† sief Obs. rare.
Also sieff, seif.
[ad. Arab. shiyāf, f. shwf to see, to adorn oneself.]
(See quots.)
| c 1550 H. Lloyd Treas. Health F iij, Sief is a confectyon made after the fashion of a suger lofe & most be dyssoluyd in licour before it be receiuid. 1656 Ridgley Pract. Physick 128 The Collirium or Sieff that follows, is useful. [1704 J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Collyrium, is an oblong or round Tablet or Trochisk, used formerly in Distempers of the Eyes; and was then called by the Arabian Name of Seif or Sief.] |