Chinese lump silver, called sycee (fine silk), is made into ingots resembling in shape a shoe. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)
The Mexican, or chop dollar, becomes sadly depreciated after long circulation, by the clippings and innumerable marks put upon it, so that it will not pass outside of China, nor does it long remain out of the pot of the sycee melter. ❋ Various (N/A)
Ceylon they proceed to Siam, and thence to Hong-Kong, where they drop anchor in the offing, and by a special custom the cargo is sold and paid for in sycee silver before disfreighting, and the bullion is in the safe of the huge smuggler, although the opium has not yet been removed. ❋ Various (N/A)
At Kiukiang, where the vessel stopped, the lowdah and his men went ashore after receiving the gold dust and sycee shoes as their share of the plunder, while Wang, taking the junk and cargo as his portion, shipped a fresh crew and sailed on to Hankow, where he set up in business with the proceeds of his ill-gotten gains. ❋ Oliver George Ready (N/A)
The sleepy Celestial seasons had gone flowering their way to paradise, and the opium-smuggler and her sycee silver lay safe and swallowed in ribs and jowl of quicksand. ❋ Various (N/A)
Although they are cursed with as abominable a currency as any nation in the world, they do not appear to experience any great difficulty in settlements, every merchant having his balance, and weighing off the proper amount of silver, larger payments being made in sycee. ❋ Various (N/A)
The captain and purser are gloating over the sycee silver, for the Chinese government is as jealous of its exportation as of the importation of opium; and the sky and the sea are dark and angry. ❋ Various (N/A)
Repeat, word for word, as closely as you can remember, all that was told you by the sycee ❋ Various (N/A)
All preparations having been slowly completed the day for departure arrived, and Chin, with much bowing and ceremonial posturing, having wished his wife and little son adieu, embarked with Wang, taking the equivalent of five thousand dollars [2] in sycee shoes and gold-dust, and amidst valedictory fusillades of fire-crackers, as well as a beating of gongs, the flotilla cast off and sailed away down river. ❋ Oliver George Ready (N/A)
And the sodden, stupefied merchantman, as if drunk with opium, goes yelling and staggering with her sleepy drugs to the bottom, and stays there, sycee silver and all. ❋ Various (N/A)
His many tens of thousands of sycee are supposed to weigh more than youth and love. ❋ Elizabeth Cooper (1911)
Chung spoke bravely in sending this reply to Peking; but no sooner was it sent than he gathered his family and his sycee and departed for Shanghai, where he feels more sure of the protection of the foreign settlements than he does of the kindly intentions of His Excellency ❋ Elizabeth Cooper (1911)
The abbot has wailed and gone to the magistrate; but he will not interfere, as the men have many tens of thousands of sycee and quite likely will work their will. ❋ Elizabeth Cooper (1911)
But yesterday we saw the procession carrying the merchant Wong to his resting-place of sycee spent upon his funeral. ❋ Elizabeth Cooper (1911)
He also tried to have a piece of silver changed into Indian rupees, but the abbot not having any use for my sycee wanted too much discount, so the merchant himself changed it without loss to me. ❋ Unknown (1901)
Chinese society, being essentially a society organized on a credit-co-operative system, so nicely adjusted that money, either coined or fiduciary, was not wanted save for the petty daily purchases of the people, any system which boldly clutched at the financial establishments undertaking the movement of sycee ❋ Bertram Lenox Simpson (1903)
We had always carried on our persons money in the form of sycee, bullion silver ingots of various weights, and if we had been discovered that night, we intended to take to the water, and upon reaching the other bank, make our way to tents for aid. ❋ Unknown (1901)
Such documents, together with small packets of sycee, make up a tolerably valuable bag, and would often fall a prey to the highwaymen which infest many of the provinces, but that most offices anticipate these casualties by compounding for a certain annual sum which is paid regularly to the leader of the gang. ❋ Herbert Allen Giles (1890)
The next minute he had gone, taken a horse from a sycee, and in spite of the heat, cantered off to meet the party with the elephant, the air being that clear that I could see him go right up, turn his horse round, and ride gently back by the side. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)
The Bourgeois Philibert had exported largely to China the newly discovered ginseng, for which at first the people of the flowery kingdom paid, in their sycee silver, ounce for ounce. ❋ William Kirby (1861)
You would [syce] me if you went ahead [and did] me that favor.
Commonly used in this context in [Washington, DC] ❋ JayMa1280 (2007)
D-Black: My nigga Beyoncé has the most [voluptuous] ass on the planet!
G.[Sonn]ét: [Beyoncé's] butt isn't even that phat don't syce it. ❋ Giovanni S. ™ (2007)
He was so syced to [win] the [award] ❋ Brainstoner (2015)
"[Syce] [that man's] head up! Make that nigga fight!"
Which would be accomplished by....
"C'mon man; think about all the time you spent in the gym! Just cause that man's bigger than you....it's the size of the fight in the dog, not the [size of the dog in the fight]!" ❋ Hookz (2007)
Yo Tyrone, go [syce] that guy's [fitted]. It would match my Air Forces and Jersey so well.
She wouldn't give me my money back so I just [syced] that shit from her.
Cashier: "Can I take your order?"
Sycer: "[Syce] me with that fried chicken bitch." ❋ Fataytay (2009)
[I don't want to] pay for that [shirt], so I'm going to [syce] it ❋ CaptainHammer (2010)
Guy 1- "[Syce-clown], did you drink my [whiskey]?"
Guy 2- "Nawbrahs all gooddude."
Guy 1- "Then why's your face red? You wasted, and [you owe me] $30." ❋ Da Sperminator (2011)
Yo dudes, let's [syce] [out of here] before the cops [show up] ❋ CaptainHammer (2010)
Guy 1: Dude, this beer is fantastic!
Guy 2: Let me try it. *[sips] beer* Dude that’s [syce]!
Guy 1: [I know right]? ❋ Carsonian98 (2020)
guy one: daawg im soooo [syced] for [kevins] party this weekend!
guy two: breh, no one told you? Kevin got the flu.
guy one: blowwwn! You always Slice my syce [brehhh]!!!! ❋ Classyblunt (2011)
