Definition of sist

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Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..

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Viminal :: Viminal (a.) Of or pertaining to twigs; consisting of twigs; producing twigs.
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) The quality of not yielding to force or external pressure; that power of a body which acts in opposition to the impulse or pressure of another, or which prevents the effect of another power; as, the resistance of the air to a body passing through it; the resistance of a target to projectiles..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc..
Hoove :: Hoove (n.) A disease in cattle consisting in inflammation of the stomach by gas, ordinarily caused by eating too much green food; tympany; bloating..
Unconformity :: Unconformity (n.) Want of conformity; incongruity; inconsistency.
Undercliff :: Undercliff (n.) A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above..
Hiccough :: Hiccough (n.) A modified respiratory movement; a spasmodic inspiration, consisting of a sudden contraction of the diaphragm, accompanied with closure of the glottis, so that further entrance of air is prevented, while the impulse of the column of air entering and striking upon the closed glottis produces a sound, or hiccough..
Living :: Living (n.) Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
Appanage :: Appanage (n.) The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.
Buttress :: Buttress (n.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry..
Ceratospongiae :: Ceratospongiae (n. pl.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
Hexastichon :: Hexastichon (n.) A poem consisting of six verses or lines.
Competible :: Competible (a.) Compatible; suitable; consistent.
Obluctation :: Obluctation (n.) A struggle against; resistance; opposition.
Lateritic :: Lateritic (a.) Consisting of, containing, or characterized by, laterite; as, lateritic formations..
Dieresis :: Dieresis (n.) A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct letters; as, cooperate, aerial..
Contradictive :: Contradictive (a.) Contradictory; inconsistent.
Crank :: Crank (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
Stead :: Stead (v. t.) To help; to support; to benefit; to assist.
Discomposition :: Discomposition (n.) Inconsistency; discordance.
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