Which Witch is Which? Part V: S-Y

sachet.........a small bag containing perfumed powder				flow of oceans
sashay.........to strut or flouncesacks..........bags				tied...........passed tense of tietighten........to make tighter
sax............short for saxophonesail...........wind powered				titan..........a gianttimber.........wood for building
water travel				timbre.........musical qualitytire...........round, rubber things on
sale...........the act of sellingsane...........mentally normal				your car
seine..........fishing netsaner..........more mentally normal than				tyer...........one who tiesto.............toward
others				too............also
seiner.........one who fishes with a netsaver..........one who				two............a coupletoad...........frog
saves				toed...........having toes
savor..........to relish a tastesawed..........cut timber				towed..........pulled aheadtocsin.........an alarm
sod............turfscene..........visual location				toxin..........a poisontocsins........more than one alarm
seen...........past tense of sawscent, see: centscents,				toxins.........more than one poisonstoe............forepart of
see: centsscull..........rowing motion				the foot
skull..........head bonesea............ocean				tow............to pull aheadtold...........what was spoken
see............to lookseal...........to close				tolled.........a bell was rungtole...........lacquered metalware
seel...........to close someone's eyessealing, see:				toll...........a tax or chargeton............2000 lbs.
ceilingseam...........row of stitches				Tun............a large casktongue.........mouth muscle
seem...........appearsseamen.........sailors				tung...........Chinese tree and its oil(similar to
semen..........male dischargeseams..........more than one				linseed)toon...........cartoon personality
rows of stitching				tune...........songtort...........a sweet cake for lawyers
seems..........it appears to besear...........scorched				torte..........a sweet multi-layered caketough..........difficult
seer...........a person who sees				tuff...........a stratified, porous rocktracked........having
sear, see: cereseas...........oceans				tracks
sees...........looks				tract..........a plot of landtray...........a platter
seize..........to grabsects..........religious factions				trey...........threetroop..........a company of soldiers
sex............if you have to ask, you're too youngseed,				troupe.........a company of actorstrooper........a private
see: cedeseeder, see: cedarseeding, see:				soldier
cedingseek...........to look for				trouper........a staunch colleague or
Sikh...........Hindu religious sectseer, see: ceresell, see:				actortroopers.......several soldiers
cellseller, see: cellarsense, see: centssenses, see:				troupers.......multiple actors, or alliestrussed........tied up
censussensor, see: censersent, see: centsere, see:				trust..........faithUnix, see: eunuchsURL, see: earlurn, see:
cereserf...........slave				earnuse, see: ewesvain...........worthless
surf...........breaking wavesserge..........strong twilled fabric				vane...........flat piece moving with the air
surge..........forceful pushserial, see: cerealseries, see:				vein...........blood vesselvale...........valley
Ceressession, see: cessionsew............needle and thread				veil...........gauzy fabric, fabric coveringvary...........to change
so.............in the manner shown
sol............musical note				very...........extremelyverses.........paragraphs
sow............broadcasting seedssewer..........one who sews				versus.........againstvial...........narrow glass container
sower..........one who sowssewer..........waste drain				vile...........despicable
suer...........one who suesshake..........vibrate				viol...........stringed instrumentvice...........bad habit
sheik..........Arab princeshall..........is allowed				vise...........bench-mounted clampWACs...........members of
shell..........aquatic exoskeletonshe'll.........contraction of "she				the Women's Army Corps
will"				wax............candle stuff
shill..........a decoyshear..........to cut or wrench				whacks.........several blowswade...........walk in shallow
sheer..........thin; abrupt turnshears.........cuts or wrenches;				water
scissors				weighed........past tense of weighwail...........a cry
sheers.........abruptly turnssheave.........pulley				wale...........welt; corduroy ridge
shiv...........knifeshoe...........footwear				whale..........large oceanic mammalwain...........a wagon
shoo..........."go away"shoes..........more than one shoe				wane...........decrease
shoos..........sends awayshoot, see: chutesic............to set				Wayne..........a man's namewaist..........between ribs and
upon				hips
sick...........illsics...........sets upon				waste..........make ill use ofwait...........remain in readiness
six............whole numberside...........lateral				weight.........an amount of heavinesswaive..........give up
sighed.........breathed sorrowfullysigh, see:				rights
psisighs..........multiple sad and weary breaths				wave...........undulating motionwaiver.........contract for
size...........magnitudesight, see: citesighted, see:				giving up rights
citedsights, see: citessign...........displayed board bearing				waver..........rocking motionWales..........Western division of
information				UK
sine...........reciprocal of the cosecantsignet, see:				wales..........corduroy ridges
cygnetsink...........to submerge				whales.........a pod of ocean
synch..........together in timeSioux..........tribe of native				mammalswalk...........perambulate
Americans				wok............Chinese cooking panwalks..........moves by foot
sou............French coin worth five centimes				woks...........plural form of wokwant...........desire
sough..........soft sound				wont...........accustomedwar............large scale armed
sue............bring civil actionsite, see: citesited, see:				conflict
citedsites, see: citesslay...........kill				wore...........past tense of wearware...........merchandise
sleigh.........snow carriagesleight........cunning skill				wear...........attire
slight.........not muchslew...........past tense of slay				where..........a placewarn...........to advise of a hazard
slough.........bog				worn...........displaying evidence of usewarrantee......one
slue...........to swing aroundsloe...........blackthorn berries				who is protected by a guarantee
slow...........not fastsoar...........fly				warranty.......a guaranteewarship........naval implement of
sore...........hurtsoared.........to have sailed through the air				destruction
sword..........long fighting bladesolace.........comfort				worship........revere in a religious
soulless.......lacking a soulsole...........only				mannerwary...........cautious
