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Si

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the seventh note in music, was not introduced till the seventeenth century. The original scale introduced by Guido dʹArezzo consisted of only six notes. (See Aretinian Syllables.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Shrieking Sisterhood (The)
Shrimp
Shropshire
Shrovetide Cocks
Shunamite’s House (The)
Shunt
Shut up
Shy
Shylock
Shylock (A)
Si
Si Quis
Siamese Twins:
Sibberidge
Sibyl
Sibyls
Sibylline Books
Sibylline Leaves
Sibylline Verses
Siccis pedibus [with dry feet]
Sice