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Sister   /sˈɪstər/   Listen
noun
Sister  n.  
1.
A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother. "I am the sister of one Claudio."
2.
A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.
3.
One of the same kind, or of the same condition; generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.
Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves, one above the other.
Sister hooks, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; called also match hook.
Sister of charity, Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under Charity, and Mercy.



verb
Sister  v. t.  To be sister to; to resemble closely. (Obs.)






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... one or two professional musicians. "A violinist, or harpist, or both, perhaps," he said. "Music is always, as you say, a great addition to such affairs, Mrs. Dott. I happen to know of a young fellow who plays exceptionally well, and his sister is really a very accomplished performer on the harp. Of course they should be engaged in merely a professional capacity. They are not persons who would mingle with our set, but they're ...
— Cap'n Dan's Daughter • Joseph C. Lincoln

... Heal with sweet cream, paint and blister again. This wore my sister's goitre away. It took time but was worth it." It should produce redness instead of ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter

... I had not, however, proceeded thirty yards, when the boy came running behind me, shouting, out of breath: "Stop, uncle, the book, the book!" Upon overtaking me, he delivered the three reals in copper, and seizing the Testament, ran back to her, who I suppose was his sister, flourishing the book over his head ...
— The Bible in Spain • George Borrow

... at the house of one Russet, a tailor, in St. Bride's church-yard, and undertook the education of John and Edward Philips, his sister's sons. Finding his rooms too little, he took a house and garden in Aldersgate street[31], which was not then so much out of the world as it is now; and chose his dwelling at the upper end of a passage, that he might avoid the noise of the street. Here he ...
— Lives of the Poets, Vol. 1 • Samuel Johnson

... Height of Stature is commanding and majestick. Come, come, says a Cousin of mine in the Family, I'll fit him; Fidelia is yet behind—Pretty Miss Fiddy must please you—Oh! your very humble Servant, dear Cos. she is as much too young as her eldest Sister is too old. Is it so indeed, quoth she, good Mr. Pert? You who are but barely turned of twenty two, and Miss Fiddy in half a Year's time will be in her Teens, and she is capable of learning any ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele


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