Which Witch is Which? Part V: S-Y

sachet.........a small bag containing perfumed powder				clock
sashay.........to strut or flouncesacks..........bags				tics...........more than one twitchtide...........periodic ebb and
sax............short for saxophonesail...........wind powered water				flow of oceans
travel				tied...........passed tense of tietighten........to make tighter
sale...........the act of sellingsane...........mentally normal				titan..........a gianttimber.........wood for building
seine..........fishing netsaner..........more mentally normal than				timbre.........musical qualitytire...........round, rubber things on
others				your car
seiner.........one who fishes with a netsaver..........one who				tyer...........one who tiesto.............toward
saves				too............also
savor..........to relish a tastesawed..........cut timber				two............a coupletoad...........frog
sod............turfscene..........visual location				toed...........having toes
seen...........past tense of sawscent, see: centscents, see:				towed..........pulled aheadtocsin.........an alarm
centsscull..........rowing motion				toxin..........a poisontocsins........more than one alarm
skull..........head bonesea............ocean				toxins.........more than one poisonstoe............forepart of the
see............to lookseal...........to close				foot
seel...........to close someone's eyessealing, see:				tow............to pull aheadtold...........what was spoken
ceilingseam...........row of stitches				tolled.........a bell was rungtole...........lacquered metalware
seem...........appearsseamen.........sailors				toll...........a tax or chargeton............2000 lbs.
semen..........male dischargeseams..........more than one				Tun............a large casktongue.........mouth muscle
rows of stitching				tung...........Chinese tree and its oil(similar to
seems..........it appears to besear...........scorched				linseed)toon...........cartoon personality
seer...........a person who sees				tune...........songtort...........a sweet cake for lawyers
sear, see: cereseas...........oceans				torte..........a sweet multi-layered caketough..........difficult
sees...........looks				tuff...........a stratified, porous rocktracked........having tracks
seize..........to grabsects..........religious factions				tract..........a plot of landtray...........a platter
sex............if you have to ask, you're too youngseed, see:				trey...........threetroop..........a company of soldiers
cedeseeder, see: cedarseeding, see: cedingseek...........to				troupe.........a company of actorstrooper........a private
look for				soldier
Sikh...........Hindu religious sectseer, see: ceresell, see:				trouper........a staunch colleague or
cellseller, see: cellarsense, see: centssenses, see:				actortroopers.......several soldiers
censussensor, see: censersent, see: centsere, see:				troupers.......multiple actors, or alliestrussed........tied up
cereserf...........slave				trust..........faithUnix, see: eunuchsURL, see: earlurn, see:
surf...........breaking wavesserge..........strong twilled fabric				earnuse, see: ewesvain...........worthless
surge..........forceful pushserial, see: cerealseries, see:				vane...........flat piece moving with the air
Ceressession, see: cessionsew............needle and thread				vein...........blood vesselvale...........valley
so.............in the manner shown				veil...........gauzy fabric, fabric coveringvary...........to change
sol............musical note				very...........extremelyverses.........paragraphs
sow............broadcasting seedssewer..........one who sews				versus.........againstvial...........narrow glass container
sower..........one who sowssewer..........waste drain				vile...........despicable
suer...........one who suesshake..........vibrate				viol...........stringed instrumentvice...........bad habit
sheik..........Arab princeshall..........is allowed				vise...........bench-mounted clampWACs...........members of
shell..........aquatic exoskeletonshe'll.........contraction of "she				the Women's Army Corps
will"				wax............candle stuff
shill..........a decoyshear..........to cut or wrench				whacks.........several blowswade...........walk in shallow water
sheer..........thin; abrupt turnshears.........cuts or wrenches;
scissors				weighed........past tense of weighwail...........a cry
sheers.........abruptly turnssheave.........pulley				wale...........welt; corduroy ridge
shiv...........knifeshoe...........footwear				whale..........large oceanic mammalwain...........a wagon
shoo..........."go away"shoes..........more than one shoe				wane...........decrease
shoos..........sends awayshoot, see: chutesic............to set				Wayne..........a man's namewaist..........between ribs and hips
upon
sick...........illsics...........sets upon				waste..........make ill use ofwait...........remain in readiness
six............whole numberside...........lateral				weight.........an amount of heavinesswaive..........give up
sighed.........breathed sorrowfullysigh, see:				rights
psisighs..........multiple sad and weary breaths				wave...........undulating motionwaiver.........contract for giving
size...........magnitudesight, see: citesighted, see: citedsights,				up rights
see: citessign...........displayed board bearing information				waver..........rocking motionWales..........Western division of
sine...........reciprocal of the cosecantsignet, see:				UK
cygnetsink...........to submerge				wales..........corduroy ridges
synch..........together in timeSioux..........tribe of native				whales.........a pod of ocean
Americans				mammalswalk...........perambulate
sou............French coin worth five centimes				wok............Chinese cooking panwalks..........moves by foot
sough..........soft sound				woks...........plural form of wokwant...........desire
sue............bring civil actionsite, see: citesited, see: citedsites,				wont...........accustomedwar............large scale armed conflict
see: citesslay...........kill				wore...........past tense of wearware...........merchandise
sleigh.........snow carriagesleight........cunning skill				wear...........attire
slight.........not muchslew...........past tense of slay				where..........a placewarn...........to advise of a hazard
slough.........bog				worn...........displaying evidence of usewarrantee......one
slue...........to swing aroundsloe...........blackthorn berries				who is protected by a guarantee
slow...........not fastsoar...........fly				warranty.......a guaranteewarship........naval implement of
sore...........hurtsoared.........to have sailed through the air				destruction
sword..........long fighting bladesolace.........comfort				worship........revere in a religious mannerwary...........cautious
