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 Definition: 
  1. \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.]
    
  2. \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.
    
  3. \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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