sic
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
sic
adv 1: intentionally so written (used after a printed word or
phrase)
v 1: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the
intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"
[syn: {sic}, {set}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sic \Sic\, adv. [L.]
Thus.
[1913 Webster]
Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic],
to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or
inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is
literally reproduced.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Carborundum \Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a
trade name, from Carbon + corundum.]
A beautiful crystalline compound, {silicon carbide} ({SiC}),
consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also
called {carbon silicide}. It is made by heating carbon and
sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article
is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and
is used as an abrasive.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] carborundum cloth
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "sic":
abet, accurately, agitate, aid, catalyze, correctly, countenance,
egg on, exhort, faultlessly, favor, flawlessly, goad, inspirit,
instigate, just right, just so, perfectly, prick, prod, prompt,
propel, properly, rightly, so, spur, straight
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