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Sibilate :: Sibilate (v. t. & i.) To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation..

Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..

Hissingly :: Hissingly (adv.) With a hissing sound.

Whiz :: Whiz (n.) A hissing and humming sound.

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To utter with a hissing sound.

Basilisk :: Basilisk (n.) A fabulous serpent, or dragon. The ancients alleged that its hissing would drive away all other serpents, and that its breath, and even its look, was fatal. See Cockatrice..

S :: S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it

Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc..

Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The act of emitting a hiss or hisses.

Simmer :: Simmer (v. i.) To boil gently, or with a gentle hissing; to begin to boil..

Sibilous :: Sibilous (a.) Having a hissing sound; hissing; sibilant.

Sizzle :: Sizzle (n.) A hissing sound, as of something frying over a fire..

Sibilation :: Sibilation (n.) Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss..

Siss :: Siss (n.) A hissing noise.

Sifflement :: Sifflement (n.) The act of whistling or hissing; a whistling sound; sibilation.

Fizz :: Fizz (n.) A hissing sound; as, the fizz of a fly..

Fizgig :: Fizgig (n.) A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes..

Hissing :: Hissing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of His.

Hiss :: Hiss (v. t.) To condemn or express contempt for by hissing.

Hissing :: Hissing (n.) The occasion of contempt; the object of scorn and derision.

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