SICCATE, sik'[=a]t, _v.t._ to dry.--_n._ SICC[=A]'TION.--_adj._ SICC'ATIVE,
drying: causing to dry.--_n._ SICCITY (sik'si-ti), dryness. [L.
_sicc[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--_siccus_, dry.]
SICE, s[=i]s, _n._ the number six at dice.
SICE, SYCE, s[=i]s, _n._ a groom, a mounted attendant.--Also SAICE. [Hind,
_s[=a]is_--Ar. _s[=a]is_.]
SICELIOT, si-sel'i-ot, _adj._ pertaining to the _Siceliots_, the colonies
of immigrant Greeks in Sicily, who gradually became assimilated with the
native _Siculi_--also SIKEL'IOT.--_n._ a Greek settler in Sicily: a
Siculian.
SICH, sich, _adj._ (_Spens._) such.
SICILIAN, si-sil'yan, _adj._ of or pertaining to Sicily, an island south of
Italy.--_n._ a native of Sicily.--_ns._ SICILIÄ'NO, a Sicilian popular
dance in slow movement, also the music for such; SICILIENNE', a ribbed silk
fabric.--SICILIAN VESPERS, the massacre of the French in Sicily on Easter
Monday 1282--at the first stroke of the vesper-bell.
SICK, sik, _adj._ affected with disease: ill: inclined to vomit: disgusted:
infirm: disordered: pining: depressed: indicating sickness: poor in
quality: out of repair.--_v.i._ (_Shak._) to grow sick.--_ns._ SICK'-BAY,
-BERTH, a compartment on a troop-ship, &c., for sick and wounded;
SICK'-BED, a bed on which a person lies sick.--_adj._ SICK'-BRAINED,
mentally deranged.--_v.t._ SICK'EN, to make sick: to disgust: to make weary
of anything.--_v.i._ to become sick: to be disgusted: to become disgusting
or tedious: to become weakened.--_n._ SICK'ENER, any cause of
disgust.--_adj._ SICK'ENING, causing sickness or disgust, loathsome.--_n._
a scum which forms on the surface of mercury from grease, sulphides,
arsenides, &c.--_adv._ SICK'ENINGLY.--_adj._ SICK'-FALL'EN (_Shak._),
struck down with sickness.--_ns._ SICK'-FLAG, a yellow flag indicating
disease on board a ship; SICK'-HEAD'ACHE, headache accompanied with
nausea.--_adj._ SICK'ISH, somewhat sick.--_adv._ SICK'ISHLY.--_ns._
SICK'ISHNESS; SICK'-LEAVE, leave of absence from duty owing to
sickness.--_adj._ SICK'LIED (_Shak._), tainted with the hue of sickness or
disease.--_adv._ SICK'LILY, in a sickly manner.--_ns._ SICK'LINESS, the
state of being sickly, or of appearing so; SICK'-LIST, a list containing
the names of the sick.--_adjs._ SICK'-LISTED, entered on the sick-list;
SICK'LY, inclined to sickness: unhealthy: somewhat sick: weak: languid:
producing disease: mawkish: feeble, mentally weak.--_adv._ in a sick
manner: feebly.--_v.t._ (_obs._) to make sickly or sickly-looking.--_ns._
SICK'NESS, state of being sick, disease: disorder of the stomach: an
enfeebled state of anything; SICK'-REPORT', a return regularly made of the
state of the sick; SICK'-ROOM, a room to which a person is confined by
sickness.--_adj._ SICK'-THOUGHT'ED (_Shak._), love-sick. [A.S. _seóc_; Ger.
_siech_, Dut. _ziek_.]
SICK, sik, _v.t._ to set upon, chase: to incite to attack. [A variant of
_seek_.]
SICKER, sik'[.e]r, _adj._ (_Scot._) sure, certain, firm.--_adv._ (_Spens._)
surely, certainly--also SICC'AR.--_n._ SICK'ERNESS (_Spens._), the state of
being sicker or certain. [A.S. _siker_--L. _securus_; Ger. _sicher_.]
SICKLE, sik'l, _n._ a hooked instrument for cutting grain.--_n._
SIC'KLE-BILL, a name applied to various birds with sickle-shaped
bill.--_adj._ SIC'KLED, bearing a sickle.--_ns._ SIC'KLE-FEATH'ER, one of
the sickle-shaped middle feathers of the domestic cock; SIC'KLEMAN, one who
uses a sickle, a reaper.--_adj._ SIC'KLE-SHAPED.--_n._ SIC'KLE-WORT, the
self-heal. [A.S. _sicol_, _sicel_--L. _secula_, a sickle--_sec[=a]re_, to
cut.]
SICSAC, sik'sak, _n._ the Egyptian courser, crocodile-bird, or black-headed
plover.--Also _Ziczac_.
SICULIAN, si-k[=u]'li-an, _adj._ pertaining to the _Siculi_, an ancient and
most probably Aryan race of southern Italy who colonised Sicily.--_adjs._
SIC'ULO-AR[=A]'BIAN; SIC'ULO-P[=U]'NIC.
SICYOS, sis'i-os, _n._ a genus of plants of the order _Cucurbitaceæ_, the
gourd family.
SIDA, s[=i]'da, _n._ a large genus of downy herbs of the mallow family.
[Gr.]
SIDDHA, sid'da, _n._ one who has attained to SID'DHI, accomplishment or
perfection.--_n._ SIDDHAR'TA, an epithet of Buddha. [Sans.]
