Siderographist () One skilled in siderography.

Siderography () The art or practice of steel engraving; especially, the process, invented by Perkins, of multiplying facsimiles of an engraved steel plate by first rolling over it, when hardened, a soft steel cylinder, and then rolling the cylinder, when hardened, over a soft steel plate, which thus becomes a facsimile of the original. The process has been superseded by electrotypy.

Siderolite () A kind of meteorite. See under Meteorite.

Sideromancy () Divination by burning straws on red-hot iron, and noting the manner of their burning.

Sideroscope () An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.

Siderosis () A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.

Siderostat () An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

Sideroxylon () A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

Sidesaddle () A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.

Sidesmen () of Sidesman

Sidesman () A party man; a partisan.

Sidesman () An assistant to the churchwarden; a questman.

Side-taking () A taking sides, as with a party, sect, or faction.

Sidewalk () A walk for foot passengers at the side of a street or road; a foot pavement.

Sideways () Toward the side; sidewise.

Side-wheel () Having a paddle wheel on each side; -- said of steam vessels; as, a side-wheel steamer.

Sidewinder () See Horned rattler, under Horned.

Sidewinder () A heavy swinging blow from the side, which disables an adversary.

Sidewise () On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.

Siding () Attaching one's self to a party.

Siding () A side track, as a railroad; a turnout.

Siding () The covering of the outside wall of a frame house, whether made of weatherboards, vertical boarding with cleats, shingles, or the like.

Siding () The thickness of a rib or timber, measured, at right angles with its side, across the curved edge; as, a timber having a siding of ten inches.

Sidled () of Sidle

Sidling () of Sidle

Sidle () To go or move with one side foremost; to move sidewise; as, to sidle through a crowd or narrow opening.

Siege () A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne.

Siege () Hence, place or situation; seat.

Siege () Rank; grade; station; estimation.

Siege () Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

Siege () The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade.

Siege () Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession.

Siege () The floor of a glass-furnace.

Siege () A workman's bench.

Siege () To besiege; to beset.

Siegework () A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

Siemens-Martin process () See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.

Sienite () See Syenite.

Sienitic () See Syenitic.

Sienna () Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.

Siennese () Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.

Sierra () A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

Siesta () A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap.

Sieur () Sir; -- a title of respect used by the French.

Sieva () A small variety of the Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus).

Sieve () A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.

Sieve () A kind of coarse basket.

Sifac () The white indris of Madagascar. It is regarded by the natives as sacred.

Sifflement () The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.

Sifilet () The six-shafted bird of paradise. See Paradise bird, under Paradise.

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