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91Siren lacertina — Mud Mud (m[u^]d), n. [Akin to LG. mudde, D. modder, G. moder mold, OSw. modd mud, Sw. modder mother, Dan. mudder mud. Cf. {Mother} a scum on liquors.] Earth and water mixed so as to be soft and adhesive. [1913 Webster] {Mud bass} (Zo[ o]l.), a… …
92siren call — noun the enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous he succumbed to the siren call of the wilderness • Syn: ↑siren song • Hypernyms: ↑appeal, ↑appealingness, ↑charm …
93siren — a symbolic figure appearing as a fish woman (or bird woman). Sirens with fish tails inhabited rocky islands and cliffs and could entice sailors to their doom by their song …
94SIREN — an instrument for measuring the number of aërial vibrations per second, and thereby the pitch of a given note …
95siren — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. water nymph, temptress, vamp, vampire, gold digger (sl.), Circe, Lorelei, Delilah, Jezebel; alarm, warning, signal. See demon, attraction, female. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. warning signal… …
96Siren — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An alarm] Syn. horn, whistle, signal; see alarm 1 . 2. [Seductress] Syn. temptress, vamp*, charmer, sex symbol, sexpot*, femme fatale (French), beauty, coquette, Circe, Lorelei, tease; see also flirt …
97siren — 1. is., Fr. sirène İtfaiye, cankurtaran ve polis araçlarında bulunan, tiz ses çıkaran uyarıcı alet, canavar düdüğü 2. is., Fr. sirène Üst tarafı kız, alt tarafı balık olduğuna inanılan deniz kızı …
98siren — si|ren [ saırən ] noun count * 1. ) a piece of equipment that makes a loud sound, used for warning people: police sirens 2. ) a woman in ancient Greek stories who sang to sailors in order to make them sail toward rocks and crash a ) MAINLY… …
99siren — [14] The Seirēnes were sea nymphs who, according to Greek mythology, sat on rocks luring impressionable sailors to their doom with the sweetness of their singing. Latin took the word over as sīrēna, and it passed into English via Old French… …
100siren — si·ren || saɪərÉ™n n. North American salamander; warning device that makes a loud wailing sound; creature that is half woman and half bird and sings in order to lure sailors to their deaths (Greek Mythology); dangerously attractive woman,… …
