SIN, sin, _n._ wilful violation of law: neglect of duty: neglect of the
laws of morality and religion, any want of conformity unto, or
transgression of, the law of God: wickedness, iniquity.--_v.i._ to commit
sin: to violate or neglect the laws of morality or religion: to do
wrong:--pr.p sin'ning; _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ sinned.--_adjs._ SIN'-BORN, born
of sin; SIN'-BRED, produced by sin.--_ns._ SIN'-EAT'ER, one of a class of
men formerly employed in Wales to eat a piece of bread and drink a cup of
ale placed on a bier, and so symbolically take upon themselves the sins of
the deceased--due to the notion of the Levitical _scapegoat_ (Levit. xvi.
21, 22); SIN'-EAT'ING.--_adj._ SIN'FUL, full of, or tainted with, sin:
iniquitous: wicked: depraved: criminal: unholy.--_adv._ SIN'FULLY.--_n._
SIN'FULNESS.--_adj._ SIN'LESS, without sin: innocent: pure:
perfect.--_adv._ SIN'LESSLY.--_ns._ SIN'LESSNESS; SIN'NER, one who sins: an
offender or criminal: (_theol._) an unregenerate person.--_v.i._ (_Pope_)
to act as a sinner (with indefinite _it_).--_n._ SIN'-OFF'ERING, an
offering for, or sacrifice in expiation of, sin.--_adjs._ SIN'-SICK,
morally sick from sin; SIN'-WORN, worn by sin.--LIKE SIN (_slang_), very
much, very hard; MORTAL, or DEADLY, SIN, such as wilfully violates the
divine law and separates the soul from God--seven deadly sins, _pride_,
_covetousness_, _lust_, _anger_, _gluttony_, _envy_, and _sloth_; ORIGINAL
SIN, the innate depravity and corruption of the whole nature due to the sin
of Adam as federal representative of the human race, and transmitted by
ordinary generation to all his posterity; VENIAL SIN, any transgression due
to inadvertence, not alienating the friendship of God. [A.S. _syn_, _sinn_;
Ice. _syn-d_, Ger. _sünde_, L. _sons_.]
SINAITIC, s[=i]-na-it'ik, _adj._ pertaining to, made, or given at Mount
Sinai.--Also SIN[=A]'IC.
SINAPIS, si-n[=a]'pis, _n._ the officinal name of mustard.--_n._ SIN'APISM,
a mustard-plaster. [L.,--Gr. _sinapi_.]
SINCE, sins, _adv._ from the time that: past: ago.--_prep._ after: from the
time of.--_conj._ seeing that: because: considering. [M. E. _sins_,
_sithens_--A.S. _síth-thám_, lit. 'after that,' from _síth_, late (Ger.
_seit_), and _thám_, dat. of _thæt_, that.]
SINCERE, sin-s[=e]r', _adj._ clean: pure: (_B._) unadulterated: being in
reality what it is in appearance: unfeigned: frank: honest: true,
virtuous.--_adv._ SINC[=E]RE'LY.--_ns._ SINC[=E]RE'NESS, SINCER'ITY, state
or quality of being sincere: honesty of mind: freedom from pretence.
[Fr.,--L. _sincerus_, clean, generally derived from _sine_, without,
_cera_, wax; better from _sin-_, single, _-cerus_ for an assumed _scerus_,
bright.]
SINCIPUT, sin'si-put, _n._ the forepart of the head from the forehead to
the vertex.--_adj._ SINCIP'ITAL. [L., _semi-_; half, _caput_, the head.]
SIND, s[=i]nd, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to rinse.--Also Synd.
SINDON, sin'don, _n._ (_Bacon_) a wrapper. [L.,--Gr. _sind[=o]n_, fine
Indian cloth, muslin, a garment, prob. from _India_, or _Sinde_ in India.]
SINE, s[=i]n, _n._ a straight line drawn from one extremity of an arc
perpendicular to the diameter that passes through the other extremity. [L.
_sinus_, a curve.]
SINE, SYNE, s[=i]n, _adv._ (_Scot._) after that: ago.--_conj._ since.
SINE, s[=i]'ne, _prep._ without, as in SINE DIE, without day, of an
adjournment; SINE QUÂ NON, an indispensable condition, &c. [L.]
SINECURE, s[=i]'n[=e]-k[=u]r (or sin'-), _n._ an ecclesiastical benefice
without the cure or care of souls: an office with salary but without
work.--_adj._ pertaining to such an office.--_ns._ S[=I]'NECURISM, the
state of having a sinecure; S[=I]'NECURIST, one who holds a sinecure. [L.
_sine_, without, _cura_, care.]
SINEW, sin'[=u], _n._ that which joins a muscle to a bone, a tendon:
muscle, nerve: that which supplies vigour.--_v.t._ to bind as by sinews: to
strengthen.--_adj._ SIN'EWED, furnished with sinews: (_Shak._) strong,
vigorous.--_n._ SIN'EWINESS, the state or quality of being sinewy.--_adjs._
SIN'EWLESS, having no sinews: without strength or power; SIN'EW-SHRUNK,
applied to a horse which has become gaunt-bellied from being overdriven;
SIN'EWY, SIN'EWOUS, furnished with sinews: consisting of, belonging to, or
resembling sinews: strong: vigorous.--SINEWS OF WAR, money. [A.S. _sinu_;
Ice. _sin_, Ger. _sehne_.]