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seege, seej, seige, siege, siegin,
siege [ˈsidʒ]
n. A siege. The wooden or stone bench or form on which a mason dresses his stones or the board on which a slater trims his slates. SW. col. A funny incident. MN. A dressing-down, a sharp rebuke or chastisement, also siegin.
v. S. To pester or bother, especially with questions or requests. MN. With at to administer a sharp reproof, to scold severely, berate.
n. A siege. The wooden or stone bench or form on which a mason dresses his stones or the board on which a slater trims his slates. SW. col. A funny incident. MN. A dressing-down, a sharp rebuke or chastisement, also siegin.
v. S. To pester or bother, especially with questions or requests. MN. With at to administer a sharp reproof, to scold severely, berate.
groff-sieve, groff-siv, seeve, seive, sieve, siv,
sieve [siːv, sɪv]
n. A sieve.
n. A sieve.
Compounds and phrases etc.
blind sieve [blɪn(d)-]: A sieve with a solid base.
groff-sieve: A sieve with large holes.
groff-sieve: A sieve with large holes.
See sythe also.
siffer, sift, sifter, siftin,
sift [sɪft]
v. To sift.
pt. pp. siftit
v. To sift.
pt. pp. siftit
Compounds and phrases etc.
sifter: Someone or something that sifts. col. A nosey person.
siftin: Sifting, a light sprinkling of snow, etc.
siftin: Sifting, a light sprinkling of snow, etc.
chug, cogg, shug, sig, sigg, sigg, sug, sugg,
sigg [I.Ork. sɪg, sʌg]
n. A piece of hardened skin on the hands.
n. A piece of hardened skin on the hands.
sugg [I.Sh. sʌg, ʃʌg, tʃʌg]
n. Thick clumps of grass.
n. Thick clumps of grass.
sign, signacle, sinacle, sinnacle,
sign [səin]
n. A sign.
n. A sign.
Compounds and phrases etc.
assign: To appoint or designate for some function, duty, or privilege.
assignation: Assignation, (legal) assignment.
signacle [ˈsɪnakl]: A sign, vestige, trace. A grain, small quantity.
assignation: Assignation, (legal) assignment.
signacle [ˈsɪnakl]: A sign, vestige, trace. A grain, small quantity.
insigneeficant, signeeficant,
signeeficant [ˈsignifɪkənt]
adj. Significant.
adj. Significant.
Compounds and phrases etc.
insigneeficant [ɪn-]: Insignificant.
Signet,
signet [ˈsɪgnət]
n. A Crown seal of Scotland that was used for private and official documents of the Sovereign, now the seal of the Court of Session.
n. A Crown seal of Scotland that was used for private and official documents of the Sovereign, now the seal of the Court of Session.
cyle, cyles, sile, sile-blade, siles, syle, syles,
sile [səil]
n. A pillar. A roof rafter or couple. I. A short iron or wooden bar resting in a socket across the eye on the underside of an upper millstone and fitted on top of the spindle of the horizontal mill wheel by which the stone was made to revolve.
n. A pillar. A roof rafter or couple. I. A short iron or wooden bar resting in a socket across the eye on the underside of an upper millstone and fitted on top of the spindle of the horizontal mill wheel by which the stone was made to revolve.
Compounds and phrases etc.
aff o the sile I.Sh.: Out of one's usual health or temper, cross, out of sorts.
pair o siles: The foot or lower part of a rafter.
sile-blade: A large horizontal beam to the ends of which the lower extremities of the couples are nailed.
pair o siles: The foot or lower part of a rafter.
sile-blade: A large horizontal beam to the ends of which the lower extremities of the couples are nailed.
sile, sill, syle,
sile [səil, sɪl]
n. Newly hatched young fish. Milt.
n. Newly hatched young fish. Milt.
seyl, sile, sile$t, siled, silt, soolyie, sulyie, syle, syle$t, syled, sylet, sylit, sylt,
sile [səil]
n. Soil.
v. To soil.
pt. pp. sile't, siled
n. Soil.
v. To soil.
pt. pp. sile't, siled
Compounds and phrases etc.
sulyie: An archaic form of sile, NN.a. a disrespectful term a person of bad stock or breeding.