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The act of exposing to a sun bath. [Obs.] Cf. Insolation.

The Dog Star. See Dog Star.

Any one of several species of Asiatic cuckoos of the genus Taccocua, as the Bengal sirkeer (T. sirkee).

A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also surloin.]

See Surname.

See Sirocco. [Poetic] Emerson.

An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily.

ch, 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. "Ah, sirrah mistress." Beau & Fl. Go, sirrah, to my cell. Shak.

A quicksand. [Obs.]

A thick and viscid saccharine solution of superior quality (as sugarhouse sirup or molasses, maple sirup); specifically, in pharmacy and often in cookery, a saturated solution of sugar and water (simple sirup), or such a solution flavored or medicated. Lucent sirups tinct with cinnamon. Keats. Mixing sirup. See the Not…

Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.

Like sirup, or partaking of its qualities. Mortimer.

A peculiar species of poetry, for the most part devoted to moral and religious topics, and commonly satirical, -- often used by the troubadours of the Middle Ages.

A colloquial abbreviation of Sister.

pared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.

A large, fat variety of the namaycusa found in Lake Superior; - - called also siskawet, siskiwit.

An assize. [Obs.]

The suslik.

Cider. See Sicer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A hard blow. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.