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▪ I. sig, n. dial. and U.S.
Also seg, sigg, zig(g.
[Of obscure origin; the form does not correspond to older Flem. seycke (Kilian), G. seiche, in the same sense.]
1. Urine.
1691Ray S. & E. Co. Wds. 113 Sig, Urine, Chamber-lie. 1746Gentl. Mag. XVI. 408/2 [Exmoor Vocab.], Zigg, urine. 1825Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 67. 1886 Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. 670 The woollen factories used to supply to any householder who would..undertake to ‘save’ the ‘sig’, a tub or vat for the purpose.
2. A solution applied to the grain side of leather before it is stained black. ? Obs.
1897C. T. Davis Manuf. Leather (ed. 2) 623 In the making of ‘sig’ stains, blacks and pastes for leather, borax is the currier's friend. 1900H. C. Standage Leather Worker's Manual iv. 69 Seasoning for Oil-Grain Leathers—This is sometimes called ‘sig’. It is a fluid which is put onto the skin, so as to dye or stain it, or otherwise prepare it for being blackened on the grain side. 1903L. A. Flemming Pract. Tanning 51 A good ‘sig’ is made of forty gallons of water, twelve pounds of salts of tartar, five pounds of bichromate of potash and one quart of ammonia.
▪ II. † sig, v. Obs.—1
[Cf. prec.]
trans. To steep in, or sprinkle with, urine.
1581in Southern Times 27 Oct. (1883) 3/4 That no tuckers do sig or wash any cloths upon the Sabbath Day. |