Sip"pling (?), a. Sipping often. [Obs.] "Taken after a sippling sort."
Holland.
||Si*pun`cu*la"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from Sipunculus, the typical
||genus. See Siphuncle.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including
||those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening
||anteriorly.
Si*pun"cu*loid (?), a. [NL. Sipunculus, the typical genus + -oid.]
(Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea. -- n. One of the
Sipunculoidea.
||Si*pun`cu*loi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) (a) Same as Gephyrea.
||(b) In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea.
||Si` quis" (?). [L., if any one (the first words of the notice in
||Latin).] (Ch. of Eng.) A notification by a candidate for orders of
||his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged
||against him.
Sir (?), n. [OE. sire, F. sire, contr. from the nominative L. senior an
elder, elderly person, compar. of senex,senis, an aged person; akin to
Gr. &?;&?;&?; old, Skr. sana, Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. &
Gael. sean old, W. hen. Cf. Seignior, Senate, Seneschal, Senior, Senor,
Signor, Sire, Sirrah.] 1. A man of social authority and dignity; a
lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire.
[Obs.]
He was crowned lord and sire.
Gower.
In the election of a sir so rare.
Shak.