sic

Verb · Adverb
Synonyms: set

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

  1. urge to attack someone“The owner sicked his dogs on the intruders”“the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits”Synonyms: set

Adverb (1)

  1. intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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

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
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