size 
To size your belly out with shoulder fees, 
With rumps and kidnies. 
Beau, and Fl., Wit at Several Weapons, ii. 1. 
4. To rate ; rank. 
With proctors and with testers grave 
Our bailiffs you may size. 
Randolph, Townsmen's Petition of Cambridge. 
5. To estimate or ascertain the size of; mea- 
sure ; hence, by extension, to arrange in groups 
or ranks according to dimensions. 
Pickled Hams and Shoulders shall be sized when packed, 
and the green weights and date of packing shall also be 
marked on each package. 
New York Produce Exchange Report, 1888-9, p. 168. 
6. To separate or sort according to size. Spe- 
cincally (a) In mining, to classify or separate accord- 
ing to size, as particles of crushed or stamped ore and 
veinstone. See sizing*, 3. (6) To graduate the length of 
(a fishing-line) to the depth of water : as, to size a line 
(to haul a hand-line from the bottom till the hooks clear). 
[Gloucester, Massachusetts.] To size UP, to take the 
size or measure of ; consider thoroughly in order to form 
an opinion of; hence, to consider; regard: as, to size a 
person up as dishonest. [Colloq., U. S.J 
We had to size up our fellow legislators, to flnd out their 
past history and present character and associates. 
The Century, XXIX. 821. 
II. intrans. At Cambridge and other univer- 
sities, to give an order (for food or drink) over 
and above the usual commons : generally with 
for. Compare battel*. 
Soup, pastry, and cheese can be sized for that is, 
brought in portions to individuals at an extra charge. 
C. A. Briited, English University, p. 35. 
To Size upont, to order extra food at the charge of. 
If any one shall size upon another, he shall be fined a 
Shilling, and pay the Damage ; and every Freshman sent 
(for victuals] must declare that he who sends him is the 
only Person to be charged. 
Laics of Yale College (1774), p. 10 (quoted in College Words 
[and Customs, p. 429). 
size- (siz), 11. [Early mod. E. also sise, syse; 
< ME. sise, syse, size (= It. sisa, assisa, size), 
prob. another use (prob. also in OF., but not 
found) of sise, tissise, measure, etc., < OF. assise, 
allowance, measure, etc. : see assize. Cf. size 1 ."} 
1. A gelatinous wash used by painters, by 
paper-manufacturers, and in many industrial 
arts. It is made of the shreds and parings of leather, 
parchment, or vellum, boiled in water and purified ; also 
from common glue, from potatoes, and from scraps and 
clippings of hides, horns, hoofs, etc. The finest is made 
in Russia from sturgeons' sounds or air-bladders, and 
is known as isinglass. That used for writing-paper is 
made of gelatin prepared from leather and parchment 
clippings. A clear solution of isinglass is used for sizing 
plate-paper intended to receive impressions in color. For 
printing-papers the usual size is a compound of alum and 
resin dissolved in a solution of soda, and combined with 
potato-starch. Starch alone is also used as a size. /-.'. //. 
Knight. 
2. A material resembling size, but of different 
origin, and used for its tenacity as a prepara- 
tion for gilding and the like. 
Syse, for bokys lymynynge (site colour). 
Prompt. Pare., p. 45. 
3. A glutinous printing-ink made to receive 
and retain the bronze-powder of gold or silver 
which is dusted on it. 4. In pltysiol.. the buffy 
coat observed on the surface of coagulated 
blood in certain conditions. 5. In brickmak- 
inij, plasticity, as of the clay before burning. 
size 2 (siz), !. t. ; pret. and pp. sized, ppr. sizing. 
[Early mod. E. also sise ; < size"*, n.] 1 . To cover 
with size ; prepare with size ; stiffen by means 
of size. 
We shall speak of the use of each of the said four Gums 
rather when we treat of Sizing and Stiffening than now, 
in a Discourse of Dying. 
Sir W. Petty, Bp. Sprat's Hist. Royal Soc., p. 294. 
2. To smear over with any substance acting 
like size : occurring chiefly in compounds. 
O'er-sized with coagulate gore. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 484. 
The blood-sized field. 
Fletcher (and another), Two Noble Kinsmen, i. 1. 
3. To render plastic : said of clay. 
It is necessary to grind the same clay through the pug- 
mill several times, the first thing in the morning, before 
it comes to the proper degree of plasticity for molding; 
this operation is called sizing the clay. 
C. T. Davis, Bricks and Tiles, p. 113. 
size 3 , ". Same as sice 1 . 
sizeable, . See sizable. 
size-cue (siz'ku), n. In university use, the 
cue or symbol for the value of a size, as en- 
tered in the buttery-books. See size 1 , n., 2. and 
ce 2 , '>. 
Sized 1 (sizd), a. [< xize 1 + -ed z .~\ Having a 
particular size, magnitude, extent, proportions, 
etc.: occurring usually in compounds: as, fair- 
sized, middle-steed, etc. 
