SITHE, s[=i]th, _n._ (_Shak._) a scythe.--_v.t._ (_Shak._) to cut with a
scythe.
SITHE, s[=i]th, _n._ (_Spens._) a sigh.
SITOLOGY, s[=i]-tol'[=o]-ji, _n._ the science of the regulation of
diet.--Also SITIOL'OGY. [Gr. _sitos_, food, _logia_--_legein_, to say.]
SITOPHOBIA, s[=i]-t[=o]-f[=o]'bi-a, _n._ morbid aversion to food. [Gr.
_sitos_, food, _phobia_, fear.]
SITTA, sit'a, _n._ the genus of nut-hatches.--_adj._ SIT'TINE. [Gr.
_sitt[=e]_, a woodpecker.]
SITUATE, -D, sit'[=u]-[=a]t, -ed, _adj._ set or permanently fixed: placed
with respect to other objects: residing.--_ns._ SITU[=A]'TION, the place
where anything is situated: position: temporary state: condition: any group
of circumstances, a juncture: a critical point in the action of a play or
the development the plot of a novel: office, employment; S[=I]'TUS, site:
the proper place of an organ, &c.: locality in law. [Low L. _situatus_--L.
_situ[)e]re_, to place.]
SITZ-BATH, sitz'-bäth, _n._ a hip-bath: a tub adapted for such. [Ger.
_sitz-bad_.]
SIUM, s[=i]'um, _n._ a genus of umbelliferous plants--the water-parsnips.
[Gr. _sion_.]
SIVA, s[=e]'va, _n._ the third god of the Hindu Trimúrti or triad,
representing the principle of destruction and of reproduction.--_adj._
SIVAIST'IC.--_n._ SI'VAITE. [Sans. _çiva_, happy.]
SIVAN, siv'an, _n._ the third month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year,
answering to part of May and June. [Heb.]
SIVATHERIUM, siv-a-th[=e]'ri-um, _n._ a very large fossil ruminant found in
India.
SIX, siks, _adj._ and _n._ five and one: a figure denoting six units (6, or
vi.): a playing-card with six spots, the face of a die bearing six spots,
or that die itself: beer sold at six shillings a barrel, small beer:
(_pl._) in hymnology, a quatrain in trochaic measure, the lines of three
feet or six syllables.--_adj._ SIX'FOLD, folded or multiplied six
times.--_ns._ SIX'FOOTER, a person six feet high; SIX'PENCE, a silver
coin=six pence.--_adj._ SIX'PENNY, worth sixpence: cheap, worthless.--_ns._
SIX'-SHOOT'ER, a six-chambered revolver; SIXTE, a parry in which the hand
is on guard opposite the right breast, the point of the sword raised and
moved a little to the right.--_adjs._ and _ns._ SIX'TEEN, six and ten;
SIX'TEENTH, the sixth after the tenth.--_adj._ SIXTH, the last of six: the
ordinal of six.--_n._ the sixth part: (_mus._) an interval of four tones
and a semitone, or six intervals.--_adv._ SIXTH'LY, in the sixth
place.--SIXTH HOUR, noon-tide.--BE AT SIXES AND SEVENS, to be in disorder;
LONG SIXES, candles weighing six to the pound, about 8 inches long; SHORT
SIXES, candles weighing six to the pound, about 4 inches long. [A.S.
_siex_; Ger. _sechs_, Gael. _se_; also L. _sex_, Gr. _hex_, Sans. _shash_.]
SIXTEENMO=_Sexto-decimo_ (q.v.).
SIXTY, siks'ti, _adj._ and _n._ six times ten.--_adj._ and _n._ SIX'TIETH,
the sixth tenth: the ordinal of sixty. [A.S. _sixtig_.]
SIZAR, s[=i]'zar, _n._ the name of an order of students at Cambridge and
Dublin--from the allowance of victuals made to them from the college
buttery.--_n._ S[=I]'ZARSHIP. [_Size_, fixed quantity.]
SIZE, s[=i]z, _n._ extent of volume or surface: magnitude: an allotted
portion: (_pl._) allowances (_Shak._).--_v.t._ to arrange according to
size: at Cambridge, to buy rations at a certain fixed rate: to
measure.--_v.i._ to increase in size.--_adjs._ S[=I]'ZABLE, SIZE'ABLE, of
suitable size: of considerable size or bulk; SIZED, having a particular
size.--_ns._ S[=I]'ZER, one who, or that which, sizes or measures, a kind
of gauge; S[=I]'ZING, act of sorting articles according to size, esp.
crushed or stamped ores in mining: an order for extra food from a college
buttery.--SIZE UP, to measure, consider carefully. [Contr. of _assize_
(q.v.).]
