Meanings (ES + gloss)
siseo
A sibilant sound, such as that made by a snake or escaping steam; an unvoiced fricative.
Their music frightful as the serpent’s hiss, And boding screech-owls make the concert full!
[…] over head the dismal hiss Of fiery Darts in flaming volies flew,
siseo
An expression of disapproval made using such a sound.
1716, Joseph Addison, The Free-Holder, 16 April, 1716, London: D. Midwinter and J. Tonson, pp. 203-204, The Actors, in the midst of an innocent old Play, are often startled with un…
[…] in open disputations ye haue bene openly conuict, ye haue bene openly driuen out of the schole with hisses […]
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
sisear
To move with a hissing sound.
The Troops of Troy recede with sudden Fear, While the swift Javelin hiss’d along in Air.
The arrow hissed through the air.
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