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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,836 words match “SY”

SYCOPHANTISH a.

Like a sycophant; obsequiously flattering. -- Syc"o*phant`ish*ly, adv. Sycophantish satirists that forever humor the prevailing folly. De Quincey.

SYCOPHANTISM n.

SYCOPHANTIZE v.

To play the sycophant.

Sycophancy. [Obs.]

A pustular eruption upon the scalp, or the beared part of the face, whether due to ringworm, acne, or impetigo.

A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.

SYENITE n. 2 definitions

Orig., a rock composed of quartz, hornblende, and feldspar, anciently quarried at Syene, in Upper Egypt, and now called granite.

SYENITIC a. 2 definitions

Relating to Syene; as, Syenitic inscriptions.

See Sike. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Sicker. [Obs.]

A young herring (Clupea harengus). [Also written sile.] But our folk call them syle, and nought but syle, And when they're grown, why then we call them herring. J. Ingelow.

A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.

Syllable. [R.] B. Jonson.

SYLLABIC; SYLLABICAL a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent.

SYLLABICALLY adv.

In a syllabic manner.

To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

SYLLABICATION n.

The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., §275.

SYLLABIFICATION n.

Same as Syllabication. Rush. Syllabification depends not on mere force, but on discontinuity of force. H. Sweet.