Defn: Of or pertaining to the Simian.
That strange simious, schoolboy passion of giving pain to others.
Sydney Smith.
SIMITAR
Sim"i*tar, n.
Defn: See Scimiter.
SIMMER
Sim"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Simmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Simmering.]
Etym: [Prov. E. also simper; — an onomatopoetic word.]
Defn: To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil.
I simmer as liquor doth on the fire before it beginneth to boil.
Palsgrave.
SIMMER
Sim"mer, v. t.
Defn: To cause to boil gently; to cook in liquid heated almost or just to the boiling point.
SIMNEL
Sim"nel, n. Etym: [OF. simenel cake or bread of wheat flour, LL.
simenellus wheat bread, fr. L. simila the finest wheat flour. Cf.
Semolina.]
1. A kind of cake made of fine flour; a cracknel. [Obs.] Not common bread, but vastel bread, or simnels. Fuller.
2. A kind of rich plum cake, eaten especially on Mid-Lent Sunday. [Eng.] Herrick.