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1, ;s fep,ntrd from Cal ,br;•• ;0 ltaly. by 'Ile n";ght5
of M~Oina. which, in the nar.owdl part, 15 oot reYCn m¡)~5
Qv!!r.
SICYOS, ;0 bo',oy, a geous of ,he mooree;, f)'ogeoefia
c1Afs. The c.tlix élnd coroll.1 of lhe male ha.,e cach tive
fegm.cnts; ano lhere ale [hree fil ..mcnu; Ihe cAlix and
coroll,lof lhe remal!! are the fame with [hofe of lhe mals;
lhe Hylu5 is tr~ fid; and Ihe drupa cont"ios Dne (eed.
T hcre are: two fpecics. none or IheOl nallvtS (}f Brltain.
SID.'\ , ;0 bOl'OY, a geous of Ihe moo~rlelphl' poly.odr;.
c1ars. The calix is fimplc and <ln~ : tite U)dus is
diviJed iota many pans ; and lhere are m.lOY caplules.
eaeh coo';¡inillg one 'Cred. There are 23 fpecit's, none
of them nat¡ves of Brilain.
SIDEREA L YEA' . S<e AS TRONOMY. p 458.
SIDERIA. ;0 nalural hinory. Ihe of • geou. of
cryfb. Is., ufed 10 exprefs thofe ahered ',n thc:ir figu re by
partides of iron. T heCe are of;t rh ..,mboida l formo and
compofcd only of fix planes. Of lhis genus there are
{our known Cpecies: 1• • A coJo.¡rkCs, pelluc¡d, and tbiD
one , found in confiderlble qUdotllies among the Iroo ore,
of the fard l. of Dean in Gloucd lafhire. and in other lhe
Jike places. '2 . A dull, thlck. ao~ brown one, nOI en·
comOlon in the Came pldces wi lh Ihe farOler. And, 3· A
aod very glolfy k;n,I, a foffil 01 VHy great be.•uIY.
found in the: Carne pl"ce with lhe others, as airo io Leí–
eellerfhi re aod Sulfe•.
SIDERIT1S, in bOlany, a geous of Ihe didynamia &y.,no–
fpermia cla(s. The: (l.,unina are wilhio the tube of the
corolla ; anJ there is a (hon tligm" over. lopping another
on~ . [~ The Cpecies are eleven, none of them nd(ives of
Brital'n .
SI[) ERrOXYLUM. in bOlany, a genu, of Ibe pentandria
ftlooogynia claC,. Thc corolla con~ns of ten fecmems
alternate~ craoked iowards; Ihe fligma is limpie ; and
the berry contains 6ve Ceeds. T hcre are lhree fpc:cies,
none of theOl natives of Brit",in. •
SIDMOUTH. a po,,·,own of D evonfh;rc. filuated on a
bay o( lhe Englifh ehannel. len miles foulh·..aof Exeler.
SlDON, or SAo YO, él POlt-(own of Pale(l.ine, in Afiatic
Turky. fevenry miles no"h of J eruf.lem, h is Ilill a
place of fome confideration, beiog the refidence of a
TUI k:fh bafhaw.
SIDRA ••n of Ihe Archipelago, filuated at ,he en·
Irance of Ihe gulph of Napoli .
Sl EGE, in (he art of war, Ihe encampment of an army
before a fortdit:d place, with a d('fi~n (O t~ke it.
SI ENNA, • eily of [ldly. io Ihe duehy of Tu(eaoy. filu.
ate:d thi rty.fix miles fOUlh or florenee.
SlERRA L ~ON , '" nver o( G;¡inea, which fall, into the
Adantic ocean, in Vv. long 14°, anCt N. lat 7°.
SIEUR, a lide of "rpe.'! amuog Ihe Freoeh, Ilke moJI"
aOlong us: it IS much ufed by the lawyers l as alfu uy fU4
periolS in rheir letlers to inferiors.
SIGAN. a lown of Chioa, io ,he provinee of Xenfi : E.
lon~. 108°. aod N . 1.. 34° .
SIGES HECKL.... in bOlany. a plan, oC ,he fyngenefi. po.
l,gJmia fuperAu a claC;:. The reeepucle is p.tleaeeous j
it has no p"ppus; (he involucrum hdS ¡ive leavl!s j and
the radius is dimicli;¡ted. There ",fe tWO fpecics, nune
of (hem nali \'cs of Britain.
SIGET.H, a 10IVObf lower Hungary .. fitu.ted (evenlY·lltree
mile. fouth.wefl ofBuda and (ubjdl lo ,hehoufe ofAuflria.
