteen and one more.
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Sixteen, n. 1. The number greater by a unit than fifteen; the sum of ten and six; sixteen units or objects.
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2. A symbol representing sixteen units, as 16, or xvi.
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Sixteenmo (?), n.; pl. Sixteenmos (�). See .
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Sixteenth (?), a. [From : cf. AS. sixteó�a.] 1. Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
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2. Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided.
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Coloq. Sixteenth note (Mus.), the sixteenth part of a whole note; a semiquaver.
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Sixteenth, n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of sixteen equal parts of one whole.
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2. The next in order after the fifteenth; the sixth after the tenth.
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3. (Mus.) An interval comprising two octaves and a second. Moore (Encyc. of Music.)
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Sixth (?), a. [From Six: cf. AS. sixta, siexta.] 1. First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
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2. Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided.
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