A woman entered a fruit store and said to the clerk, "I want to purchase some fruit for my sick husband."
"We have some very nice sweet cherries on sale for a dollar a box," said the clerk.
She looked them over and decided to take a box. Handing them to the clerk she added, "Have they been sprayed with poison?"
Replied the clerk, "No ma’am. You will have to purchase that at the drug store."
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SIESTA n. Afternoon sleep or rest, esp. In hot countries. [spanish from latin sexta (hora) sixth hour]
SIGNAL —n. - a sign (usu. Prearranged) conveying information etc. B message of such signs. - immediate cause of action etc. (her death was a signal for hope). - a electrical impulse or impulses or radio waves transmitted as a signal. B sequence of these. - device on a railway giving instructions or warnings to train-drivers etc. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) 1 make signals. - a (often foll. By to + infin.) Make signals to; direct. B transmit or express by signal; announce. signaller n. [latin: signum sign] - attrib. Adj. Remarkable, noteworthy. signally adv. [french signale: related to *signal1]
SIGNET n. Small seal. [french or medieval latin: related to *sign]
SIGNOR n. (pl. -nori) title used of or to an italian-speaking man. [latin senior *senior]
SILAGE n. - green fodder stored in a silo. - storage in a silo. [alteration of *ensilage after silo]
SILENT adj. Not speaking; not making or accompanied by any sound. silently adv. [latin sileo be silent] - majority n. The mass of allegedly moderate people who rarely express an opinion.
SILICA gel n. Hydrated silica in a hard granular form used as a drying agent. - n. Silicon dioxide, occurring as quartz etc. And as a main constituent of sandstone and other rocks. siliceous adj. [latin silex -lic- flint]
SILKEN adj. - made of silk. - soft or lustrous.
SILVAN var. Of *sylvan.
SILVER band n. Band playing silver-plated instruments. - birch n. Common birch with silver-coloured bark. - jubilee n. 25th anniversary. - lining n. Consolation or hope in misfortune. - medal n. Medal of silver, usu. Awarded as second prize. - paper n. Aluminium foil. - plate n. Vessels, cutlery, etc., plated with silver. silver-plated adj. - sand n. Fine pure sand used in gardening. - screen n. (usu. Prec. By the) cinema films collectively. - tongue n. Eloquence. - wedding n. 25th anniversary of a wedding. - —n. - greyish-white lustrous precious metallic element. - colour of this. - silver or cupro-nickel coins. - household cutlery. - = *silver medal. —adj. Of or coloured like silver. —v. - coat or plate with silver. - provide (a mirror-glass) with a backing of tin amalgam etc. - make silvery. - turn grey or white. [old english]
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