SlGHT. or VIS ION. Sce OpelC> .
SIGIS rAN. Ihe "pllal uf a plOVlnee of ,he (ame name,
in P.,fi, : E . long. 62°, and N. !.. . 3"°.
SIGN. in l!en;:ral, the mark or eharaéler of Comething ab..
{eOl or invdible.
A,nong phyfieians, the term fign denotes fome appear–
ance in lhe human body, which (er ves (O Indic"te or poinl
out the ,eondition of the p"tlent, wlth regilrd tO he..lth or
dlfeafts.
SIG N, in ",Igebra . See ALGEBRA. p . 80.
SI GN , in aHrnnomy. Sec AsrRONOM Y, p 43).
SIGNATURE. a figning 01 a pafoo's name at ,he bOlto",
o( an .él: ur deed. wrOte by his OWQ hand.
SI G NATURE, in SCOts law. See LAW, TIt . xii. :24.
SI GN.-\TU IlE, in printing, .is a leuer pUl at (he bouom of
tht: hrfl: page at I.call, In eaeh fh eet, as a dirc:élio:1(O the
binder i. lolding, galhering• •nd eolliling Ihem. The
(jgn~lures confin of {he capital leu ers of che alphabec,
which change in every (heet: if thC:le be more I'hc:ets
than lenen in the alphabt t. lO the capi(.!.1 letter is adde:d
a {mdll on(' of lhe {ame fon, as A a, B b : whlch are
repeated iI.'\ often as nece( In large volumes it is
ufual 10 difliogulfh Ih. oumber oC alphi elS aher ,he fi r{l
lhree or (our. by placing a tigure before lhe fignatu re. as
5 R. 6 !l. <be:
SIGNE r. ooe of ,he killg's feals. made ufe of io fe. ling
his pnvate leners , and dll grants th"t pafs by bill r.gned
unde' hi. m.jdly's h, nd: i, is always in ,he eu!lody of
the fecreraries of !late.
SIG IHT in «lCOt5 law. Se~ LA w. Tif. ¡ii. 16.
SIL E~E, in bOla0Y. a genus oC ,he deeaodria tri~yni.
cb(s. T he calix is ventricofe; the corolla confin s of
live ungui ulated pe(dls"; and the c,¡p(ule has three ceUs.
There are 14 [peeles. 6 of them natives of Briuin .
SILESI.'\ , a ~úehy belonging 10 Ihe king of Pluffi •• , wo'
hundred miles long. and leventy broad: i( is bounded by
Br.ndenbu'gh on Ih. nonh, by Polandon ,he ean. by Hun-
. gary on (ne fOUlh, and by ~Ioril\lia and Bohemiaon theweU.
S IL ESI:\N EARTH, in rhe materia medica. a6neallrio–
gent bole.· Ir is very heavy, of a lirm eomp,¡é\: texture,
and in colour of abro \'oifh ycllow. It break.s eafily be–
tween [he ¡ingers. and does n",t na!n (he h,¡ndsj ís nJturally
of a trnooth lurface, and IS feadily ddfu[.ble in water,
and mefts freely inlo a butler-like f\lblhnce in lhe moolh.
11 leaves no griuiQefs bet ween the tee(n, and does not
ferment wilh aeld mer.llrua I( is found in (he perpeo 4
dieular fi(fures of rocks ne:.lr the golo4mines at Strigonium
in H~lnga ry. and is (uppofcd to be Imprt!gn1led with tha
{ulphur of lh:u metal. It is a good allrlllgent, and bet–
ter Ih<in mo!l of the boles in urt:.
SILI QYA. a mm uf.d by botanifls 'o denol. a podo
S . Se< HOl·"Y. p. 637 ·
SILK, IS propflly .ln animal flUid , hardened by lhe air;
be,og an eX' r('mdy roft and glo(fv thread, Ipun by the
lilk worm. the body of whieh e.onliC\s of c1f\ en nngs..
The humours fouodin ,he boJy Oftl1l5 inleét approaeh
10 the n.llurl! 01' fi lk : finee, ún b:-:ing rubbed in Ihe h:mJ,
Ihey le,ve • folid crui! behll J. In ,he I;d" of Ih. bdl y,
all ",bom Ihe \·t,·ntricle. Ihcre ~re dt'p'llilt'd a VJel hUAlu.!r
of vC(lcls, wh j~h conld.n {he li lky jUlce: thde r\lI\· ....ith
various wicdings 'aDd IUcaodc:rs to lite mouth; and are: lo
di·[polcd.