Syce

n. [ Said to be from a Chinese word, se-tze or se-sze, meaning, fine silk, and to be so called because if pure it may be drawn out into fine threads. ] Silver, pounded into ingots of the shape of a shoe, and used as currency. The most common weight is about one pound troy. [ China ] McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Since. ] 1. Afterwards; since; ago. [ Obs. or Scot. ] R. of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Late, -- as opposed to soon. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Each rogue ] shall be discovered either soon or syne. W. Hamilton (Life of Wallace). [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. Since; seeing. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. synecdoche, Gr. synekdochh`, fr. to receive jointly; sy`n with + &unr_; to receive; &unr_; out + &unr_; to receive. ] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. Bain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to hold together; sy`n with + &unr_; to hold. ] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to utter together. ] (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sitting with; sy`n with + "e`dra seat.] (Bot.) Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + 'ento`s within + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. Since; seeing. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. synecdoche, Gr. synekdochh`, fr. to receive jointly; sy`n with + &unr_; to receive; &unr_; out + &unr_; to receive. ] (Rhet.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc. Bain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isis is used for Themesis by a synecdochical kind of speech, or by a poetical liberty, in using one for another. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By synecdoche. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to hold together; sy`n with + &unr_; to hold. ] (Med.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to utter together. ] (Gram.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synizesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sitting with; sy`n with + "e`dra seat.] (Bot.) Growing on the angles of a stem, as the leaves in some species of Selaginella. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + 'ento`s within + gna`qos jaw. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes, resembling the Physoclisti, without spines in the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. It includes the true flying fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]