The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sic \Sic\, a.
   Such. [Scot.]
   [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sic \Sic\, adv. [L.]
   Thus.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic],
         to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or
         inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is
         literally reproduced.
         [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Carborundum \Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a
   trade name, from Carbon + corundum.]
   A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide (SiC),
   consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also
   called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and
   sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article
   is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and
   is used as an abrasive.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.] carborundum cloth

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sic
    adv 1: intentionally so written (used after a printed word or
           phrase)
    v 1: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the
         intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"
         [syn: sic, set]