2. Adjective. (alternative spelling of sicker): secure ¹
3. Adverb. (alternative spelling of sicker): certainly ¹
4. Adverb. (alternative spelling of sicker): securely ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Siccar
1. sicker [adj] - See also: sicker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siccar
Literary usage of Siccar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Service & Sport in the Sudan: A Record of Administration in the Anglo by David Charles Edward ffrench Comyn (1911)
"... CHAPTER XVII I shoot a hartebeeste—And resolve to " mak siccar " in future—A
farewell letter from ..."
2. The New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
"At the termination of this mile, on the eastern side of the siccar, the sandstone
... But to the west of the siccar it continues considerably farther, ..."
3. The Naturalist (1851)
"After leaving siccar we retraced our steps—in the face of a biting north wind,
accompanied by two sharp showers of hail—to Cockburns-path, and struck off by ..."
4. Desultory Notes on Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary by James B. Montogomerie- Fleming (1899)
"Five different forms of spelling are given, but " siccar," the most common, ...
He's a gey siccar chiel tae deal wi'," means a man who can't be got round or ..."
5. The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany (1829)
"PU make siccar. ... and Caution, suggested the grovelling family-motto of Lock
siccar ; while Thou shall want ere I want—aspires no higher than the ambition ..."
6. Selections from the Phrenological Journal: Comprising Forty Articles in the by George Combe, Robert Cox (1836)
"I'll make siccar. ... Secretiveness, and Caution, suggested the grovelling family
motto of Lock siccar ; while, Thou shall want ere I want, aspires to no ..."
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