Siphuncled
(Si"phun`cled) a. (Zoöl.) Having a siphuncle; siphunculated.
Siphuncular
(Si*phun"cu*lar) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the siphuncle.
Siphunculated
(Si*phun"cu*la`ted) a. (Zoöl.) Having a siphuncle. Huxley.
Sipid
(Sip"id) a. [See Insipid, Sapid.] Having a taste or flavorl savory; sapid. [Obs.] Cockeram.
Sipper
(Sip"per) n. One whi sips.
Sippet
(Sip"pet) n. [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) v. i. [Freq. of sip.] To sip often. [Obs. or Scot.]
Sippling
(Sip"pling) a. Sipping often. [Obs.] "Taken after a sippling sort." Holland.
Sipunculacea
(||Si*pun`cu*la"ce*a) n. pl. [NL., from Sipunculus, the typical genus. See Siphuncle.]
(Zoöl.) A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening
anteriorly.
Sipunculoid
(Si*pun"cu*loid) a. [NL. Sipunculus, the typical genus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the
Sipunculoidea. — n. One of the Sipunculoidea.
Sipunculoidea
(||Si*pun`cu*loi"de*a) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) (a) Same as Gephyrea. (b) In a restricted
sense, same as Sipunculacea.
Si quis
(||Si` quis") [L., if any one (the first words of the notice in Latin).] (Ch. of Eng.) A notification by
a candidate for orders of his intention to inquire whether any impediment may be alleged against him.
Sir
(Sir) n. [OE. sire, F. sire, contr. from the nominative L. senior an elder, elderly person, compar. of
senex,senis, an aged person; akin to Gr. old, Skr. sana, Goth. sineigs old, sinista eldest, Ir. & Gael.
sean old, W. hen. Cf. 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. [Obs.]
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.
