n. A red wine of Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Siren. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F. syriaque. ] Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language;
n. A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Syrius: cf. F. Syrien. ] Of or pertaining to Syria; Syriac. --
n. A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism; a Syriacism. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Scripture Greek is observed to be full of Syriasms and Hebraisms. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a shepherd's pipe, tube. Cf. Syringe. ] (Bot.)
n. [ F. seringue (cf. Pr. siringua, Sp. jeringa, It. sciringa, scilinga), fg. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a pipe or tube; cf. Skr. svar to sound, and E. swarum. Cf. Syringa. ] A kind of small hand-pump for throwing a stream of liquid, or for purposes of aspiration. It consists of a small cylindrical barrel and piston, or a bulb of soft elastic material, with or without valves, and with a nozzle which is sometimes at the end of a flexible tube; -- used for injecting animal bodies, cleansing wounds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Garden syringe.
v. t.