3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sign  \Sign\,  n.  [F.  signe,  L.  signum;  cf  AS  segen,  segn,  a 
  sign,  standard,  banner,  also  fr  L.  signum.  Cf  {Ensign}, 
  {Resign},  {Seal}  a  stamp,  {Signal},  {Signet}.] 
  That  by  which  anything  is  made  known  or  represented;  that 
  which  furnishes  evidence;  a  mark;  a  token;  an  indication;  a 
  proof.  Specifically: 
  a  A  remarkable  event,  considered  by  the  ancients  as 
  indicating  the  will  of  some  deity;  a  prodigy;  an  omen. 
  b  An  event  considered  by  the  Jews  as  indicating  the  divine 
  will  or  as  manifesting  an  interposition  of  the  divine 
  power  for  some  special  end  a  miracle;  a  wonder. 
 
  Through  mighty  signs  and  wonders,  by  the  power  of 
  the  Spirit  of  God.  --Rom.  xv  19. 
 
  It  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they  will  not  believe 
  thee,  neither  hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  first 
  sign,  that  they  will  believe  the  voice  of  the 
  latter  sign.  --Ex.  iv  8. 
  c  Something  serving  to  indicate  the  existence,  or  preserve 
  the  memory,  of  a  thing  a  token;  a  memorial;  a  monument. 
 
  What  time  the  fire  devoured  two  hundred  and  fifty 
  men,  and  they  became  a  sign.  --Num.  xxvi. 
  10. 
  d  Any  symbol  or  emblem  which  prefigures,  typifles  or 
  represents,  an  idea;  a  type  hence  sometimes  a  picture. 
 
  The  holy  symbols,  or  signs,  are  not  barely 
  significative;  but  what  they  represent  is  as 
  certainly  delivered  to  us  as  the  symbols 
  themselves.  --Brerewood. 
 
  Saint  George  of  Merry  England,  the  sign  of  victory. 
  --Spenser. 
  e  A  word  or  a  character  regarded  as  the  outward 
  manifestation  of  thought;  as  words  are  the  sign  of 
  ideas. 
  f  A  motion,  an  action  or  a  gesture  by  which  a  thought  is 
  expressed,  or  a  command  or  a  wish  made  known 
 
  They  made  signs  to  his  father,  how  he  would  have 
  him  called  --Luke  i.  62. 
  g  Hence  one  of  the  gestures  of  pantomime,  or  of  a  language 
  of  a  signs  such  as  those  used  by  the  North  American 
  Indians,  or  those  used  by  the  deaf  and  dumb. 
 
  Note:  Educaters  of  the  deaf  distinguish  between  natural 
  signs,  which  serve  for  communicating  ideas,  and 
  methodical,  or  systematic,  signs,  adapted  for  the 
  dictation,  or  the  rendering,  of  written  language,  word 
  by  word  and  thus  the  signs  are  to  be  distinguished 
  from  the  manual  alphabet,  by  which  words  are  spelled  on 
  the  fingers. 
  h  A  military  emblem  carried  on  a  banner  or  a  standard. 
  --Milton. 
  i  A  lettered  board,  or  other  conspicuous  notice,  placed 
  upon  or  before  a  building,  room  shop,  or  office  to 
  advertise  the  business  there  transacted,  or  the  name  of 
  the  person  or  firm  carrying  it  on  a  publicly  displayed 
  token  or  notice. 
 
  The  shops  were  therefore,  distinguished  by  painted 
  signs,  which  gave  a  gay  and  grotesque  aspect  to  the 
  streets.  --Macaulay. 
  j  (Astron.)  The  twelfth  part  of  the  ecliptic  or  zodiac. 
 
