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sicker

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sick  \Sick\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sicker};  superl.  {Sickest}.]  [OE.  sek, 
  sik,  ill,  AS  se['o]c;  akin  to  OS  siok,  seoc,  OFries  siak, 
  D.  ziek,  G.  siech,  OHG.  sioh,  Icel.  sj?kr,  Sw  sjuk,  Dan. 
  syg,  Goth.  siuks  ill,  siukan  to  be  ill.] 
  1.  Affected  with  disease  of  any  kind  ill;  indisposed;  not  in 
  health.  See  the  Synonym  under  {Illness}. 
 
  Simon's  wife's  mother  lay  sick  of  a  fever.  --Mark  i. 
  30. 
 
  Behold  them  that  are  sick  with  famine.  --Jer.  xiv. 
  18. 
 
  2.  Affected  with  or  attended  by  nausea;  inclined  to  vomit; 
  as  sick  at  the  stomach;  a  sick  headache. 
 
  3.  Having  a  strong  dislike;  disgusted;  surfeited;  --  with  of 
  as  to  be  sick  of  flattery. 
 
  He  was  not  so  sick  of  his  master  as  of  his  work 
  --L'Estrange. 
 
  4.  Corrupted;  imperfect;  impaired;  weakned. 
 
  So  great  is  his  antipathy  against  episcopacy,  that 
  if  a  seraphim  himself  should  be  a  bishop,  he  would 
  either  find  or  make  some  sick  feathers  in  his  wings. 
  --Fuller. 
 
  {Sick  bay}  (Naut.),  an  apartment  in  a  vessel,  used  as  the 
  ship's  hospital. 
 
  {Sick  bed},  the  bed  upon  which  a  person  lies  sick. 
 
  {Sick  berth},  an  apartment  for  the  sick  in  a  ship  of  war. 
 
  {Sick  headache}  (Med.),  a  variety  of  headache  attended  with 
  disorder  of  the  stomach  and  nausea. 
 
  {Sick  list},  a  list  containing  the  names  of  the  sick. 
 
  {Sick  room},  a  room  in  which  a  person  lies  sick,  or  to  which 
  he  is  confined  by  sickness. 
 
  Note:  [These  terms,  sick  bed,  sick  berth,  etc.,  are  also 
  written  both  hyphened  and  solid.] 
 
  Syn:  Diseased;  ill;  disordered;  distempered;  indisposed; 
  weak;  ailing;  feeble;  morbid. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sicker  \Sick"er\,  v.  i.  [AS.  sicerian.]  (Mining) 
  To  percolate,  trickle,  or  ooze,  as  water  through  a  crack. 
  [Also  written  {sigger},  {zigger},  and  {zifhyr}.]  [Prov.  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sicker  \Sick"er\,  Siker  \Sik"er\,  a.  [OE.  siker;  cf  OS  sikur, 
  LG  seker,  D.  zeker,  Dan.  sikker,  OHG.  sihhur  G.  sicher;  all 
  fr  L.  securus  See  {Secure},  {Sure}.] 
  Sure  certain;  trusty.  [Obs.  or  Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.]  --Burns. 
 
  When  he  is  siker  of  his  good  name  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sicker  \Sick"er\,  Siker  \Sik"er\,  adv 
  Surely;  certainly.  [Obs.] 
 
  Believe  this  as  siker  as  your  creed.  --Chaucer. 
 
  Sicker,  Willye,  thou  warnest  well  --Spenser.




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