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SYC'ITE, n. [Gr. fig.] Fig-stone; a name which some authors give to nodules of f...
SYC'OPHANCY, n. [infra.] Originally, information of the clandestine exportation ...
SYC'OPHANT, n. [Gr. a fig, and to discover.] Originally, an informer against tho...
SYCOPHANT'IC, a. Talebearing; more generally, obsequiously flattering; parasitic...
SYC'OPHANTIZE, v.t. To play the sycophant; to flatter meanly and officiously; to...
SYC'OPHANTRY, n. Mean and officious talebearing or adulation.
SYDNE'AN SYDNE'IAN, a. Denoting a species of white earth brought from Sidney cov...
SYENITE. [See Sienite .]
SYKE, n. A small brook or rill in low ground. [Local.]
SYLLAB'IC SYLLAB'ICAL, a. [from syllable.] Pertaining to a syllable or syllables...
SYLLAB'ICALLY, adv. In a syllabic manner.
SYLLABICA'TION, n. The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing w...
SYL'LABLE, n. [L. syllaba; Gr. to comprehend, and to take.] 1. A letter, or a co...
SYL'LABUB, n. A compound drink made of wine and milk; a different orthography of...
SYL'LABUS, n. [L. from the same source as syllable.] An abstract; a compendium c...
SYLLEP'SIS, n. [Gr. See Syllable .] 1. In grammar, a figure by which we conceive...