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Sice vs Sike - What's the difference?

sice | sike |

As nouns the difference between sice and sike

is that sice is the number six in a game of dice while sike is a gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.

As a verb sike is

to sigh or sob.

As an interjection sike is

indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.

sice

English

Alternative forms

* sise, size

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) The number six in a game of dice.
  • * 1680 , Thomas Godwyn, Romanae historiae anthologia recognita et aucta (page 112)
    • In their common game, the most fortunate throw is thought to have been three Sices
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    sike

    English

    Alternative forms

    * syke

    Etymology 1

    From the northern form of (etyl) (see (sitch)), from (etyl). Cognate with Norwegian sik. Compare (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gutter or ditch; a small stream that frequently dries up in the summer.
    • The wind made wave the red weed on the dike. bedoven in dank deep was every sike . — A Scotch Winter Evening in 1512

    Etymology 2

    Variant of (siche).

    Verb

  • (archaic) To sigh or sob.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) A sigh.

    • Etymology 3

    Variant of (psych).

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang) Indicating that one's preceding statement was false and that one has successfully fooled ("psyched out") one's interlocutor.

    • Anagrams

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