soulless.......lacking a soulsole...........only				wherry.........light row boatway............path or direction
soul...........immortal part of a personsome...........a few				weigh..........to measure weight
sum............result of additionson............male child				whey...........watery part of milkwe.............first person plural
sun............starsonny..........diminutive for male child				wee............very smallwe'd...........contraction of "we would"
sunny..........lit by the sunsoot...........black residue of burning				weed...........like how our flowers won't
suit...........clothessordid.........squalid				growwe'll..........contraction of "we will"
sorted.........arrangedspade..........shovel				wheel..........what we keep reinventingwe're..........contraction
spayed.........to sterilize a female animalspoor..........trail of an				of "we are"
animal				weir...........a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching
spore..........single cell reproductive bodystaid..........reserved				fishwe're..........contraction of "we are"
stayed.........remainedstair..........a step				were...........past tense plural of "to be"
stare..........look intentlystake..........wooden pole				whir...........prolonged swish or buzzwe've..........contraction of
steak..........slice of meatstatice........an astringent herb				"we have"
status.........position with regard to lawstationary.....not				weave..........to make clothweak...........not strong
moving				week...........seven daysweal...........a skin welt
stationery.....writing papersteal..........take unlawfully				wheel..........what we in Silicon Valley continually
steel..........iron alloystep...........a measure taken				reinventweald..........a rural area
steppe.........a level, grassy, unforested plainstile..........narrow				wheeled........having wheels
passage				wield..........to apply or useweather........meteorological
style..........modestoop..........a small porch				conditions
stoup..........a drinking cupstorey.........the horizontal divisions				wether.........a castrated ram
of a building				whether........if it be the caseweld...........to join metal by
story..........a narrative talestraight.......not crooked				melting its edges
strait.........narrow waterwaysuccor.........relief				welled.........pouring forthwen............a benign skin tumor
sucker.........one who suckssuede..........split leather				when...........at a specific timewet............watery
swayed.........curved; convincedsuite..........ensemble				whet...........primewhich..........selection
sweet..........sugarysummary........a statement giving only the				witch..........broomstick ridin' croneswhig...........supporter of
main points				American revolution
summery........like summersundae.........ice cream with syrup				wig............false hairpiecewhile..........during
on it				wile...........craftwhiled.........passing the time
Sunday.........first day of the weeksymbol, see:				wild...........untamedwhine..........annoying cry
cymbaltach...........short for tachometer				wine...........fermented grape juicewhined.........past tense of
tack...........small nailtacks..........small nails				whine
tax............governmental tithetail...........spinal appendage				wind...........what you do to a clockwork
tale...........storytailer.........one who hauls in on a ship's line				wined..........drank well of spiritswhirled........rapidly rotated
tailor.........one who makes clothestaper..........wedge-shaped				world..........Earthwhirred........made a whizzing or buzzing
				sound
tapir..........hoglike, Malaysian mammaltare...........allowance for				word...........one of the basic elements of
the weight of packing materials				speechwhit...........insignificant amount
tear...........to riptaught.........past tense of teach				wit............cleverness; sense of humorwhither........to which
taut...........stretched tighttea............herbal infusion				place, point, condition
tee............golfball prop				wither.........shrivel upwho's..........contraction of "who is"
ti.............musical noteteam...........a group working together				whose..........belonging to whomwhoa...........equestrian
teem...........to swarmteaming........a fortuitous pairing				directive to stop
teeming........a swarmingtear...........eyeball lubricant				woe............despairwhole, see: holewholly, see: holeywhore,
tier...........a horizontal rowteas...........more than one herbal				see: hoarwhored, see: hoardwhy............how come?
infusion				wye............the shape of the letter "Y"won, see: one
tease..........tantalize				won't..........contraction of "will not"
tees...........more than one teetenner.........English slang for a				wont...........accustomedwood...........what trees are made of
ten pound note				would..........will doworst..........least best
tenor..........tendencytense..........nervous				wurst..........sausagewrack, see: rackwrap, see:
tents..........more than one temporary sheltertern...........a				rapwrapped, see: rappedwreak, see: reekwreck, see:
shorebird				reck
terne..........alloy of lead and tin				wrest, see: restwretch, see: retchwright, see:
turn...........rotateThai...........from Thailand				rightwring, see: ringwrite, see: rightwrote, see:
tie............a drawthe............denoting persons already				rotewrought, see: rotwry, see: ryexi, see:
mentioned				psiy'all..........Southern contraction of "you all"
thee...........objective case of thoutheir..........belonging to them				yawl...........two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft
				the tilleryack...........informal talk
there..........a place				yak............long-haired Tibetan oxyew, see: ewe
they're........contraction of "they are"threw..........to propel by				yews, see: ewes
hand				yoke...........oxen harness
through........from end to endthroe..........a spasm of pain				yolk...........yellow egg centeryokes..........more than one
throw..........to discharge through the airthroes.........spasms				harness
of pain				yolks..........an omeletyore...........the past
throws.........discharging through the airthrone.........the royal				you're.........contraction of "you are"
seat				your...........belonging to youyou, see: ewe
thrown.........was hurledthyme..........herb				you'll.........contraction of "you will"
time...........natures way of keeping everything from				yule...........ChristmasAE Wise is an author on
happening at oncetic............twitch				which is a site for Writers. AE Wise has been in
tick...........small noise; parasitic bugticks..........the sounds of a				education for over 20 years.

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