sipos

The whole were fastened together with what the Spaniards call sipos, or creepers, which make a very tolerable rope for such a purpose.

In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Here and there, when we coasted along by the bank, we had a glimpse into the deeper forest, with its drapery of lianas and various creeping vines, and its parasitic sipos twining close around the trunks, or swinging themselves from branch to branch like loose cordage.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Various

He uses the sipos simply as a kind of marker on the abacus.

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

These [. g] ob [= a] r "caracteres" include the sipos (zero),

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

Chasles (_Comptes rendus_, t. 16, 1843, pp. 1393, 1408) calls attention to the fact that Radulph did not know how to use the zero, and he doubts if the sipos was really identical with it.

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

Radulph says: "... figuram, cui sipos nomen est [symbol] in motum rotulae formatam nullius numeri significatione inscribi solere praediximus," and thereafter uses _rotula_.

The Hindu-Arabic Numerals David Eugene Smith 1902

Below, the tree trunks were everywhere linked together by sipos; the woody flexible stems of climbing and creeping trees, whose foliage is far away above, mingled with that of the taller independent trees.

The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873

He sees fragments of cut _sipos_ and bits of raw-hide thong -- the overplus left after packing.

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

He it was who came forth from the _sumac_ grove wounded by Halberger's bullet, and the wound has proved fatal; this accounting for the pieces of _sipos_ seen at their camping-place.

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

One of the most curious features in a Brazilian forest is the vegetable cordage, or _sipos_, which hang down from every branch, like slack ropes from the rigging of a ship.

A Voyage round the World A book for boys William Henry Giles Kingston 1847