[ It. ] (Mus.) A syllable applied, in solmization, to the note B; more recently, to the seventh tone of any major diatonic scale. It was added to Guido's scale by Le Maire about the end of the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Zool.) The ahu, or jairou. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
‖n. [ Malay siāmang. ] (Zool.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Siam, its native people, or their language. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. sing. & pl.
n. [ AS. sibb alliance, gesib a relative. √289. See Gossip. ]
a. Related by blood; akin. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your kindred is but . . . little sib to you. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ He ] is no fairy birn, ne sib at all
To elfs, but sprung of seed terrestrial. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Med.) A contagious disease, endemic in Scotland, resembling the yaws. It is marked by ulceration of the throat and nose and by pustules and soft fungous excrescences upon the surface of the body. In the Orkneys the name is applied to the itch.
a. [ From Siberia, Russ. Sibire. ] Of or pertaining to Siberia, a region comprising all northern Asia and belonging to Russia;
Siberian crab (Bot.),
Siberian dog (Zool.),
Siberian pea tree (Bot.),