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Sirius

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The Dog-star; so called by the Greeks from the adjective seirios, hot and scorching. The Romans called it canicʹula; and the Egyptians, sothis.

 

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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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Singing in Tribulation
Single-Speech Hamilton
Sinister (Latin, on the left hand)
Sinning One’s Mercies
Sinon
Sintram
Sir
Sir Oracle
Sir Roger de Coverley
Siren
Sirius
Sirloin of Beef
Sisyphus (Latin; Sisuphos, Greek)
Sit Bodkin (To)
Sit Out (To)
Sit Under … (To)
Sit Up (for anyone) (To)
Sit Upon (To)
Sit on the Rall or Fence (To)
Sit on Thorns (To) or on Tenterhooks
Sitâ

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