Siphonoglyphe Si`pho·nog"ly·phe noun [ Siphon + Greek ......... to engrave.] (Zoology) A gonidium.

Siphonophora Si`pho·noph"o·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ......... a siphon + ............ to bear.] (Zoology) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia , and Porpita .

Siphonophoran Si`pho·noph"o·ran adjective (Zoology) Belonging to the Siphonophora. -- noun One of the Siphonophora.

Siphonophore Si·phon"o·phore noun (Zoology) One of the Siphonophora.

Siphonopoda Si`pho·nop"o·da noun plural [ New Latin See Siphon , and -poda .] (Zoology) A division of Scaphopoda including those in which the foot terminates in a circular disk.

Siphonostomata Si`pho·no·stom"a·ta noun plural [ New Latin See Siphon , and Stoma .] (Zoology) (a) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood. (b) An artificial division of gastropods including those that have siphonostomatous shells.

Siphonostomatous Si`pho·no·stom"a·tous adjective (Zoology) (a) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods. (b) Pertaining to the Siphonostomata.

Siphonostome Si`pho·nos"tome noun [ Greek ......... a siphon + ......... mouth.] (Zoology) (a) Any parasitic entomostracan of the tribe Siphonostomata. (b) A siphonostomatous shell.

Siphorhinal Si`pho·rhi"nal adjective [ Siphon + rhinal .] (Zoology) Having tubular nostrils, as the petrels.

Siphorhinian Si`pho·rhin"i·an noun (Zoology) A siphorhinal bird.

Siphuncle Si"phun`cle noun [ Latin siphunculus , sipunculus , dim. of sipho . See Siphon .] (Zoology) The tube which runs through the partitions of chambered cephalopod shells.

Siphuncled Si"phun`cled adjective (Zoology) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.

Siphuncular Si·phun"cu·lar adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.

Siphunculated Si·phun"cu·la`ted adjective (Zoology) Having a siphuncle. Huxley.

Sipid Sip"id adjective [ See Insipid , Sapid .] Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid. [ Obsolete] Cockeram.

Sipper Sip"per noun One whi sips.

Sippet Sip"pet noun [ See Sip , Sop .] A small sop; a small, thin piece of toasted bread soaked in milk, broth, or the like; a small piece of toasted or fried bread cut into some special shape and used for garnishing.

Your sweet sippets in widows' houses.

Milton.

Sipple Sip"ple intransitive verb [ Freq. of sip .] To sip often. [ Obsolete or Scot.]

Sippling Sip"pling adjective Sipping often. [ Obsolete] "Taken after a sippling sort." Holland.

Sipunculacea Si·pun`cu·la"ce·a noun plural [ New Latin , from Sipunculus , the typical genus. See Siphuncle .] (Zoology) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.

Sipunculoid Si·pun"cu·loid adjective [ New Latin Sipunculus , the typical genus + -oid .] (Zoology) Pertaining to the Sipunculoidea. -- noun One of the Sipunculoidea.

Sipunculoidea Si·pun`cu·loi"de·a noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) (a) Same as Gephyrea . (b) In a restricted sense, same as Sipunculacea .

Sir Sir noun [ Middle English sire , French sire , contr. from the nominative Latin senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of senex , senis , an aged person; akin to Greek ......... old, Sanskrit sana , Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. & Gael. sean old, W. hen . Confer Seignior , Senate , Seneschal , Senior , Senor , Signor , Sire , Sirrah .] 1. A man of social authority and dignity; a lord; a master; a gentleman; -- in this sense usually spelled sire . [ Obsolete]

He was crowned lord and sire .

Gower.

In the election of a sir so rare.

Shak.

2. A title prefixed to the Christian name of a knight or a baronet.

Sir Horace Vere, his brother, was the principal in the active part.

Bacon.

3. An English rendering of the LAtin Dominus , the academical title of a bachelor of arts; -- formerly colloquially, and sometimes contemptuously, applied to the clergy. Nares.

Instead of a faithful and painful teacher, they hire a Sir John, which hath better skill in playing at tables, or in keeping of a garden, than in God's word.

Latimer.

4. A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality. "What's that to you, sir ?" Sheridan.

» Anciently, this title, was often used when a person was addressed as a man holding a certain office, or following a certain business. " Sir man of law." " Sir parish priest." Chaucer.

Sir reverance . See under Reverence , noun

Siraskier Si·ras"kier noun See Seraskier .

Siraskierate Si·ras"kier·ate noun See Seraskierate .

Sirbonian Sir·bo"ni·an adjective See Serbonian .

