Sideration Sid`er·a"tion noun [ Latin sideratio .] The state of being siderated, or planet-struck; esp., blast in plants; also, a sudden and apparently causeless stroke of disease, as in apoplexy or paralysis. [ Obsolete] Ray.

Sidereal Si·de"re·al adjective [ Latin sidereus , from sidus , sideris , a constellation, a star. Confer Sideral , Consider , Desire .] 1. Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.

2. (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.

Sidereal clock , day , month , year . See under Clock , Day , etc. -- Sideral time , time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time , mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true , but of the mean , equinoctial point.

Siderealize Si·de"re·al·ize transitive verb To elevate to the stars, or to the region of the stars; to etherealize.

German literature transformed, siderealized , as we see it in Goethe, reckons Winckelmann among its initiators.

W. Pater.

Sidereous Si·de"re·ous adjective [ Latin sidereus .] Sidereal. [ Obsolete]

Siderite Sid"er·ite noun [ Latin sideritis loadstone, Greek ............, ............, of iron, from ............ iron.] 1. (Min.) (a) Carbonate of iron, an important ore of iron occuring generally in cleavable masses, but also in rhombohedral crystals. It is of a light yellowish brown color. Called also sparry iron , spathic iron . (b) A meteorite consisting solely of metallic iron. (c) An indigo-blue variety of quartz. (d) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone.

2. (Botany) Any plant of the genus Sideritis ; ironwort.

Siderographic, Siderographical Sid`er·o·graph"ic, Sid`er·o·graph"ic·al adjective Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions.

Siderographist Sid`er·og"ra·phist noun One skilled in siderography.

Siderography Sid`er·og"ra·phy noun [ Greek ......... iron + -graphy .] The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy .

Siderolite Sid"er·o·lite noun [ Greek ......... iron + -lite .] A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite .

Sideromancy Sid"er·o·man`cy noun [ Greek ......... iron + -mancy .] Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning. Craig.

Sideroscope Sid"er·o·scope noun [ Greek ......... iron + -scope .] An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.

Siderosis Sid`e·ro"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ......... iron.] (Medicine) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.

Siderostat Sid"er·o·stat noun [ Latin sidus , sideris , a star + Greek ......... standing, fixed, from ............ to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat .

Sideroxylon Sid`e·rox"y·lon noun [ New Latin , from Greek ......... iron + ......... wood.] (Botany) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

Sidesaddle Side"sad`dle noun A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.

Sidesaddle flower (Botany) , a plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup . See Sarracenia .

Sidesman Sides"man noun ; plural Sidesmen 1. A party man; a partisan. Milton.

2. An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.

Sidetrack Side"track` transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sidetracked ; present participle & verbal noun Sidetracking .] 1. (Railroads) To transfer to a siding from a main line of track.

2. Hence, fig., to divert or reduce to a position or condition that is relatively secondary or subordinate in activity, importance, effectiveness, or the like; to switch off; to turn aside, as from a purpose. [ Colloq.]

Such a project was, in fact, sidetracked in favor of the census of school children.

Pop. Sci. Monthly.

Sidewalk Side"walk` noun A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement. [ U.S.]

Sideways Side"ways` adverb Toward the side; sidewise.

A second refraction made sideways .

Sir I. Newton.

His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . .
Shot sideways , like a swallow's wings.

Longfellow.

Sidewinder Side"wind`er noun 1. (Zoology) See Horned rattler, under Horned .

2. A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary. [ Slang.] Side"wise` adverb On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.

I saw them mask their awful glance
Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.

Emerson.

Siding Sid"ing noun 1. Attaching one's self to a party.

2. A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

3. (Carp.) The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

4. (Shipbuilding) The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.

Sidle Si"dle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sidled ; present participle & verbal noun Sidling .] [ From Side .] To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening. Swift.

He . . . then sidled close to the astonished girl.

Sir W. Scott.

Siege Siege noun [ Middle English sege , Old French siege , French siège a seat, a siege; confer Italian seggia , seggio , zedio , a seat, asseggio , assedio , a siege, French assiéger to besiege, Italian & Late Latin assediare , Latin obsidium a siege, besieging; all ultimately from Latin sedere to sit. See Sit , and confer See , noun ] 1. A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. [ Obsolete] "Upon the very siege of justice." Shak.

A stately siege of sovereign majesty,
And thereon sat a woman gorgeous gay.

Spenser.

In our great hall there stood a vacant chair . . .
And Merlin called it "The siege perilous."

Tennyson.

2. Hence, place or situation; seat. [ Obsolete]

Ah! traitorous eyes, come out of your shameless siege forever.

Painter (Palace of Pleasure).

3. Rank; grade; station; estimation. [ Obsolete]

I fetch my life and being
From men of royal siege .

Shak.

4. Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. [ Obsolete]

The siege of this mooncalf.

Shak.

5. The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade .

6. Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

Love stood the siege , and would not yield his breast.

