Syr"i*ac (?), a. [L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F. syriaque.] Of or
pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the
Pentateuch. -- n. The language of Syria; especially, the ancient
language of that country.
Syr"i*a*cism (?), n. A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
Syr"i*an (?), a. [L. Syrius: cf. F. Syrien.] Of or pertaining to Syria;
Syriac. -- n. A native of Syria.
Syr"i*an*ism (?), n. A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian
language; a Syriacism. Paley.
Syr"i*asm (?), n. A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. M. Stuart.
The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and
Hebraisms.
Bp. Warburton.
Sy*rin"ga (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, a shepherd's pipe, tube. Cf.
Syringe.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants; the lilac. (b) The mock orange;
-- popularly so called because its stems were formerly used as
pipestems.
Syr"inge (?), n. [F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It.
sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. &?;, &?;, a pipe or tube; cf. Skr. svar to
sound, and E. swarum. Cf. Syringa.] A kind of small hand-pump for
throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists
of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic
material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes
at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies,
cleansing wounds, etc.
Garden syringe. See Garden.
Syr"inge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Syringed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Syringing
(?).] 1. To inject by means of a syringe; as, to syringe warm water
into a vein.