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silly. "You have simple wits." Shak. The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going. Prov. xiv. 15.

Only; by one's self; alone. Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. Shak.

d; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right. "Here on his sinister cheek." Shak. My mother's blood Runs on the dexter cheek, and this sinister Bounds in my father's Shak.

In knitting machines, one of the thin plates, blades, or other devices, that depress the loops upon or between the needles. Dividing sinker, in knitting machines, a sinker between two jack sinkers and acting alternately with them. -- Jack sinker. See under Jack, n. -- Sinker bar. (a) In knitting machines, a bar to wh…

s from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyser…

One who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.

To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously. Beau & Fl.

a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting. Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. Swift.

A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely. [Prov. Eng.]

Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.

The loose or slack part of a rope; slack.

The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail, when being hauled down.

h over. Sleeking her soft alluring locks. Milton. Gentle, my lord, sleek o'er your rugged looks. Shak.

Dull; lazy; heavy; sluggish. Shak. 'Tis not sleepy business; But must be looked to speedily and strongly. Shak.

a horse when drawing a slegh, or to the sleigh itself; especially a globular bell with a loose ball which plays inside instead of a clapper.

e ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force.

one that slippeth in his speech, but not from his heart. Ecclus. xix. 16. To let slip, to loose from the slip or noose, as a hound; to allow to escape. Cry, "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war. Shak.

Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. The slippery god will try to loose his hold. Dryden.