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SIRIUS

Volume 19 · 42 words · 1823 Edition

Astronomy, a bright star in the constellation Canis. See Astronomy, No. 453, &c.

Siret, Flavius, an eminent Roman engraver on precious stones: his Laocoon, and representations in miniature of antique statues at Rome, are very valuable and scarce. He died in 1737.