SIZE, s[=i]z, SIZING, s[=i]'zing, _n._ a kind of weak glue, used as
varnish: any gluey substance.--_v.t._ to cover with size.--_adj._ SIZED,
having size in its composition.--_n._ S[=I]'ZINESS.--_adj._ S[=I]'ZY,
size-like: glutinous.
SIZEL=_Scissel_ (q.v.).
SIZZLE, siz'l, _v.i._ to make a sound as if frying.--_n._ a hissing sound;
extreme heat.--_n._ SIZZ'LING, a hissing.
SKAIN=_Skein_ (q.v.).
SKAINSMATE, sk[=a]nz'm[=a]t, _n._ (_Shak._) a companion, a scapegrace.
SKALD, _n._=_Scald_, a poet.
SKAT, skat, _n._ a game played with thirty-two cards as in Piquet, and said
to have been invented in 1817 in Altenburg. Each of three players receives
ten cards, the two others being laid aside (hence the name from O. Fr.
_escart_, laying aside).
SKATE, sk[=a]t, _n._ a kind of sandal or frame of wood on a steel blade for
moving on ice.--_v.i._ to slide on, skates.--_ns._ SK[=A]'TER; SK[=A]'TING;
SK[=A]'TING-RINK. [Dut. _schaats_; cf. also Dan. _sköite_.]
SKATE, sk[=a]t, _n._ the popular name of several species of Ray, esp. those
of the family _Raiidæ_ and genus _Raia_, with greatly extended pectoral
fins. [Ice. _skata_--Low L. _squatus_--L. _squatina_; cf. _Shad_.]
SKATHE. Same as SCATHE.
SKAW, skä, _n._ a promontory.--Also SCAW. [Ice. _skagi_--_skaga_, to jut
out.]
SKEAN, sk[=e]n, _n._ a dagger.--_n._ SKEAN-DHU (sk[=e]n'-d[=oo]), the knife
stuck in the stocking of the Highland dress. [Gael, _sgian_, a knife.]
SKEARY, sk[=e]'ri, a dial. form of _scary_.
SKEDADDLE, sk[=e]-dad'l, _v.t._ (_prov._) to spill, scatter.--_v.i._
(_coll._) to scamper off.--_n._ a scurrying off. [Ety. unknown. Prob. conn.
somehow with _shed_--A.S. _sceádan_, to pour.]
SKEE, sk[=e], _n._ a wooden runner for sliding down a declivity.--_v.i._ to
slide on skees. [Dan. _ski_--Ice. _skídh_.]
SKEEL, sk[=e]l, _n._ (_Scot._) a milking-pail, a washing-tub. [Scand., Ice.
_skjóla_.]
SKEELY, sk[=e]'li, _adj._ (_Scot._) skilful.
SKEESICKS, sk[=e]'ziks, _n._ (_U.S._) a rascal.
SKEETER, sk[=e]'t[.e]r, _n._ a mosquito.
SKEG, skeg, _n._ a stump, branch: the after-part of a ship's keel.
SKEG, skeg, _n._ a wild-plum.
SKEIN, sk[=a]n, _n._ a knot or number of knots of thread or yarn. [O. Fr.
_escagne_, from Celt.; cf. Ir. _sgainne_, a skein.]
SKELDER, skel'd[.e]r, _v.i._ and _v.t._ to practise begging: to swindle.
SKELETON, skel'e-tun, _n._ the bones of an animal separated from the flesh
and preserved in their natural position: the framework or outline of
anything: a very lean and emaciated person: a very thin form of light-faced
type.--_adj._ pertaining to a skeleton--also SKEL'ETAL.--_ns._ SKELETOG'ENY
(-toj'-); SKELETOG'RAPHY; SKELETOL'OGY.--_v.t._ SKEL'ETONISE, to reduce to
a skeleton.--_n._ SKEL'ETON-KEY, a key for picking locks, without the inner
bits.--SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD, CLOSET, HOUSE, &c., some hidden domestic
source of sorrow or shame. [Gr. _skeleton_ (_s[=o]ma_), a dried
(body)--_skeletos_, dried--_skellein_, to dry, to parch.]
SKELLOCH, skel'oh, _v.i._ (_Scot._) to cry out with a shrill voice.--_n._ a
squeal.