in a smaller degree Llaib, n. a sup, or a lap Llaid, n. clay; mire Llaidd, n. that is mild: a mild Llaif, n. a shear, or a shave Llaig, n. a bubble on water Llain, n. a blade; a long slip Llaing, n. that closes; a clasp Llair, n. that droops; satiety Llais, n. a voice; a sound Llaith, n. humid state: a. moist, pliant Llall, n. the other: ad. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
n a buzzing a lulling Sucan
Caer sidi, the zodiac Sidin, a. winding, revolving Sidydd, n. zodiac, ecliptic Sidyll, n. a whirl, a twirl; a rim Siff, n. an intermitting noise Siffro, v. to rustle, to murmur Sig, n. a shatter, a bruise Sigiad, n. bruising, shattering Sigl, n. a shake, a stir Siglaethan, play or swinging Sigledd, n. a rocking state Siglen, n. a swing, a quag Siglo, v. to shake, to rock Sigo, v. to shock, to bruise Sil, n. issue; seedling; spawn, fry; hulling of grain Silen, n. seedling; single fry Siliant, n. spawning; hulling of corn Sïlied, n. what is produced; hulled corn Silio, v. to spawn; to hull grain Silod, n. seedlings; spawn; fry Silodi, v. to issue seedlings Silodyn, n. single one of a fry Silyn, n. a seedling; a fry Sill, Syllaf, n. a component part; a syllable Silleb, n. a syllable Sillebu, Silliadu, v. to spell Silliad, n. a forming of syllables Silliadaeth, Sillyddiaeth, n. a syllabic system Sillio, v. to arrange parts Sillt, n. an element; a syllable Silltiad, n. a joining of elements Sim, n. what is flippant or light Simach, n. a monkey, an ape Simdde, n. a chimney Simer, n. levity; a frisk Simera, v. to frisk, to dally Simp, n. a fickle state; a flutter Sin, n. a surface; alms Sindal, n. fine linen, cambric Sindw, n. scoria, cinders Sinid, n. surface, scum Sinidr, n. scoria, dross Sinidro, v. to form dross Sinio, v. to reduce to scoria Sïo, v. to hiss, to whiz Siobyn, n. a small tuft Sioch, n. what is bushy Siochi, v. to make bushy Sïol, a. hissing, whizzing Siom, n. void; disappointment Siomgar, a. apt to disappoint Siomi, v. to disappoint Siomiant, n. disappointment Sionc, a. brisk, nimble, sharp Sioncedd, n. briskness Sionci, v. to become brisk Sipiad, n. a sipping Sipian, v. to keep sipping Sipio, v. to draw the lips, to sip Sipyn, n. a single sip, a sip Sir, n. a shire, a county: n. cheer, solace, comfort Sirion, n. cherries Sirio, v. to cheer, to solace Siriol, a. cheering, solacing Sirioldeb, n. cheerfulness Sirioli, v. to make cheerful Sis, n. a loud sound, a whisper Sisial, n. a whisper, a gossip Sisiala, v. to keep whispering Sisialu, v. to whisper, to mutter Sitell, n. a whisk round Sitellu, v. to whisk round Sitio, v. to whirl, to whisk Sitrachog, a. jagged, sheddred Sitrachu, v. to jag, to shred Siw, n. a hiss, a hush, a buzz Siwen, n. the mermaid Sob, n. a tuft, a mass Soba, Soban, n. a small bunch Sobr, a. temperate sober Sobrwydd, n. sobriety, temperance Socan, n. wallower Socyn, n. a pig; a little urchin Soch, n. a sink, a drain Sodi, v. to constitute, to fix Sodli, v. to heel, to trip the heel Sodlog, a. having a heel Sodol, a. tending to fix or settle Sodwedd, a. characteristic Soddedigaeth, n. act of sinking Soddi, v. to sink, to submerge Soddol, a sinking, plunging Soddwr, n. a sinker Soeg, grains of malt after brewing, draff Soegen, n. a swaggy female Soegi, v. to steep; to slabber Soeglyd, a. puffed by steeping Sofl, n. standing studdle Sôg, n. a wallowing, a spreading Soga, wallowing; slovenly Sôn, n. report, rumor, mentioning Soniwr, n. mentioner, talker Sopen, n. a mass squeezed together Sopenu, v. to bundle Sopiad, n. a bundling Sor, n. a chafed state; sullenness Sori, v. to chafe; to offend, to sulk Soriad, n. a chafing; an offending Soriant, sulleness; offence Sorllyd, a. apt to grow sullen Sorod, n. dregs, dross Sorodi, v. to yeld dregs Sorth, a. sudden; fell; slothful Sothach, n. refuse, dross Su, n. what pervades; a buzz Suad, n. a buzzing; a lulling Sucan, n. steeping, small beer, washbrew, gruel, flummny Sudd, n. what pervades; juice Suddas, n. sinking, immersion Suddiad, a sinking, a plunging Suddiant, n. perversion of moisture Suddo, v. to sink in, to sink Suddol, a. pervading; sinking Sug, n. a suck; juice sap Sugaethan, n. candle, poultice Suger, n. extracted juice; cyder Sugiad, n. a becoming juicy Suglian, n. drawing plaister Sugnbeirlnt, n. a pump Sugnbib, n. a syringe Sugndraeth, n. quicksand Sugnedydd, n. sucker; pump Sugno, v. to suck, to imbibe Sugnol, a. sucking, imbibing Sugoli, v. to render succulent Sugr, n. extracted juice, sugar Sugro, v. to sugar, to sweeten Sugrol, a. saccharine; sugary Sul, n. what extends round; the Sun. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
All the essentials of a clock are there; the motive power—the descent of a massive weight—is now replaced by a slender spring; the train of gears by which this motion is reduced and communicated, are cut to-day with the extreme accuracy of modern machine work; the hand moving around the dial is now accompanied by a longer, swifter hand to tell the minutes; the escapement which by checking the motive power while yet allowing it to move on step by step, retards and regulates—even the numbered striking of the unchanging hours. — from Time Telling through the Ages by Harry Chase Brearley
night and be a little sunbeam
Such a strong little Winny-pinny to dance all night, and be a little sunbeam all day—’ And {111} his wrinkled eyelids would close, and his mouth fall open, and he would begin to snore. — from The Freaks of Mayfair by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson
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