[He] was the sire of an immortal strain.
Shelley.
5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the
horse had a good sire.
Sire is often used in composition; as in grandsire, grandfather;
great-grandsire, great- grandfather.
Sire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Siring.] To beget;
to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
Si*re"don (?), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?; a siren.] (Zoöl.) The larval
form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially,
one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes
lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable
conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also
Axolotl.
Si"ren (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;: cf. F. sirène.] 1. (Class.
Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of
two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing
with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death,
and makes destruction please.
Pope.