SIDDOW, sid'[=o], _adj._ (_prov._) soft, pulpy.
SIDE, s[=i]d, _n._ the edge or border of anything: the surface of a solid:
a part of a thing as seen by the eye: region, part: the part of an animal
between the hip and shoulder: any party, interest, or opinion opposed to
another: faction: line of descent: at billiards, a certain bias or kind of
spinning motion given to a ball by striking it sidewise: (_slang_) a
pretentious and supercilious manner, swagger.--_adj._ being on or toward
the side: lateral: indirect.--_v.i._ to embrace the opinion or cause of one
party against another.--_v.t._ (_Spens._) to be on the same side with, to
support: to cut into sides: to push aside, to set aside.--_n.pl._
SIDE'ARMS, arms or weapons worn on the side, as a sword or bayonet.--_ns._
SIDE'-BEAM, either of the working-beams of a marine engine, placed below
the crank-shaft, on each side of the cylinder, instead of a central beam
above the crank-shaft; SIDE'BOARD, a piece of furniture on one side of a
dining-room for holding dishes, &c.: (_pl._) side-whiskers, stiff standing
collars (_slang_).--_n.pl._ SIDE'-BONES, enlargements situated above the
quarters of a horse's feet, resulting from the conversion into bone of the
elastic lateral cartilages.--_ns._ SIDE'BOX, a box or seat at the side of a
theatre; SIDE'-CHAP'EL, a chapel in an aisle or at the side of a church;
SIDE'-COMB, a small comb used to keep a lock of hair in place at the side
of a woman's head; SIDE'-COUS'IN, a distant relative; SIDE'-CUT, a cut from
the side, an indirect attack; SIDE'-CUT'TING, an excavation of earth along
the side of a railway or canal to obtain material for an
embankment.--_adj._ SID'ED, having a side: flattened on one or more
sides.--_ns._ SIDE'-DISH, any supplementary dish at a dinner, &c.,
specially flavoured; SIDE'-DRUM, a small double-headed drum in military
bands; SIDE'-GLANCE, a glance to one side; SIDE'-IS'SUE, a subordinate
issue aside from the main business; SIDE'LIGHT, light coming from the side,
any incidental illustration: a window, as opposed to a sky-light, a window
above or at the side of a door: one of the red or green lights carried on
the side of a vessel under way at night; SIDE'-LINE, a line attached to the
side of anything: any additional or extra line of goods sold by a
commercial traveller: (_pl._) the ropes binding the fore and hind feet on
the same side of a horse.--_adj._ SIDE'LING, inclining to a side,
sloping.--_adv._ sidewise, aslant.--_n._ SIDE'LOCK, a separate lock of hair
worn at the side of the head.--_adj._ SIDE'LONG, oblique: not
straight.--_adv._ in the direction of the side: obliquely.--_n._ the slope
of a hill.--_ns._ SIDE'-NOTE, a marginal note on a page, as opposed to a
foot-note; SIDE'-PART'NER (_U.S._), one who shares a duty or employment
with another alongside or alternately; SID'ER, a partisan: one living in
any particular quarter of a city; SIDE'-ROD, a coupling-rod of a
locomotive: either of the rods of a side-beam engine connecting the
cross-head on the piston-rod with the working-beam: either of the rods of a
side-beam engine connecting the working-beams with the cross-head of the
air-pump; SIDE'SADD'LE, a saddle for women sitting, not astride, but with
both feet on one side; SIDE'SADDLE-FLOWER, a name sometimes given to a
plant of the genus _Sarracenia_; SIDE'-SCREW, a screw on the front edge of
a carpenter's bench to hold the work fast: one of the screws fastening the
lockplate of a gun to the stock; SIDE'-SCRIP'TION (_Scots law_), an old
method of authenticating deeds written on several sheets of paper pasted
together, by signing the name across each junction; SIDE'-SEAT, a seat in a
vehicle with the back against its side; SIDE'-SHOW, an exhibition
subordinate to a larger one; SIDE'-SLEEVE (_Shak._), a loose hanging
sleeve; SIDE'-SLIP, an oblique offshoot: a bastard; SIDES'MAN, a deputy
churchwarden: (_Milt._) a partisan.--_adj._ SIDE'-SPLIT'TING, affecting the
sides convulsively, as in boisterous laughter.--_ns._ SIDE'-STROKE, a
stroke given sideways; SIDE'-T[=A]'BLE, a table placed usually against the
wall; SIDE'-VIEW, a view on or from one side; SIDE'-WALK, a foot-walk
beside a street or road.--_advs._ SIDE'WAYS, SIDE'WISE, toward or on one
side.--_adj._ SIDE'-WHEEL, having side or paddle wheels.--_ns._ SIDE'-WIND,
a wind blowing laterally: any indirect influence or means; S[=I]D'ING, a
short line of rails on which wagons are shunted from the main-line.--_v.i._
S[=I]'DLE, to go or move side-foremost.--_v.t._ to cause to move
sideways.--SIDE BY SIDE, placed with sides near each other.--CHOOSE SIDES,
to pick out opposing parties to contend with each other; RIGHT, or WRONG,
SIDE, the side of anything (cloth, leather, &c.) intended to be turned
outward or inward respectively; TAKE A SIDE, to join one party in
opposition to another; TAKE SIDES, to range one's self with one or other of
contending parties; TO ONE SIDE, having a lateral inclination: out of
sight. [A.S. _síde_; Ger. _seite_, Dut. _zijde_.]