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seeple, sibble, sip, sippelt, sipple, sirpelt, sirpilt, sirple, sirpled, subble,
sip [sɪpl]
n. A sip.
v. To sip.
 
sipple also intensive sirple
n. A repeating sipping. A sip. A tipple, small drink, mouthful.
v. To sip slowly or continuously, go on drinking in small quantities or small frequent draughts. To tipple.
pt. pp. sippelt, sirpelt
schir, sher, shir, sir, stir, sur, surr,
sir [sɪr, sʌr]
n. As a common form of address between men of equal rank.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
guid-sir: Grandfather.
Guid Sirs: Messrs.
grand-sir [gran(d)-, grɑn(d)-]: A great-grandfather.
sirp, sirpan, sirpen, sirpin, sirpis, sjulp, soolp, soolpa, soolpin, soulp, soulpin, sulp,
sirp [I. sɪrp]
also soulp [I.Sh. s(j)ʌlp]
n. Wet ground.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sirpin, soulpin: Soaking wet.
sirpis: A soaking wet mess.
sist,
sist [sɪst]
n. A stay or suspension of some proceeding.
v. To stop, end. To cease, halt, stop, come to a standstill. To stop, stay or halt a legal process or procedure by judicial decree. To summon or cite to appear as a party in a court case. To present oneself before a court, appear for trial or as a litigant in a case. To produce, bring forward in proof, cite.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
desist: To refrain from continuing some action etc.
faither-sister, guid-sister, mither-sister, seester, sister, sisther, sistir, sistur, stap-sister, stepsister, tittie, tittie-billie, tittie-billy, titty, titty-billy,
sister [ˈsɪstər]
n. A sister.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
faither-sister: An aunt.
guid-sister: Sister-in-law.
mither-sister: An aunt.
Seiven Sisters: The Pleiades (stars).
stepsister: Stepsister.
tittie [ˈtɪte]: col. A familiar term for a sister.
tittie-billie: col. In close relationship, on a par.
doonsit, doonsittin, doon-sittin, dounsit, dounsittin, fittie, fitty, fynnie, sat, satten, settin, sid, sinnie-fynnie, sit, sitooterie, sitooterie, sit-ooterie, sitootery, sit-ootery, sitootrie, sitootterie, sitouterie, sitoutery, sitten, sitten_on, sitter, sitterooterie, sittin, sittin-doon, sittin-doun, sot, suitten, sut, sutt$n, sutten, sutten_on, suttin, upsitten, upsittin, up-sittin,
sit [sɪt]
v. To sit. I.Sh. To stay.
pt. sat [sat]
pp. sitten [ˈsɪtən], sat, satten, sutten [ˈsʌtən] adj. Of teaː over brewed. Stewed, strong or bitter to the taste. I.Sh. Of a partly incubated egg.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dounsit: A marriage settlement.
dounsittin: A sitting.
sit saft: Enjoy an easy life.
sitter: I.Sh. sl. A disappointment.
sittie-fittie: I.Ork. The black guillemot Cepphus grylle.
sittin [ˈsɪtɪn]: Sitting.
sitooterie [ˈsɪtutərɪ]: col. A conservatory or patio.
sittin-doun: A settlement in marriage. A home, quarters.
sitten on: Stunted, dwarfed.
upsitten: Indifferent, lacking in zeal, lackadaisical.
up-sittin: Indifference, lukewarmness, lethargy.
 
See set also.
seet, site,
site [səit, MN. sit]
n. A site. A building-ground.
sith,
sith [sɪð]
conj. Since, because, seeing that. Since, from the time that.
sithean,
sithean [ˈʃiən]
n. Gael. A natural or artificial mound, barrow. A fairy hill.
cevenn, civan, seven, sibban, sibben, sibbens, sibbin, sivan, siven, sivens, sivven, sivvens,
siven [ˈsɪvən]
n. The wild raspberry Rubus idaeus.
pl. sivens Venereal disease. Also I. sibbens The itch.

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