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Si*nol"o*gist (?), n. A sinologue.

Sin"o*logue (?), n. [From L. Sinae, an Oriental people mentioned by Ptolemy, or Ar. Sin China or the Chinese + Gr. &?;&?;&?; discourse; formed like theologue: cf. F. sinologue.] A student of Chinese; one versed in the Chinese language, literature, and history.

Si*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Cf. F. sinologie.] That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.

Sin"o*per (?), n. (Min.) Sinople.

{ Si*no"pi*a (?), Si*no"pis (?), } n. A red pigment made from sinopite.

Sin"o*pite (?), n. [F., fr. L. sinopis (sc. terra), a red earth or ocher found in Sinope, a town in Paphlagoma, on the Black Sea, Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] (Min.) A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.

Sin"o*ple (?), n. (Min.) Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.

Sin"o*ple, n. [F., fr. LL. sinopis. See Sinople a mineral.] (Her.) The tincture vert; green.

Sinque (?), n. See Cinque. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Sins"ring (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Banxring.

Sin"ter (?), n. [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.) Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals.

Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine. -- Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite. -- Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.

{ Sin"to (?), or Sin"tu (?), Sin"to*ism (?), Sin"to*ist }. See Shinto, etc.

||Sin"toc (?), n. A kind of spice used in the East Indies, consisting ||of the bark of a species of Cinnamomum. [Written also sindoc.]

Sin"u*ate (?), a. [L. sinuatus, p. p. of sinuare to wind, bend, fr. sinus a bend.] Having the margin alternately curved inward and outward; having rounded lobes separated by rounded sinuses; sinuous; wavy.

Sin"u*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sinuated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sinuating.] To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinuous. Woodward.

Sin"u*a`ted (&?;), a. Same as Sinuate.

Sin`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. sinuatio.] A winding or bending in and out.

Sin"u*ose` (?), a. Sinuous. Loudon.

Sin`u*os"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Sinuosities (#). [Cf. F. sinuosité.] 1. Quality or state of being sinuous.

2. A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve.

A line of coast certainly amounting, with its sinuosities, to more than 700 miles.

Sydney Smith.

Sin"u*ous (?), a. [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface, a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See Sinus.] Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked. -- Sin"u*ous*ly, adv.

Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.

Milton.

Gardens bright with sinuous rills.

Coleridge.