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_To_ SING, _v. a._ To singe.
_Cleland._
A. S. _saeng-an_, Germ. _seng-en_, id.
~Singit-like~, _adj._ Puny, shrivelled. S.
SINGIN-EEN, _s._ The last night of the year; from the carols sung on this evening, Fife.
_A. Douglas._
SINGLAR, _adj._ Unarmed.
_Wallace._
SINGLE, _adv._
V. ~Seindle~.
SINGLE, _s._ A handful of gleaned corn, S.; also _sindle_.
_Gl. Sibb._
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _sin_, singularis, and _del_, pars; or Lat. _singul-us_.
SINKIL, _s._ L. _finkil_, fennel.
_Compl. S._
SYNLE, _adv._ Seldom.
V. ~Seindle~.
SYNOPARE, _s._ Cinnabar.
_Douglas._
SINSYNE, _adv._ Since, S.
V. ~Syne~.
_Burns._
_To_ SIPE, SEIP, _v. n._
1. To ooze, S.
_Gl. Sibb._
2. _v. a._ To let out any liquid, S.
_Magopico._
Teut. _sijpen_, id., stillare, manare.
~Sypins~, _s. pl._ Liquor that has oozed from an insufficient cask, S.
_To_ SYPYRE, SUPIR, _v. n._ To sigh.
Fr. _souspir-er_, id.
_Burel._
SIRDONING, _s._ The singing of birds.
_A. Hume._
Fr. _sourdine_, the pipe of a trumpet.
SYRE, _s._
V. ~Schir~.
SYRE, _s._ A sewer, S. _syver_.
V. ~Syver~.
_Watson._
SIR JOHN, a close stool, S.; _knight_, synon.
SIRKEN, _adj._ Tender of one's flesh, S.
