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Siege
n.
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Rank; grade; station; estimation.
Siege
n.
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Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.
Siege
n.
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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.
Siege
n.
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Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.
Siege
n.
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The floor of a glass-furnace.
Siege
n.
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A workman's bench.
Siege
v. t.
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To besiege; to beset.
Siegework
n.
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A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
Siemens-Martin process
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See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.
Sienite
n.
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See Syenite.
Sienitic
a.
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See Syenitic.
Sienna
n.
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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.
Siennese
a.
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Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
Sierra
n.
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A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.
Siesta
n.
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A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.
Sieur
n.
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Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.
Sieva
n.
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A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).
Sieve
n.
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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.
Sieve
n.
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A kind of coarse basket.
Sifac
n.
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The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.
Sifflement
n.
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The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.
Sifilet
n.
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The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.
Sifted
imp. & p. p.
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of Sift
Sifting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Sift
Sift
v. t.
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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.
Sift
v. t.
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To separate or part as if with a sieve.
Sift
v. t.
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To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
Sifter
n.
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One who, or that which, sifts.
Sifter
n.
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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
v. t.
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Urine.