As my love is sized, my fear is so ; 
Where love is great, the littlest doubts are fear. 
Shak., Hamlet, iii. 2. 180. 
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A well-sized and useful volume might be compiled and 
published annually, containing the incorrect expressions, 
and omitting the opinions, of our booksellers boys, the 
reviewers. Landor, Imag. Conv., Southey and Foreon, i. 
sized 2 (sizd), p. a. [< .s-i>e 2 + -/ 2 .] Having 
size in its composition; covered or washed with 
size Hard-Sized, noting paper which has a thick coat 
of size. Machine-sized paper, ^ec y*/v. - Slack- 
sized, noting paper that has not enough of size. Soft- 
sized. Same as slack-sized, Sour-sized, noting imper- 
fect paper on which the size has fermented and soured. 
sizel, . Same as scisseJ. 
sizer (si'zer), . [< size 1 + -!.] If. An obso- 
lete form of sizar. 2. An instrument or con- 
trivance of perforated plates, wirework, etc., 
for sorting articles of varying sizes; a kind of 
gage: as, a coffee-siT,- a bullet -sizer, which 
has holes to determine the size of bullets. 
size-roll (siz'rol), . 1 . A small piece of parch- 
ment added to a roll or record. 2. In the 
British army, a list containing the names of 
all the men belonging to a troop or company, 
with the height or stature of each specifically 
marked. Farrow. 
size-stick (siz'stik), . A measuring-stick used 
by shoemakers to ascertain the length of the 
foot, etc. 
size-time (siz'tim), . The time when assizes 
are held. Compare sire 1 , n., 9. 
Our drowning scap'd, more danger was ensuing ; 
'Twas size time there, and hanging was a brewing. 
John Taylor, Works (1630), II. 14. (Hallimll.) 
siziness (si'zi-nes), w. The state or quality of 
being sizy; glutinousness ; viscosity. 
Cold was capable of producing a siziness and viscosity 
in the blood. Arbuthnot, Diet, iv. 
sizing 1 (si'zing), . [Verbal n. of size 1 , r.] 1. 
Any act or process indicated by sire 1 , r. 2. 
Specifically, in university use: (a) An order 
for extra food or drink from the buttery. 
I know what belongs to sizing, and have answered to my 
cue in my days ; I am free of the whole university ; I com* 
menced with no worse than his majesty's footmen. 
Shirley, Witty Fair One, Iv. 2. 
(6) Any article so ordered; a size. 
We were allowed at dinner a cue of beer, which was a 
half-pint, and a sizing of bread, which I cannot describe to 
you. It was quite sufficient for one dinner. 
Peirce, Hist Harvard University, p. 219. 
3. In mining, sorting the crushed or stamped 
ores into grains of various sizes, in order that a 
more perfect separation of the various mineral 
and metalliferous substances of which the ore 
is made up may afterward be effected by the use 
of such ore-dressing or separating apparatus 
as may be considered suitable for the purpose. 
The most commonly employed form of sizing apparatus is 
the trommel, a revolving cylindrical sieve, used single or 
in various combinations. There are various other ma- 
chines for sizing or classifying ores ; among them are the 
pointed box (also called pyramidal box and spiizlcastfn\ 
the labyrinth, the Engis trough, the Thirian washer, 
the Dorr classifier, the siphon separator, eto. The laby- 
rinth is the oldest form, but is now much less important 
than it formerly was. See labyrinth, 5, and pointed box 
(under pointed). Sizing-bell, a bell rung when the bill of 
sizings which may be ordered is posted. Sizing-party, 
a supper-party where each person orders and pays for 
what he likes. To put out of sizing, to punish (a pen- 
sioner) by depriving him of the privilege of ordering extra 
delicacies. 
sizing' 2 (si'zing), w. [Verbal n. of size%, r.] 1. 
The act or process of applying size or prepar- 
ing with size. 2. Size prepared for use in 
any mechanical trade Animal sizing, a dissolved 
animal glue used for the best writing-papers. Rosin 
Sizing, a sizing composed of a mixture of rosin and soda. 
sizy (si'zi),a. [<sir' 2 + -y 1 .] Containing, con- 
sisting of, or resembling size; glutinous; thick 
and viscous ; ropy ; having the adhesiveness of 
size. 
The blood let the first time florid ; after a second time 
sizy. Arbuthnot, Diet, iv. 
sizygium, n. See ayzygjuin. 
sizz (siz), v. i. [An imitative var. of siss 1 . Cf. 
hizz, hiss."] To hiss ; sizzle : noting a hiss some- 
what resembling a buzz. 
Mention has been made . . . of a peculiar " singing " or 
rather " sizzing " noise on the wire. Nature, XIII. 585. 
sizzen (siz'n), i: i. [Cf. sizz.] To hiss. HaJli- 
well. [Prov. Eng.] 
sizzerst, An old spelling of scissors. 
sizzing (siz'ing), i. [Verbal n. of sizz,v.~\ Yeast; 
barm. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
It behoveth my wits to worke like barme, alias yeast, 
alias sizing, alias rising. Lyly, Mother Bombie, ii. 1. 
