siccar
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of siccar
Middle English, from Latin sēcūrus secure
Example Sentences
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But an auld dug snaks siccar – an old dog's bite holds fast.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2010
And nowe is al Reasoun disperplyd, for lo! ther rideth out of the Weste upon usse Sir Alaine the Ladd, whych is siccar the most onnatural knight that ever was my doole to see.
From Time Magazine Archive
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Haud the horse till I win on; Haud him siccar, haud him fair, Haud him by a pickle hair.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Robert Ford
I hae brocht wi' me my silver spune," said a voice that went to my heart; "I made siccar o' my silver spoon.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Ah, said Sir Launcelot, comfort yourself; for it shall be unto us a great honour and much more than if we died in any other places, for of death we be siccar.
From Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) by Jean Froissart; Thomas Malory; Raphael Holinshed
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