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To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

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  1. v. i. To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
  2. a. Alt. of Siker
  3. adv. Alt. of Siker
  4. To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Also written sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.] [Prov. Eng.] Sure; certain; trusty. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Burns. When he is siker of his good name. Chaucer. Surely; certainly. [Obs.] Believe this as siker as your creed. Chaucer. Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well. Spenser.
  5. To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack. [Alsowritten sigger, zigger, and zifhyr.] [Prov. Eng.]
  6. a affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function s feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit s affected with madness or insanity s having a strong distaste from surfeit s (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble s deeply affected by a strong feeling s shockingly repellent; inspiring horror