Sircar Sir·car" noun [ Hind. & Persian sarkār a superintendant, overseer, chief; Persian sar the head + kār action, work.] 1. A Hindoo clerk or accountant. [ India]

2. A district or province; a circar. [ India]

3. The government; the supreme authority of the state. [ India]

Sirdar Sir·dar" noun [ Hind. & Persian sardār a chief, general; sar the head, top + dār holding, possessing.] A native chief in Hindostan; a headman. Malcom.

Sirdar Sir·dar" noun In Turkey, Egypt, etc., a commander in chief, esp. the one commanding the Anglo-Egyptian army.

Sire Sire noun [ French sire , originally, an older person. See Sir .] 1. A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir . [ Obsolete]

Pain and distress, sickness and ire,
And melancholy that angry sire ,
Be of her palace senators.

Rom. of R.

2. A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.

3. A father; the head of a family; the husband.

Jankin thet was our sire [ i.e., husband].

Chaucer.

And raise his issue, like a loving sire .

Shak.

4. A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.

[ He] was the sire of an immortal strain.

Shelley.

5. The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire .

» Sire is often used in composition; as in grand sire , grandfather; great-grand sire , great- grandfather.

Sire Sire transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sired ; present participle & verbal noun Siring .] To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.

Siredon Si·re"don noun [ New Latin , from Greek ......... a siren.] (Zoology) The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl ( Amblystoma Mexicanum ), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl .

Siren Si"ren noun [ Latin , from Greek .........: confer French sirène .] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.

Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas;
Their song is death, and makes destruction please.

Pope.

2. An enticing, dangerous woman. Shak.

3. Something which is insidious or deceptive.

Consumption is a siren .

W. Irving.

4. A mermaid. [ Obsolete] Shak.

5. (Zoology) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidæ , destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species ( Siren lacertina ) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.

6. [ French sirène , properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [ Written also sirene , and syren .]

Siren Si"ren adjective Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

Sirene Si·rene" noun See Siren , 6.

Sirenia Si·re"ni·a noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.

» The hind limbs are either rudimentary or wanting, and the front ones are changed to paddles. They have horny plates on the front part of the jaws, and usually flat-crowned molar teeth. The stomach is complex and the intestine long, as in other herbivorous mammals. See Cetacea (b) .

Sirenian Si·re"ni·an noun (Zoology) Any species of Sirenia.

Sirenical Si·ren"ic·al adjective Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.

Here's couple of sirenical rascals shall enchant ye.

Marton.

Sirenize Si"ren·ize intransitive verb To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.

Siriasis Si·ri"a·sis noun [ Latin , from Greek ........., from ......... the Dog Star, properly, scorching.] (Medicine) (a) A sunstroke. (b) The act of exposing to a sun bath. [ Obsolete] Confer Insolation .

Sirius Sir"i·us noun [ Latin , from Greek ........., properly, scorching.] (Astron.) The Dog Star. See Dog Star .

Sirkeer Sir"keer noun (Zoology) Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua , as the Bengal sirkeer ( T. sirkee ).

Sirloin Sir"loin` noun [ A corruption of surloin . Not so called because this cut of beef was once jocosely knighted (dubbed Sir Loin) by an English king, as according to a popular story.] A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [ Written also surloin .]

Sirname Sir"name` noun See Surname .

Siroc Si"roc noun See Sirocco . [ Poetic] Emerson.

Sirocco Si·roc"co noun ; plural Siroccos . [ Italian sirocco , scirocco , Arabic shorug , from sharq the rising of the sun, the east, fr, sharaca to rise as the sun. Confer Saracen .] An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

Sirocco Si·roc"co (sĭ*rŏk"ko) noun In general, any hot dry wind of cyclonic origin, blowing from arid or heated regions, including the desert wind of Southern California, the harmattan of the west coasts of Africa, the hot winds of Kansas and Texas, the kamsin of Egypt, the leste of the Madeira Islands, and the leveche of Spain.

Sirrah Sir"rah noun [ Probably from Icelandic sīra , from French sire . See Sir .] A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah . Not used in the plural. "Ah, sirrah mistress." Beau. & Fl.

Go, sirrah , to my cell.

Shak.

Sirt Sirt noun [ See Syrt .] A quicksand. [ Obsolete]

Sirup, Syrup Sir"up, Syr"up noun [ French sirop (cf. Italian siroppo , Spanish jarabe , jarope , Late Latin siruppus , syrupus ), from Arabic sharāb a drink, wine, coffee, sirup. Confer Sherbet .] 1. A thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc., boiled with sugar.

2. A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup ); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water ( simple sirup ), or such a solution flavored or medicated.

Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon.

Keats.

Mixing sirup . See the Note under Dextrose .

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