soul...........immortal part of a personsome...........a few				wherry.........light row boatway............path or direction
sum............result of additionson............male child				weigh..........to measure weight
sun............starsonny..........diminutive for male child				whey...........watery part of milkwe.............first person plural
sunny..........lit by the sunsoot...........black residue of
burning				wee............very smallwe'd...........contraction of "we would"
suit...........clothessordid.........squalid				weed...........like how our flowers won't
sorted.........arrangedspade..........shovel				growwe'll..........contraction of "we will"
spayed.........to sterilize a female animalspoor..........trail of				wheel..........what we keep
an animal				reinventingwe're..........contraction of "we are"
spore..........single cell reproductive bodystaid..........reserved				weir...........a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching
				fishwe're..........contraction of "we are"
stayed.........remainedstair..........a step				were...........past tense plural of "to be"
stare..........look intentlystake..........wooden pole				whir...........prolonged swish or buzzwe've..........contraction
steak..........slice of meatstatice........an astringent herb				of "we have"
status.........position with regard to lawstationary.....not				weave..........to make clothweak...........not strong
moving				week...........seven daysweal...........a skin welt
stationery.....writing papersteal..........take unlawfully				wheel..........what we in Silicon Valley continually
steel..........iron alloystep...........a measure taken				reinventweald..........a rural area
steppe.........a level, grassy, unforested				wheeled........having wheels
plainstile..........narrow passage				wield..........to apply or useweather........meteorological
style..........modestoop..........a small porch				conditions
stoup..........a drinking cupstorey.........the horizontal				wether.........a castrated ram
divisions of a building				whether........if it be the caseweld...........to join metal by
story..........a narrative talestraight.......not crooked				melting its edges
strait.........narrow waterwaysuccor.........relief				welled.........pouring forthwen............a benign skin tumor
sucker.........one who suckssuede..........split leather				when...........at a specific timewet............watery
swayed.........curved; convincedsuite..........ensemble				whet...........primewhich..........selection
sweet..........sugarysummary........a statement giving only				witch..........broomstick ridin' croneswhig...........supporter of
the main points				American revolution
summery........like summersundae.........ice cream with				wig............false hairpiecewhile..........during
syrup on it				wile...........craftwhiled.........passing the time
Sunday.........first day of the weeksymbol, see:				wild...........untamedwhine..........annoying cry
cymbaltach...........short for tachometer				wine...........fermented grape juicewhined.........past tense
tack...........small nailtacks..........small nails				of whine
tax............governmental tithetail...........spinal appendage				wind...........what you do to a clockwork
tale...........storytailer.........one who hauls in on a ship's line				wined..........drank well of spiritswhirled........rapidly rotated
tailor.........one who makes				world..........Earthwhirred........made a whizzing or buzzing
clothestaper..........wedge-shaped				sound
tapir..........hoglike, Malaysian mammaltare...........allowance				word...........one of the basic elements of
for the weight of packing materials				speechwhit...........insignificant amount
tear...........to riptaught.........past tense of teach				wit............cleverness; sense of humorwhither........to which
taut...........stretched tighttea............herbal infusion				place, point, condition
tee............golfball prop				wither.........shrivel upwho's..........contraction of "who is"
ti.............musical noteteam...........a group working together				whose..........belonging to whomwhoa...........equestrian
teem...........to swarmteaming........a fortuitous pairing				directive to stop
teeming........a swarmingtear...........eyeball lubricant				woe............despairwhole, see: holewholly, see:
tier...........a horizontal rowteas...........more than one herbal				holeywhore, see: hoarwhored, see: hoardwhy............how
infusion				come?
tease..........tantalize				wye............the shape of the letter "Y"won, see: one
tees...........more than one teetenner.........English slang for				won't..........contraction of "will not"
a ten pound note				wont...........accustomedwood...........what trees are made
tenor..........tendencytense..........nervous				of
tents..........more than one temporary sheltertern...........a				would..........will doworst..........least best
shorebird				wurst..........sausagewrack, see: rackwrap, see:
terne..........alloy of lead and tin				rapwrapped, see: rappedwreak, see: reekwreck, see:
turn...........rotateThai...........from Thailand				reck
tie............a drawthe............denoting persons already				wrest, see: restwretch, see: retchwright, see:
mentioned				rightwring, see: ringwrite, see: rightwrote, see:
thee...........objective case of thoutheir..........belonging to				rotewrought, see: rotwry, see: ryexi, see:
them				psiy'all..........Southern contraction of "you all"
there..........a place				yawl...........two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft
they're........contraction of "they are"threw..........to propel				the tilleryack...........informal talk
by hand				yak............long-haired Tibetan oxyew, see: ewe
through........from end to endthroe..........a spasm of pain				yews, see: ewes
throw..........to discharge through the				yoke...........oxen harness
airthroes.........spasms of pain				yolk...........yellow egg centeryokes..........more than one
throws.........discharging through the airthrone.........the				harness
royal seat				yolks..........an omeletyore...........the past
thrown.........was hurledthyme..........herb				you're.........contraction of "you are"
time...........natures way of keeping everything from				your...........belonging to youyou, see: ewe
happening at oncetic............twitch				you'll.........contraction of "you will"
tick...........small noise; parasitic bugticks..........the sounds of				yule...........ChristmasAE Wise is an author on
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tics...........more than one twitchtide...........periodic ebb and				education for over 20 years.

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Which Witch is Which? Part V: S-Y

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