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Traditional English :: sialogogue
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sialer.html - n. & adj. --n. a medicine inducing the flow of saliva. --adj. inducing such a flow. [F f. Gk sialon saliva + agogos leading] |
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Traditional English :: sialogogue
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sialer.html - n. & adj. --n. a medicine inducing the flow of saliva. --adj. inducing such a flow. [F f. Gk sialon saliva + agogos leading] |
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Traditional English :: siamang
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sialer.html - n.
a large black gibbon, Hylobates syndactylus, native to Sumatra and the Malay peninsula. [Malay] |
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Traditional English :: Siamese
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sialer.html - n. & adj. --n. (pl. same)
1 a a native of Siam (now Thailand) in SE Asia. b the language of Siam.
2 (in full Siamese cat) a a cat of a cream-coloured short-haired breed with a brown face and ears and blue eyes. b this breed. --adj. of or concerning Siam, its people, or language. Siamese twins 1 twins joined at any part of the body and sometimes sharing organs etc.
2 any closely associated pair. |
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English Idioms :: sick
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sialer.html - See: TAKE ILL or TAKE SICK. |
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English Idioms :: sick and tired
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sialer.html - {adj.} 1. Feeling strong dislike for something repeated or continued too long; exasperated; annoyed. * /Jane was sick and tired of always having to wait for Bill, so when he didn't arrive on time she left without him./ * /John is sick and tired of having his studies interrupted./ * /I've been studying all day, and I'm sick and tired of it./ Compare: FED UP. |
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