Site, sīt, n. the place where anything is set down or fixed: situation: a place chosen for any particular purpose: posture.—adj. Sī′ted (Spens.), placed, situated. [Fr.,—L. situs—situm, pa.p. of sinĕre, to set down.]
Sith, sith, adv., prep., and conj. since—(obs.) Sith′ence, Sith′ens. [M. E. sithen—A.S. síth thám, after that, also written siththan. Cf. Since.]
Sithe, sīth, n. (Spens.) time. [A.S. síth, time.]
Sithe, sīth, n. (Shak.) a scythe.—v.t. (Shak.) to cut with a scythe.
Sithe, sīth, n. (Spens.) a sigh.
Sitology, sī-tol′ō-ji, n. the science of the regulation of diet.—Also Sitiol′ogy. [Gr. sitos, food, logia—legein, to say.]
Sitophobia, sī-tō-fō′bi-a, n. morbid aversion to food. [Gr. sitos, food, phobia, fear.]
Sitta, sit′a, n. the genus of nut-hatches.—adj. Sit′tine. [Gr. sittē, a woodpecker.]
Situate, -d, sit′ū-āt, -ed, adj. set or permanently fixed: placed with respect to other objects: residing.—ns. Situā′tion, the place where anything is situated: position: temporary state: condition: any group of circumstances, a juncture: a critical point in the action of a play or the development the plot of a novel: office, employment; Sī′tus, site: the proper place of an organ, &c.: locality in law. [Low L. situatus—L. situĕre, to place.]
Sitz-bath, sitz′-bäth, n. a hip-bath: a tub adapted for such. [Ger. sitz-bad.]