Sir John Hawkwood
One of the Black Prince's knights, and immortalized in Italian history as Giovanni Acuti Cavaliero.
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sir loin
The sur, or upper loin.
Sir Ralph
I wonder, wench, how I thy name might know.
sir reverence
Human excrement, a t--d.
Sir Roger de Coverley
The simple, good, and altogether delightful country squire created by Steele as the chief character in the club that was supposed to write for the Spectator. He was developed by Addison, and it is to the latter that we are indebted for this portrait of a simple English gentleman. He has left his name to a popular country dance which, he tells us, was invented by his great-grandfather. Coverley is intended for Cowley, near Oxford.
Sir Theodore Martin
They first appeared in Taifs, Fraser's, and Blackwood*s Magazines in the 'forties, and were published m volume form in 1885.
Sir Thomas Lucy
According to Feme's Blazon of Gentry (1586) the arms of the Lucy family were "Gules, three lucies hariant, argent," but Dugdale (Warwickshire, 1656) gives a repre- sentation of a quartering of the Lucy arms where the "dozen white luces" are shown.
Sir Thomas More
Rabelais, in his Panta- l, introduces Utopia and "the great city
Sir THOS
BROWNE: Religlo Medici, i, 19. There is a bituminous, or asphalt, lake in Trinidad.
sir timothy
One who, from a desire of being the head of the company, pays the reckoning, or, as the term is, stands squire. See SQUIRE.
sir walter scott
A pot,—generally of beer.
Sir William St
Loe, Captain of Queen Elizabeth's Guard; and lastly, George, sixth
siree
Sir.
siren song
An attractive but potentially dangerous or disastrous temptation
siren suit
A one-piece garment, on the lines of a boiler suit, sometimes worn in London during the bombing raids of World War II. It is so named from its being slipped on over the night clothes at the first moan of the siren.
sirretch
Cherries. Very often SIRRETCHES.
siserara
A hard blow.—Suffolk. Many derive this term from the story of Sisera in the Old Testament, but it is probably a corruption of CERTIORARI, a Chancery writ reciting a complaint of hard usage.
sit back
Relax and wait for something to happen
sit crooked and talk straight
Act dishonestly but speak truthfully
sit in
Attend a meeting or class as an observer
sit in for
to substitute for someone, typically temporarily
sit in with
Participate in a meeting or activity as a guest or observer
sit on
to be in charge of or responsible for something
sit on a tack
to feel sudden sharp pain or discomfort
sit on one's ass
To do nothing or be idle
sit on one's hands
To refrain from taking action or intervening in a situation.
sit one's ass down
to sit down and stop being active or restless
sit right
feel acceptable or comfortable
sit still
remain calm and quiet
sit through
endure something boring or unpleasant
sit tight
Wait patiently and do nothing
sit with
to accept and deal with a difficult situation
sit-down strike
A strike in which the workers remain at their factory, etc., but refuse to work themselves or allow others to do so.
sit-upons
Trousers.
sit-upons
Trousers. See INEXPRESSIBLES.
sith-nom
A month. This is because the slang was made from months, not month. Perhaps because the latter was not easy; perhaps because terms of imprisonment run longer than a month, and are often enumerated in the "kacab genals." However it may be, "months" in this mode of speaking has a double plural as it stands now.
sitting breeches
One who stays late in company, is said to have his sitting breeches on, or that he will sit longer than a hen.
Sitting Bull
A famous warrior chief of the Sioux Indians, born on Grand River, South Dakota, in 1834. He commanded the Indians who defeated General Custer at Little Big Horn, 1 876, but was Rilled on December 5th, 1890 while resisting arrest at Fort Yates, N. Dakota, during the Sioux rebellion of that year.
sitting duck
An easy target for attack or criticism
sitting pretty
in a comfortable or advantageous position
sivvy
"’pon my SIVVY," i.e., upon my soul or honour. Corruption of "asseveration," like DAVY, which is an abridgment of "affidavit."
six and eight-pence
An attorney, whose fee on several occasions is fixed at that sum.
six and tips
Whisky and small beer. IRISH.
six and two threes
Something that is equal or equivalent to something else
six feet under
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
six of one, half a dozen of the other
Two things are essentially the same, despite apparent differences
six of the best
a caning as a punishment, typically six strokes
Six Principle Baptists
A sect of Arminian Baptists, founded about 1639, who based their creed on the six principles enunciated in Heb. vi, viz., repentance, faith, baptism, the laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal life.
six ways to Sunday
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
six-pack of rolls
a package of six toilet paper rolls
six-water grog
A sea-term for the weakest grog possible—six portions of water to one of rum—hardly enough spirit to "swear by."
sixes and sevens
Left at sixes and sevens: i.e. in confusion; commonly said of a room where the furniture, &c. is scattered about; or of a business left unsettled.
Sixteen-string Jack
John Rann a highwayman (hanged 1774), noted for his foppery. He wore sixteen tags, eight at each knee.
sixty
"to go along like SIXTY," i.e., at a good rate, briskly.
sixty-per-cent
A bill-discounter. From the rate of interest generally charged. If bill-discounters profess to do the business for less, they generally make up the level sixty by extras.
size
To order extras over and above the usual commons at the dinner in college halls. Soup, pastry, &c., are SIZINGS, and are paid for at a certain specified rate per SIZE, or portion, to the college cook. Peculiar to Cambridge. Minsheu says, "SIZE, a farthing which schollers in Cambridge have at the buttery, noted with the letter s."
size of ale
Half a pint. Size of bread and cheese; a certain quantity. Sizings: Cambridge term for the college allowance from the buttery, called at Oxford battles.
size queen
A person prioritizing their partner's penis size
size up
To assess or evaluate someone or something
sizers
Or SIZARS, certain poor scholars at Cambridge, annually elected, who got their dinners (including "sizings") from what was left at the upper, or Fellows’ table, free, or nearly so. They paid rent of rooms, and some other fees, on a lower scale than the "Pensioners" or ordinary students, and were equal with the "battlers" and "servitors" at Oxford.
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