Dryden.

7. The floor of a glass-furnace.

8. A workman's bench. Knught.

Siege gun , a heavy gun for siege operations. -- Siege train , artillery adapted for attacking fortified places.

Siege Siege transitive verb To besiege; to beset. [ R.]

Through all the dangers that can siege
The life of man.

Buron.

Siegework Siege"work` noun A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Siemens-Martin process Sie"mens-Mar`tin proc"ess See Open-hearth process , etc., under Open .

Siemens-Martin steel Sie"mens-Mar"tin steel See Open-hearth steel , under Open .

Sienite Si"e·nite noun (Min.) See Syenite .

Sienitic Si`e·nit"ic adjective See Syenitic .

Sienna Si·en"na noun [ Italian terra di Siena , from Siena in Italy.] (Chemistry) Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.

Burnt sienna , sienna made of a much redder color by the action of fire. -- Raw sienna , sienna in its natural state, of a transparent yellowish brown color.

Siennese Si`en·nese" adjective Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.

Sierra Si·er"ra noun [ Spanish , properly, a saw, from Latin serra a saw. See Serrate .] A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

The wild sierra overhead.

Whitter.

Siesta Si·es"ta noun [ Spanish , probably from Latin sessitare to sit much or long, v. freq. of sedere , sessum , to sit. See Sit .] A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.

Sieur Sieur noun [ French, abbrev. from seigneur. Confer Monsieur , Seignior .] Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.

Sieva Sie"va noun (Botany) A small variety of the Lima bean ( Phaseolus lunatus ).

Sieve Sieve noun [ Middle English sive , Anglo-Saxon sife ; akin to Dutch zeef , zift , Old High German sib , German sieb . √151 a . Confer Sift .] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. "In a sieve thrown and sifted." Chaucer.

2. A kind of coarse basket. Simmonds.

Sieve cells (Botany) , cribriform cells. See under Cribriform .

Sifac Si"fac noun (Zoology) The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.

Sifflement Sif"fle·ment noun [ French, a whistling or hissing.] The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation. [ Obsolete] A. Brewer.

Sifilet Sif"i·let noun [ Confer French siflet .] (Zoology) The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird , under Paradise .

Sift Sift transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sifted ; present participle & verbal noun Sifting .] [ Anglo-Saxon siftan , from sife sieve. √151 a . See Sieve .] 1. To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

2. To separate or part as if with a sieve.

When yellow sands are sifted from below,
The glittering billows give a golden show.

Dryden.

3. To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.

Sifting the very utmost sentence and syllable.

Hooker.

Opportunity I here have had
To try thee, sift thee.

Milton.

Let him but narrowly sift his ideas.

I. Taylor.

To sift out , to search out with care, as if by sifting.

Sifter Sift"er noun 1. One who, or that which, sifts.

2. (Zoology) Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; -- so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell... of the beak.

Sig Sig noun [ Akin to Anglo-Saxon sīgan to fall. √151 adjective See Sink , transitive verb ] Urine. [ Prov. Eng.]

Sigaultian Si·gaul"ti·an adjective (Surg.) Pertaining to Sigault , a French physician. See Symphyseotomy .

Sigger Sig"ger intransitive verb Same as Sicker . [ Prov. Eng.]

Sigh Sigh intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sighed ; present participle & verbal noun Sighing .] [ Middle English sighen , si...en ; confer also Middle English siken , Anglo-Saxon sīcan , and Middle English sighten , si...ten , sichten , Anglo-Saxon siccettan ; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.] 1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.

2. Hence, to lament; to grieve.

He sighed deeply in his spirit.

Mark viii. 12.

3. To make a sound like sighing.

And the coming wind did roar more loud,
And the sails did sigh like sedge.

Coleridge.

The winter winds are wearily sighing .

Tennyson.

» An extraordinary pronunciation of this word as sīth is still heard in England and among the illiterate in the United States.

Sigh Sigh transitive verb 1. To exhale (the breath) in sighs.

Never man sighed truer breath.

Shak.

2. To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.

Ages to come, and men unborn,
Shall bless her name, and sigh her fate.

Pior.

3. To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.

They . . . sighed forth proverbs.

Shak.

The gentle swain . . . sighs back her grief.

Hoole.

Sigh Sigh noun [ Middle English sigh ; confer Middle English sik . See Sigh , intransitive verb ] 1. A deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration of air, as when fatigued or grieved; the act of sighing.

I could drive the boat with my sighs .

Shak.

2. Figuratively, a manifestation of grief; a lan...ent.

With their sighs the air
Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite.

Milton.

Sigh-born Sigh"-born` adjective Sorrowful; mournful. [ R.] " Sigh-born thoughts." De Quincey.

Sigher Sigh"er noun One who sighs.

Sighing Sigh"ing adjective Uttering sighs; grieving; lamenting. " Sighing millions." Cowper. - - Sigh"ing*ly , adverb

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