Finally, giving up in despair, ses he, 'Wal, one thing I can do enyhow, I can make a siss!
"Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia"
Seba Smith
And we lost yet another of the poor little beasts, which broke its leg in the gnarled roots of a tree, before reaching the povarnia of siss, a hundred and thirty versts from Tostach.
"From Paris to New York by Land"
Harry de Windt
At siss the weather cleared, and we set out next day with renewed spirits, which the deer seemed to share, for they, too, had revelled in moss, which was plentiful around the povarnia, while, as a rule, they had to roam for several miles in search of it.
"From Paris to New York by Land"
Harry de Windt