Shak.
Who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the
eternal cause.
Pope.
{ Si*na"ic (?), Si`na*it"ic (?), } a. [From Mount Sinai.] Of or
pertaining to Mount Sinai; given or made at Mount Sinai; as, the
Sinaitic law.
Sinaitic manuscript, a fourth century Greek manuscript of the part
Bible, discovered at Mount Sinai (the greater part of it in 1859) by
Tisschendorf, a German Biblical critic; -- called also Codex
Sinaiticus.
Sin*al"bin (?), n. [From L. Sinapis + alba.] (Chem.) A glucoside found
in the seeds of white mustard (Brassica alba, formerly Sinapis alba),
and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Sin*am"ine (?), n. [Sinapis + melamine.] (Chem.) A bitter white
crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of
mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine.
Sin"a*pate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of sinapic acid.
Sin"a*pic (?), a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to sinapine; specifically,
designating an acid (C11H12O5) related to gallic acid, and obtained by
the decomposition of sinapine, as a white crystalline substance.
Sin"a*pine (?), n. [L. sinapi, sinapis, mustard, Gr. &?;&?;&?;: cf. F.
sinapine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is
extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white
crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is
isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.
||Si*na"pis (?), n. [L.] (Bot.) A disused generic name for mustard; --
||now called Brassica.
Sin"a*pis`in (?), n. (Chem.) A substance extracted from mustard seed
and probably identical with sinalbin. [Obs.]
Sin"a*pism (?), n. [L. sinapismus, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, the use of a
mustard blister, fr. &?;&?;&?; to apply a mustard blister, fr.
&?;&?;&?;&?; mustard.] (Med.) A plaster or poultice composed
principally of powdered mustard seed, or containing the volatile oil of
mustard seed. It is a powerful irritant.
Sin`a*po*le"ic (?), a. [Sinapis + oleic.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to
mustard oil; specifically, designating an acid of the oleic acid series
said to occur in mistard oil.
Si*nap"o*line (?), n. [Sinapis + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A nitrogenous
base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and
also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called
also diallyl urea.
Sin"ca*line (?), n. [So called because obtained by the action of
alkalies on sinapine.] (Chem.) Choline. [Written also sinkaline.]
Since (sns), adv. [For sins, contr. fr. OE. sithens, sithenes, formed
by an adverbial ending (cf. Besides) from OE. sithen, also shortened
into sithe, sin, AS. siððan, syððan, seoððan, afterward, then, since,
after; properly, after that; fr. sð after, later, adv. and prep.
(originally a comparative adv., akin to OS. sð afterward, since, OHG.
sd, G. seit since, Goth. seiþus late, ni þanaseiþs no longer) + ðon
instrumental of the demonstrative and article. See That.] 1. From a
definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not
seen him since. [1913 Webster]
We since become the slaves to one man's lust.
B. Jonson.
2. In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or
now; ago.
How many ages since has Virgil writ?
Roscommon.
About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a
great lady's house.
Sir P. Sidney.