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To gird with a sinch; to tighten the sinch or girth of (a saddle); as, to sinch up a sadle. [Western U.S.]

Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.

The fore part of the head.

A native of Sind, India, esp. one of the native Hindoo stock.

A wrapper. [Obs.] "Wrapped in sindons of linen." Bacon.

The perpendicular itself. See Sine of angle, below. Artificial sines, logarithms of the natural sines, or logarithmic sines. -- Curve of sines. See Sinusoid. -- Natural sines, the decimals expressing the values of the sines, the radius being unity. -- Sine of an angle, in a circle whose radius is unity, the sine of…

Of or pertaining to a sinecure; being in the nature of a sinecure.

An ecclesiastical benefice without the care of souls. Ayliffe.

The state of having a sinecure.

One who has a sinecure.

Muscle; nerve. [R.] Sir J. Davies.

Having the sinews under the belly shrunk by excessive fatigue.

Furnished with sinews; as, a strong-sinewed youth.

Quality of being sinewy.

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.

Sinewy. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall. Donne.

Tainted with, or full of, sin; wicked; iniquitous; criminal; unholy; as, sinful men; sinful thoughts. Piers Plowman. Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity. Isa. i. 4. -- Sin"ful*ly, adv. -- Sin"ful*ness, n.

To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece. The noise of them that sing do I hear. Ex. xxxii. 18.