SIDEREAL, s[=i]-d[=e]'r[=e]-al, _adj._ relating to a star or stars: starry:
(_astron._) measured by the apparent motion of the stars.--_adj._ SID'ERAL
(_Milt._), relating to the stars: baleful, from astrology.--_n._
SIDER[=A]'TION, a sudden deprivation of sense, as a stroke of apoplexy: a
blast of plants.--SIDEREAL DAY, the time between two successive upper
culminations of a fixed star or of the vernal equinox, shorter than a solar
day; SIDEREAL YEAR (see YEAR). [L. _sidus_, _sideris_, a star.]
SIDERITE, sid'[.e]r-[=i]t, _n._ the lodestone: native iron
protocarbonate--also _Chalybite_, _Spathic_ or _Sparry iron_, _Junckerite_.
[L. _sideritis_, the lodestone--Gr. _sid[=e]rit[=e]s_, of
iron--_sid[=e]ros_, iron.]
SIDEROGRAPHY, sid-[.e]r-og'ra-fi, _n._ steel-engraving.--_adjs._
SIDEROGRAPH'IC, -AL.--_n._ SIDEROG'RAPHIST. [Gr. _sid[=e]ros_, iron,
_graphein_, engrave.]
SIDEROLITE, sid'e-r[=o]-l[=i]t, _n._ a meteorite composed chiefly of iron.
[Gr. _sid[=e]ros_, iron, _lithos_, stone.]
SIDEROMANCY, sid'[.e]r-[=o]-mans-i, _n._ divination by burning straws, &c.,
on a red-hot plate of iron. [Gr. _sid[=e]ros_, iron, _manteia_,
divination.]
SIDEROSCOPE, sid'[.e]r-o-sk[=o]p, _n._ an instrument for detecting minute
degrees of magnetism by means of a combination of magnetic needles. [Gr.
_sid[=e]ros_, iron, _skopein_, to view.]
SIDEROSTAT, sid'e-r[=o]-stat, _n._ a heliostat adapted to sidereal
time.--_adj._ SIDEROSTAT'IC. [L. _sidus_, _sideris_ a star, Gr. _statos_,
standing.]
SIEGE, s[=e]j, _n._ a sitting down with an army round or before a fortified
place in order to take it by force: a continued endeavour to gain
possession: (_Shak._) a seat, throne, station: (_Shak._) excrement: the
floor of a glass-furnace: a workman's bench.--_v.t._ to lay siege
to.--_ns._ SIEGE'-PIECE, a coin, generally of unusual shape and rude
workmanship, issued in a besieged place during stress of siege;
SIEGE'-TRAIN, the materials carried by an army for the purpose of laying
siege to a place.--STATE OF SIEGE, a condition of things in which civil law
is suspended or made subordinate to military law; MINOR STATE OF SIEGE, a
modification of the more severe rule in cases of merely domestic trouble.
[O. Fr. _sege_ (Fr. _siège_), seat--Low L. _assedium_=L. _obsidium_, a
siege--_sed[=e]re_, to sit.]
SIELD, s[=e]ld (_Spens._). Cieled.
SIENESE, si-e-n[=e]z', _adj._ pertaining to _Siena_, or _Sienna_, in
central Italy, or its school of painting in the 13th and 14th centuries.
SIENITE, SIENITIC. Same as SYENITE, &c.
SIENNA, si-en'a, _n._ a fine orange-red pigment used in oil and
water-colour painting. [It. _terra di Siena_, Sienna earth.]
SIERRA, s[=e]-er'ra, _n._ a ridge of mountains: a scombroid fish. [Sp.,
usually derived from L. _serra_, a saw. Some suggest Ar. _sehrah_, a desert
place, whence also _Sahara_.]
SIESTA, si-es'ta, _n._ a short sleep taken about midday or after dinner.
[Sp.,--L. _sexta_ (_hora_), the _sixth_ (hour) after sunrise, the hour of
noon.]
SIEUR, sièr, _n._ a French title of respect, obsolete except in law-courts.
[Fr.,--L. _senior_.]
SIEVE, siv, _n._ a vessel with a bottom of woven hair or wire to separate
the fine part of anything from the coarse: a person who cannot keep a
secret.--_v.t._ to put through a sieve: to sift. [A.S. _sife_; Ger.
_seib_.]
SIFFLE, sif'l, _n._ a sibilant râle.--_v.i._ to whistle, hiss.--_ns._
SIFF'LET, a theatrical whistle; SIFF'LEUR, a whistler. [Fr. _siffler_--L.
_sibil[=a]re_.]
SIFT, sift, _v.t._ to separate with, or as with, a sieve: to examine
closely.--_n._ SIFT'ER, one who, or that which, sifts. [A.S.
_siftan_--_sife_, a sieve.]
SIGH, s[=i], _v.i._ to inhale and respire with a long, deep, and audible
breathing, as in love or grief: to sound like sighing.--_v.t._ to express
by sighs.--_n._ a long, deep, audible respiration.--_n._ SIGH'ER.--_adj._
SIGH'FUL.--_adv._ SIGH'INGLY. [A.S. _sícan_; Sw. _sucka_.]
SIGHT, s[=i]t, _n._ act of seeing: view: faculty of seeing: that which is
seen: a spectacle: an object of especial interest: space within vision:
examination: a small opening for looking through at objects: a metal pin on
the top of a barrel of a gun to guide the eye in taking aim: (_slang_) a
great many or a great deal.--_v.t._ to catch sight of: to present to sight
or put under notice.--_adjs._ SIGHT'ED, having sight of some special
character, as short-sighted: fitted with a sight, as a firearm; SIGHT'LESS,
wanting sight: blind: (_Shak._) invisible: (_Shak._) unsightly,
ugly.--_adv._ SIGHT'LESSLY.--_ns._ SIGHT'LESSNESS; SIGHT'LINESS.--_adjs._
SIGHT'LY, pleasing to the sight or eye: comely; SIGHT'-OUTRUN'NING
(_Shak._), running faster than the eye can follow.--_ns._ SIGHT'-READ'ER,
one who reads at sight, as musical notes, passages in a foreign tongue,
&c.; SIGHT'-READING; SIGHT'-SEE'ING, the act of seeing sights: eagerness to
see novelties or curiosities; SIGHT'-S[=E]'ER, one who is eager to see
novelties or curiosities; SIGHTS'MAN, a local guide; SEC'OND-SIGHT, a gift
of prophetic vision, long supposed in the Scottish Highlands and elsewhere
to belong to particular persons.--AT SIGHT, without previous study or
practice; AT SIGHT, AFTER SIGHT, terms applied to bills or notes payable
on, or after, presentation; LOSE SIGHT OF, to cease to see: to overlook;
OUT OF SIGHT, too far away to be seen: not in sight: (_coll._) beyond
comparison; PUT OUT OF SIGHT, to remove from vision: (_slang_) to consume,
as food. [A.S. _siht_, _ge-siht_--_ge-segen_, pa.p. of _seón_, to see; Ger.
_sicht._]