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Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Sicker

/sĭk'-ẽr/ · Sick·er · IPA /ˈsɪkɚ/
01 v. i. To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
  1. 1.
    To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.(Mining) [Prov. Eng.]
02 a. Sure; certain; trusty.
  1. 1.
    Sure; certain; trusty.[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
    “When he is siker of his good name.” — Chaucer.
03 adv. Surely; certainly.
  1. 1.
    Surely; certainly.[Obs.]
    “Believe this as siker as your creed.” — Chaucer.
    “Sicker, Willye, thou warnest well.” — Spenser.