Defn: Any lamellirostral bird, as a duck or goose; — so called because it sifts or strains its food from the water and mud by means of the lamell
SIG Sig, n. Etym: [Akin to AS. sigan to fall. sq. root151a. See Sink, v. t.]
Defn: Urine. [Prov. Eng.]
SIGAULTIAN
Si*gaul"ti*an, a. (Surg.)
Defn: Pertaining to Sigault, a French physician. See Symphyseotomy.
SIGGER
Sig"ger, v. i.
Defn: Same as Sicker. [Prov. Eng.]
SIGH
Sigh, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sighed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighing.] Etym:
[OE. sighen, si; cf. also OE. siken, AS. sican, and OE. sighten, si,
sichten, AS. siccettan; all, perhaps, of imitative origin.]
1. To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, or the like.
2. Hence, to lament; to grieve. He sighed deeply in his spirit. Mark viii. 12.