English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

Dictionary

Swum (p. p.)

of Swim

Swum

imp. & p. p. of Swim.

Swung (imp. & p. p.)

of Swing

Swung

imp. & p. p. of Swing.

Swythe (adv.)

Quickly. See Swithe.

Sy (imp.)

Saw.

Syb (a.)

See Sib.

Sybarite (n.)

A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

Sybaritic (a.)

Alt. of Sybaritical

Sybaritical (a.)

Of or pertaining to the Sybarites; resembling the Sybarites; luxurious; wanton; effeminate.

Sybaritism (n.)

Luxuriousness; effeminacy; wantonness; voluptuousness.

Sycamine (n.)

See Sycamore.

Sycamore (n.)

A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore, or sycamine, of Scripture.

Sycamore (n.)

The American plane tree, or buttonwood.

Sycamore (n.)

A large European species of maple (Acer Pseudo-Platanus).

Syce (n.)

A groom.

Sycee (n.)

Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy.

Sychnocarpous (a.)

Having the capacity of bearing several successive crops of fruit without perishing; as, sychnocarpous plants.

Sycite (n.)

A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig.

Sycoceric (a.)

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the oxidation of sycoceryl alcohol.