sic

8 definitions found

sic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sic \Sic\, adv. [L.]
     Thus.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic],
           to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or
           inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is
           literally reproduced.
           [1913 Webster]

  Sic \Sic\, a.
     Such. [Scot.]
     [1913 Webster]

  Carborundum \Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a
     trade name, from Carbon + corundum.]
     A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide (SiC),
     consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also
     called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and
     sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article
     is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and
     is used as an abrasive.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] carborundum cloth

sic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sic
      adv 1: intentionally so written (used after a printed word or
             phrase)
      v 1: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the
           intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"
           [syn: sic, set]

sic - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  SIC
         Silicon Integrated Circuit
         

  SIC
         Subject Indicator Code
         

  SIC
         Standard Industry Classification
         

sic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "sic":
     abet, accurately, agitate, aid, catalyze, correctly, countenance,
     egg on, exhort, faultlessly, favor, flawlessly, goad, inspirit,
     instigate, just right, just so, perfectly, prick, prod, prompt,
     propel, properly, rightly, so, spur, straight