Syn. -- Illness; disease; malady. See Illness.
Si"cle (?), n. [F., fr. L. silcus, Heb. shegel. See Shekel.] A shekel.
[Obs.]
The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to
redeem the Lamb of God.
Jer. Taylor.
||Si"da (?), 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).