Il estoit sçavant, & si estoit vaillant aux armes. He was both learned and valiant, or, learned and valiant withall, or, not onely learned, but also valiant. Il n'estoit point clerc, & si n'avoit nulle cognoissance des lettres. He was neither clarke, nor any way learned. Quant à &c, le Grec n'a rien de tel, quant a &, si l'a bien. The Grecians vse not &c, but & they surely doe.
Sibi. À son sibi. (as the Latine sibi.) To himselfe.
Sibille: f. A tunning and tasting dish in the time of Vintage. Il a le nez rouge comme la sibille d'un pressoir. (Fitly applyed to a drunkard; one kind of stuffe dying both his nose, and that dish all of a colour.) Sibilot. (The name of a foole vnto the French Henry the third; and thence;) an asse, doult, fop, ideot, ninnie.
Siboule. as Ciboule. Sibylle: f. Sybill, one of the tenne Sybillæ, famous in their times for prophecying; hence also, a Propheteße, or woman that hath the spirit of prophesie; also, as Sebille. Sibyllin: m. ine: f. Prophecying, of a Sybilla, or Sybilla-*like.
Sicap. De leur sicap. Of their owne head, after their owne fancie, according to their humor.
Siccité: f. Siccitie, drynesse, drought, or drouth, want of sap, iuyce, or moisture.
Siciliane. Looke Ceciliane. Sicilique: f. A quarter of an ounce.
Sicinnie: f. A dauncing, and singing together.
Sicinnistes: m. Such as daunce, and sing together; or, as Siticines. ¶Rab. Sicnie. Looke Sequenie. Sicot. as Bricot. Sideration. Looke Syderation. Siderite. The yron-like stone Siderites, which, as some imagine, hath power to set men at oddes; also, the Load-*stone.
Sidre: m. Cider; drinke made of Apples.
Sie: f. A Saw. Sie de mer. Looke Scie. Sié: m. ée: f. Sawed, or cut asunder; also, reaped, or cut downe.
Siecle: m. An Age; (commonly vnderstood of 100 yeares) also, time, or season.
Sied. Cet accoustrement luy sied bien. This garment becomes, beseemes, befits, or fits him well.
Siege: m. A seat; a chaire, stoole, or bench to sit on; also, a Tribunall, Court, or Throne, the seat of Justice; the Towne, or Place wherein an ordinarie Court of Iustice is kept; also, the buttockes, arse, fundament, the hinder parts, or part of the bodie whereon we vse to sit; also, the siege of a towne; also, the fish Gardon. Aujourd'huy en siege, demain en piege: Prov. To day a captaine, to morrow a captiue.
Sieger. Le Parlement siegeoit. The Parliament (or Court) sate, or was held. Le Pape siegeoit 12 ans. The Pope gouerned, or held his place 12 yeares; (This word being proper to Popes, as Regner is for Kings.)
Siement: m. A sawing; also, a reaping, or cutting downe of corne, &c.
Sien: m. A mans owne; that which he hath in his owne right, that whereof he is absolute maister; or, that which is proper to himselfe.
Chascun y a mis du sien. Euerie one hath added somewhat of his owne vnto it. Qui perd le sien perd le sens: Prov. Who looseth his pence forgoeth his sence.
Sien: m. enne: f. His, his owne, of or belonging to himselfe. Des siens. Of his faction, side, partie, followers. Il iouë bien des siennes. He freely playes his prankes, he does euen what he will.
Siement: m. A sawing, or cutting asunder; also, a reaping of corne.
Sienite. A kind of rich Marble gotten about Thebes.
Sier. To saw, or cut asunder (as with a Saw;) also, to reape, or cut downe, corne, &c. Sier en arriere: C'est aller le derriere devant; To shieue, or fall a-sterne; (a tearme of Nauigation.)
Sieser. To become, fit, sit on.
Siette: f. A little saw.
Sieu: m. The suet of Deere, wild Goats, the Roe, &c; also, the grease of Capons, and of such other fowle.
Sieur: m. A sawyer; also, a reaper.
Sieure: f. Saw-dust, pinne-dust, &c; also, a sawing.
Sieurel: m. The bastard Mackarell.
Sieurie. Looke Seigneurie. Sieuté. Poissons d'une s. Of one size, or goodnesse.
Sifflant: m. ante: f. Whistling; whizzing; hissing. Sifflant en paume ie me rendray à vous. Put but vp the finger I am for you.
Sifflantement. Hissingly, with a whistling sound.
Sifflé. Whistled; whizzed; hissed.
Sifflement: m. A whistling; whizzing; hissing.
Siffler. To whistle; whizze; hiße at.
Sifflerie: f. A whistle, or whistling.
Sifflet: m. A whistle; also, the weason, or wind-pipe.
Siffleur: m. A whistler; also, the whistling bird called, a Nowpe, or Bull-finch.
Sifre. Looke Chifre. Sigillatif: m. iue: f. Sigillatiue, sealeable, apt to seale; made of wax.
Sigillé: m. ée: f. Sealed.
Signacle: m. A signe, seale, marke, or character.
Signal: m. A signall, signe; token, marke.
Signale: com. as Segnale. Signalé: m. ée: f. Notable, famous, renowmed; of note, of marke; (An Jtalianisme; and deriued from the custome of marking souldiors in auncient Garrisons.)
Signaler. Se sign. To make himselfe to be noted, or spoken of; to get himselfe a name.
Signamment. Namely, expressely, especially, particularly.
Signature: f. A signature, signing, subscribing; a signe manuell, ones hand or marke set vnto a writing; In old bookes (written when but a few could write) it signifies a seale, or sealing.
Signe: m. A signe, marke, token, or note; an argument; a presage; a winke with the eye, becke with the hand, nod with the head; also, a pledge, or pawne. Vn signe au ciel. A signe in the Zodiake, a celestiall signe. Signe patibulaire. A Gibbet, or paire of Gallowes. Les vertus surmontent les signes: Prov. Worth exceedeth wonders; example preuailes more then a signe to the conuersion of a sinner.
Signé: m. ée: f. Signed, subscribed; marked, branded, noted, stamped on.
