Sin"net (?), n. See Sennit .
Sin`o*log"ic*al (?), a. [See Sinologue.] Relating to the Chinese
language or literature.
Si*nol"o*gist (?), n. A sinologue.
Sin"o*logue (?), n. [From L. Sinae, an Oriental people mentioned by
Ptolemy, or Ar. Sin China or the Chinese + Gr. &?;&?;&?; discourse;
formed like theologue: cf. F. sinologue.] A student of Chinese; one
versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history.
Si*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Cf. F. sinologie.] That branch of systemized
knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.
Sin"o*per (?), n. (Min.) Sinople.
{ Si*no"pi*a (?), Si*no"pis (?), } n. A red pigment made from sinopite.
Sin"o*pite (?), n. [F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or
ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr.
&?;&?;&?;&?;.] (Min.) A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients
for red paint.
Sin"o*ple (?), n. (Min.) Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish
red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.
Sin"o*ple, n. [F., fr. LL. sinopis. See Sinople a mineral.] (Her.) The
tincture vert; green.
Sinque (?), n. See Cinque. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Sins"ring (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Banxring.
Sin"ter (?), n. [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale
which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various
minerals.
Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by
deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. --
Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or
fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a
pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.
{ Sin"to (?), or Sin"tu (?), Sin"to*ism (?), Sin"to*ist }. See Shinto,
etc.
||Sin"toc (?), n. A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting
||of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum. [Written also sindoc.]
Sin"u*ate (?), a. [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr.
sinus a bend.] Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward;
having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.
Sin"u*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sinuating.] To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be
sinuous. Woodward.
Sin"u*a`ted (&?;), a. Same as Sinuate.
Sin`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. sinuatio.] A winding or bending in and out.
Sin"u*ose` (?), a. Sinuous. Loudon.
Sin`u*os"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Sinuosities (#). [Cf. F. sinuosité.] 1.
Quality or state of being sinuous.
2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of
windings; a wave line; a curve.
A line of coast certainly amounting, with its sinuosities, to more
than 700 miles.
Sydney Smith.
Sin"u*ous (?), a. [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf.
F. sinueux. See Sinus.] Bending in and out; of a serpentine or
undulating form; winding; crooked. -- Sin"u*ous*ly, adv.
Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.
Milton.
Gardens bright with sinuous rills.
Coleridge.
Si`nu*pal"li*ate (?), a. (Zoöl.) Having a pallial sinus. See under
Sinus.
Si"nus (?), n.; pl. L. Sinus, E. Sinuses (#). [L., a bent surface, a
curve, the folds or bosom of a garment, etc., a bay. Cf. Sine, n.] 1.
An opening; a hollow; a bending.