SICKER: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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\Sick"er\, v. i. [AS. sicerian.] (Mining)
To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
[Also written {sigger}, {zigger}, and {zifhyr}.] [Prov. Eng.]
\Sick"er\, Siker \Sik"er\, a. [OE. siker; cf. OS. sikur,
LG. seker, D. zeker, Dan. sikker, OHG. sihhur, G. sicher; all
fr. L. securus. See {Secure}, {Sure}.]
Sure; certain; trusty. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] --Burns.
When he is siker of his good name. --Chaucer.
\Sick"er\, Siker \Sik"er\, adv.
Surely; certainly. [Obs.]
Believe this as siker as your creed. --Chaucer.
Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well. --Spenser.
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