  Note:  The  signs  are  reckoned  from  the  point  of  intersection 
  of  the  ecliptic  and  equator  at  the  vernal  equinox,  and 
  are  named  respectively,  {Aries}  ([Aries]),  {Taurus} 
  ([Taurus]),  {Gemini}  (II),  {Cancer}  ([Cancer]),  {Leo} 
  ([Leo]),  {Virgo}  ([Virgo]),  {Libra}  ([Libra]), 
  {Scorpio}  ([Scorpio]),  {Sagittarius}  ([Sagittarius]), 
  {Capricornus  ([Capricorn]),  {Aquarius}  ([Aquarius]), 
  {Pisces}  ([Pisces]).  These  names  were  originally  the 
  names  of  the  constellations  occupying  severally  the 
  divisions  of  the  zodiac,  by  which  they  are  still 
  retained;  but  in  consequence  of  the  procession  of  the 
  equinoxes,  the  signs  have  in  process  of  time,  become 
  separated  about  30  degrees  from  these  constellations, 
  and  each  of  the  latter  now  lies  in  the  sign  next  in 
  advance,  or  to  the  east  of  the  one  which  bears  its 
  name  as  the  constellation  Aries  in  the  sign  Taurus, 
  etc 
  k  (Alg.)  A  character  indicating  the  relation  of  quantities, 
  or  an  operation  performed  upon  them  as  the  sign  + 
  (plus);  the  sign  --  (minus);  the  sign  of  division  /,  and 
  the  like 
  l  (Med.)  An  objective  evidence  of  disease;  that  is  one 
  appreciable  by  some  one  other  than  the  patient. 
 
  Note:  The  terms  symptom  and  and  sign  are  often  used 
  synonymously;  but  they  may  be  discriminated.  A  sign 
  differs  from  a  symptom  in  that  the  latter  is  perceived 
  only  by  the  patient  himself.  The  term  sign  is  often 
  further  restricted  to  the  purely  local  evidences  of 
  disease  afforded  by  direct  examination  of  the  organs 
  involved,  as  distinguished  from  those  evidence  of 
  general  disturbance  afforded  by  observation  of  the 
  temperature,  pulse,  etc  In  this  sense  it  is  often 
  called  physical  sign. 
  m  (Mus.)  Any  character,  as  a  flat,  sharp,  dot,  etc 
  n  (Theol.)  That  which  being  external,  stands  for  or 
  signifies,  something  internal  or  spiritual;  --  a  term 
  used  in  the  Church  of  England  in  speaking  of  an  ordinance 
  considered  with  reference  to  that  which  it  represents. 
 
  An  outward  and  visible  sign  of  an  inward  and 
  spiritual  grace.  --Bk.  of 
  Common  Prayer. 
 
  Note:  See  the  Table  of  {Arbitrary  Signs},  p.  1924. 
 
  {Sign  manual}. 
  a  (Eng.  Law)  The  royal  signature  superscribed  at  the  top  of 
  bills  of  grants  and  letter  patent,  which  are  then  sealed 
  with  the  privy  signet  or  great  seal,  as  the  case  may  be 
  to  complete  their  validity. 
  b  The  signature  of  one's  name  in  one's  own  handwriting. 
  --Craig.  Tomlins  Wharton. 
 
  Syn:  Token;  mark;  note;  symptom;  indication;  signal;  symbol; 
  type  omen;  prognostic;  presage;  manifestation.  See 
  {Emblem}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Aquarius  \A*qua"ri*us\,  n.  [L.  aquarius,  adj.,  relating  to 
  water,  and  n.,  a  water-carrier,  fr  aqua.  See  {Aqua}.] 
  (Astron.) 
  a  The  Water-bearer;  the  eleventh  sign  in  the  zodiac,  which 
  the  sun  enters  about  the  20th  of  January;  --  so  called 
  from  the  rains  which  prevail  at  that  season  in  Italy  and 
  the  East. 
  b  A  constellation  south  of  Pegasus. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Aquarius 
  n  1:  a  zodiacal  constellation  in  the  southern  hemisphere;  between 
  Capricornus  and  Pisces  [syn:  {Aquarius}] 
  2:  the  eleventh  sign  of  the  zodiac;  the  sun  is  in  this  sign 
  from  January  20  to  February  18  [syn:  {Aquarius},  {Aquarius 
  the  Water  Bearer}] 

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