To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
sik'[.e]r, adj. (Scot.) sure, certain, firm.--adv. (Spens.) surely, certainly--also SICC'AR.--n. SICK'ERNESS (Spens.), the state of being sicker or certain. [A.S. siker--L. securus; Ger. sicher.]