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- English Word Sire Definition A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign.
- English Word Sire Definition A father; the head of a family; the husband.
- English Word Sire Definition A creator; a maker; an author; an originator.
- English Word Sire Definition The male parent of a beast; -- applied especially to horses; as, the horse had a good sire.
- English Word Sire Definition To beget; to procreate; -- used of beasts, and especially of stallions.
- English Word Sired Definition of Sire
- English Word Siredon Definition The larval form of any salamander while it still has external gills; especially, one of those which, like the axolotl (Amblystoma Mexicanum), sometimes lay eggs while in this larval state, but which under more favorable conditions lose their gills and become normal salamanders. See also Axolotl.
- English Word Siren Definition One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.
- English Word Siren Definition An enticing, dangerous woman.
- English Word Siren Definition Something which is insidious or deceptive.
- English Word Siren Definition A mermaid.
- English Word Siren Definition Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
- English Word Siren Definition An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog.
- English Word Siren Definition Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.
- English Word Sirene Definition See Siren, 6.
- English Word Sirenia Definition An order of large aquatic herbivorous mammals, including the manatee, dugong, rytina, and several fossil genera.
- English Word Sirenian Definition Any species of Sirenia.
- English Word Sirenical Definition Like, or appropriate to, a siren; fascinating; deceptive.
- English Word Sirenize Definition To use the enticements of a siren; to act as a siren; to fascinate.
- English Word Siriasis Definition A sunstroke.
- English Word Siriasis Definition The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.
- English Word Siring Definition of Sire
- English Word Sirius Definition The Dog Star. See Dog Star.
- English Word Sirkeer Definition Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).
- English Word Sirloin Definition A loin of beef, or a part of a loin.
- English Word Sirname Definition See Surname.
- English Word Siroc Definition See Sirocco.
- English Word Sirocco Definition An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.
- English Word Siroccos Definition of Sirocco
- English Word Sirrah Definition A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural.