Vocabulary : Sidling to Sierra

Sidling : of Sidle
Siege : A seat; especially, a royal seat; a throne. ;; Hence, place or situation; seat. ;; Rank; grade; station; estimation. ;; Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter. ;; The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade. ;; Hence, a continued attempt to gain possession. ;; The floor of a glass-furnace. ;; A workman's bench. ;; To besiege; to beset.
Siegework : A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
Siemens-Martin process : See Open-hearth process, etc., under Open.
Siemens-Martin steel : See Open-hearth steel, under Open.

Sienite : See Syenite.
Sienitic : See Syenitic.
Sienna : Clay that is colored red or brown by the oxides of iron or manganese, and used as a pigment. It is used either in the raw state or burnt.
Siennese : Of or pertaining to Sienna, a city of Italy.
Sierra : A ridge of mountain and craggy rocks, with a serrated or irregular outline; as, the Sierra Nevada.

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