Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Sier’ra (3 syl., Spanish, a saw).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Sier’ra (3 syl., Spanish, a saw).*

A mountain whose top is indented like a saw; a range of mountains whose tops form a saw-like appearance; a line of craggy rocks; as Sierra More’na (where many of the incidents in Don Quixote are laid). Sierra Neva’da (the snowy range), Sierra Leo’ne (in West Africa, where lions abound), etc.	1

Sien’na (3 syl.).

Sies’ta (3 syl.)

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