Search Result for "sic":
Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1. urge to attack someone;
- Example: "The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders"
- Example: "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"
[syn: sic, set]
ADVERB (1)
1. intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sic \Sic\, adv. [L.] Thus. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sic \Sic\, a. Such. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carborundum \Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a trade name, from Carbon + corundum.] A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide (SiC), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] carborundum clothV.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006):
SIC Silicon Integrated CircuitV.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006):
SIC Subject Indicator CodeV.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006):
SIC Standard Industry ClassificationMoby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "sic": abet, accurately, agitate, aid, catalyze, correctly, countenance, egg on, exhort, faultlessly, favor, flawlessly, goad, inspirit, instigate, just right, just so, perfectly, prick, prod, prompt, propel, properly, rightly, so, spur, straight