Sizzing: Yeast or Barm, . . . from the sound Beer or 
Ale makes in working. Ray, Eng. Words, p. 113. 
Sizzle (siz'l), r.; pret. and pp. sizzled, ppr. siz- 
-Jiiuj. [A freq. of sir,?, like sisslf, freq. of si*? 1 .] 
I, intrans. 1. To make a hissing or sputtering 
S-joint- 
skate 
sound, as a liquid when effervescing or acted 
on directly by heat ; make M>iiml as of frying. 
From the ends of the wood the sup fries and drips on the 
sizzling coals below, and flies olf in angry steam. 
S. Judd, Margaret. 
The sizzling embers of the fire having about given up 
the ghost after a fruitless struggle with the stt-acly down- 
pour. T. Itooserelt, The Century, XXXV. 804. 
2. To dry and shrivel up with hissing by the 
action of lire. Forby. [Provincial or colloq.] 
3. To be very hot, as if hissing or shriveling. 
[Colloq.] 
We sat, without coats or waistcoats, under the sizzling 
leather roof of our tarantas, fanning ourselves with our 
hats. The Century, XXXVI. 367. 
II. trans. To dry or burn with or as if with 
a hissing sound: sometipies followed bv nji. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
Sizzle. ... I have heard the word thus used "If we 
heen't rain in another week we shall be all sizzled up." 
This evidently meant burnt up. 
Moor, Sutfolk Words, p. 351. 
sizzle (siz'l), w. [< si-zlc, r.] 1. A hissing or 
sputtering sound. [Provincial or colloq.] 2. 
Extreme heat, as of a summer day. [Colloq.] 
sizzling (siz'ling), w. [Verbal u. of sizzle, r.] 
A hissing or sputtering. 
Sometimes the sounds resembled the sizzlings of a flight 
of electric sparks. Harper's Mag., I. XX. 226. 
S. J. An abbreviation of Society of Jesus. 
S-joint(es' joint), ii. A mode of joining two sur- 
faces by means of a strip with a 
double bend, shaped in cross-sec- 
tion like the letter S; also, a 
joint so made. E. H. Knight. 
8k-. For Middle English and early 
modern English words so begin- 
ning, not entered below, see so-. 
skaddle, n. and w. See scaddle 
and scathel. 
skaffautt, skaffoldt, Obsolete forms of scaf- 
'old. 
(skag), w. Same as skeg 1 . 
, r. A Scotch form of sea le 1 . 
g!rg.<n [ n. See skein 1 , skeaifl. 
skainsmatet, H. [Formation uncertain; ex- 
plained as (a) < skain'Sj posg. of iikaiii 1 , xkeiii 
("as if associated in winding yarn "), or (6) < 
skain's, poss. of skain%, skeaifi, a dagger ("ns 
if a brother in arms"), + mate 1 . The word is 
found but once ; it is put in the mouth of an old 
nurse whose speech is not precise ; and the sense 
is hardly capable of exact definition.] A roaring 
or swaggering companion (?). See etymology. 
Scurvy knave ! I am none of his flirt-gills ; I am none of 
his skains-mates. Shak. , R. and J. , ii. 4. 162. 
skair. a. and r. A Scotch form of scare 1 . 
skaith, . and t'. See scathe. 
skald 1 }, r. and n. Same as scald 1 . 
skald 2 , n. See scald 3 . 
skalkt, ii. See shall: 
skallt, a. An obsolete form of scall. 
skalpt, " See scalp 1 . 
skart. See scare 1 , scar 1 , scar'*. 
skaret, " See scare 1 . 
skarlett, skarlettt, See scarlet. 
skart. Same as scart 1 , scarf 3 , scarf 3 . 
skatt, w. See scat 1 . 
skate 1 (skat), M. [Formerly also scate; < ME. 
scate, sehate, < Icel. Norw. skata, a skate ; cf. Ir. 
Gael, sgat, a skate (< E.) ; whether these forms 
are < LL. squa tus, ii.squatina,tt kind of shark, the 
angel-fish, is not clear.] A raioid or batoid pla- 
giostomous fish of the family Eaiidie and genus 
Ilii id ; a kind of ray. All skates are rays, but all rays 
are not called 
skates, this name 
being applied 
chiefly to certain 
small rays of the 
restricted genus 
Kaia, of both Eu- 
rope and Ameri- 
ca. The common 
blue or gray 
skate or ray of 
the British coast 
is Kaia batis, of 
a somewhat loz- 
enge-shaped fig- 
ure, and rather 
long tail, with 
some fin-like ex- 
pansions near its 
end, as well as 
prominent clnsp- 
ers and other 
processes at the 
root. Other 
skates of British 
waters are the 
long-nosed and 
sharp-nosed, and 
the thorilback. Barn-door Skate (Rain 
