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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French cise, sise. Compare assise.
Pronunciation
Noun
syse (plural syses)
- size, amount, distance
- a customary or predetermined size
- a customary or traditional practice
- (law) a court of assize; a regularly scheduled regional court
- (law) a assize; a legal ruling or verdict
- (rare) a verdict; a conclusion
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
Of unclear origin; related to Old Italian sisa; perhaps ultimately related to syse (“amount”). See size for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
syse
- a varnish that underlies gold or silver leaf
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “sīse, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “size”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.