Category:Sicker

Sick"er, v. i. Etym: [as. sicerian.] (mining)

Defn: to percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [also Written sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.] [prov. Eng.]

Sicker; siker Sick"er, sik"er, a. Etym: [oe. siker; cf. Os. sikur, lg. seker, d. Zeker, dan. sikker, ohg. sihhur, g. sicher; all fr. L. securus. See Secure, sure.]

Defn: sure; certain; trusty. [obs. or prov. Eng. & scot.] Burns. When he is siker of his good name. Chaucer.

Sicker; siker Sick"er, sik"er, adv.

Defn: surely; certainly. [obs.] Believe this as siker as your creed. Chaucer. Sicker, willye, thou warnest well. Spenser.