Through all the dangers that can siege The life of man.
Buron.
Siege"work` (?), n. A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are
mounted.
Sie"mens-Mar`tin proc"ess (?). See Open-hearth process, etc., under
Open.
Si"e*nite (?), n. (Min.) See Syenite.
Si`e*nit"ic (?), a. See Syenitic.
Si*en"na (?), n. [It. terra di Siena, fr. Siena in Italy.] (Chem.) Clay
that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and
used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.
Burnt sienna, sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire.
-- Raw sienna, sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish
brown color.
Si`en*nese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
||Si*er"ra (?), n. [Sp., properly, a saw, fr. L. serra a saw. See
||Serrate.] A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or
||irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.
The wild sierra overhead.
Whitter.
||Si*es"ta (?), n. [Sp., probably fr. L. sessitare to sit much or long,
||v. freq. of sedere, sessum, to sit. See Sit.] A short sleep taken
||about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.
||Sieur (?), n. [F., abbrev. from seigneur. Cf. Monsieur, Seignior.]
||Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.
Sie"va (?), n. (Bot.) A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus
lunatus).
Sieve (?), n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G.
sieb. √151a. Cf. Sift.] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and
coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other.
It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or
made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. "In a sieve thrown
and sifted." Chaucer.