Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter S > Page 231 of 266. « Previous ¦223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 ¦ Next » Sucker Suck"er (sŭk"ẽr) noun They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker , no branch.Fuller. Sucker Suck"er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Suckered ; present participle & verbal noun Suckering .] To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.
Sucker Suck"er intransitive verb To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.
Sucker State Suck"er State Illinois; -- a nickname.
Sucket Suck"et noun [ Confer Suck , transitive verb , Succades .] A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel. Jer. Taylor.
Suckfish Suck"fish` noun (Zoology) A sucker fish.
Sucking Suck"ing adjective Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing.Thackeray. Sucking bottle , Suckle Suc"kle noun A teat. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Herbert.
Suckle Suc"kle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Suckled ; present participle & verbal noun Suckling .] [ Freq. of suck .] To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. Addison. The breasts of HecubaShak. They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom.Landor. Suckle Suc"kle intransitive verb To nurse; to suck. [ R.]
Suckler Suc"kler noun (Zoology) An animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
Suckling Suck"ling noun [ Middle English sokeling . See Suck , transitive verb ] Sucrate Su"crate noun (Chemistry) A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate .
Sucre Su"cre noun A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.
Sucrose Su"crose` noun [ French sucre sugar. See Sugar .] (Chemistry) A common variety of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called also saccharose , cane sugar , etc. By extension, any one of the class of isomeric substances (as lactose , maltose , etc.) of which sucrose proper is the type. » Sucrose proper is a dextrorotatory carbohydrate, C 12 H 22 O 11 . It does not reduce Fehling's solution, and though not directly fermentable, yet on standing with yeast it is changed by the diastase present to invert sugar ( dextrose and levulose ), which then breaks down to alcohol and carbon dioxide. It is also decomposed to invert sugar by heating with acids, whence it is also called a disaccharate . Sucrose possesses at once the properties of an alcohol and a ketone, and also forms compounds (called sucrates ) analogous to salts. Confer Sugar .
Suction Suc"tion noun [ Latin sugere , suctum , to suck; confer Old French suction . See Suck , transitive verb ] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction chamber , Suctoria Suc·to"ri·a noun plural [ New Latin See Suction .] (Zoology) Suctorial Suc·to"ri·al adjective [ Latin sugere , suctum , to suck.] Suctorian Suc·to"ri·an noun Suctorious Suc·to"ri·ous adjective Suctorial. [ R.]
Sudamina Su·dam"i·na noun pl , sing. Sudarium Su·da"ri·um noun [ Latin , a handkerchief.] (Eccl.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.
Sudary Su"da·ry noun [ Latin sudarium , from sudare to sweat. See Sweat .] A napkin or handkerchief. [ Obsolete or R.] Wyclif. R. Browning.
Sudation Su·da"tion noun [ Latin sudatio , from sudare to sweat: confer French sudation .] A sweating. [ Obsolete]
Sudatorium Su`da·to"ri·um noun ; plural Sudatory Su"da·to·ry adjective [ Latin sudatorius , from sudare to sweat: confer French sudatoire . See Sweat .] Sweating; perspiring.
Sudatory Su"da·to·ry noun ; plural These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities.Evelyn. Sudd Sudd (sŭd) noun [ Arabic sadd barrier.] A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation. [ Central Africa]
Sudden Sud"den adjective [ Middle English sodian , sodein , Old French sodain , sudain , French soudain , Latin subitaneus , from subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, past participle of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue , and confer Subitaneous .] Sudden fear troubleth thee.Job xxii. 10. Never was such a sudden scholar made.Shak. The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye.Milton. Sudden Sud"den adverb Suddenly; unexpectedly. [ R.] Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered.Milton. Sudden Sud"den noun An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. All of a sudden , On a sudden , Of a sudden , How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost!Milton. He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden .Thackeray. Suddenty Sud"den·ty noun [ Confer French soudaineté .] Suddenness; a sudden. [ Scot.] On a suddenty , Sudoral Su"dor·al adjective [ Latin sudor .] Of or pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions.
Sudoriferous Su`dor·if"er·ous adjective [ Latin sudor sweat + -ferous .] (Physiol.) Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous. Sudoriferous glands (Anat.) , Sudorific Su`dor·if"ic adjective [ Latin sudor sweat (akin to English sweat ) + facere to make.] Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs. -- noun A sudorific medicine. Confer Diaphoretic .
Sudoriparous Su`dor·ip"a·rous adjective [ Latin sudor sweat + parere to produce.] (Physiol.) Same as Sudoriferous .
Sudorous Su"dor·ous adjective [ Latin sudorus , from sudor sweat.] Consisting of sweat. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.
Sudra Su"dra noun [ Sanskrit ç...dra .] The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste . [ Written also Soorah , Soodra , and Sooder .]
Suds Suds noun plural [ Akin to sodden , seethe . See Seethe .] Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth. In the suds , Sue Sue transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Sued ; present participle & verbal noun Suing .] [ Middle English suen , sewen , siwen , Old French sivre (pres.ind. 3d sing. il siut , suit , he follows, nous sevons we follow), Late Latin sequere , for Latin sequi , secutus ; akin to Greek ..., Sanskrit sac to accompany, and probably to English see , v.t. See See , transitive verb , and confer Consequence , Ensue , Execute , Obsequious , Pursue , Second , Sect in religion, Sequence , Suit .] For yet there was no man that haddle him sued .Chaucer. I was beloved of many a gentle knight,Spenser. Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me.Tennyson. Sue Sue intransitive verb By adverse destiny constrained to suePope. Cæsar came to Rome to sue for the double honor of a triumph and the consulship.C. Middleton. The Indians were defeated and sued for peace.Jefferson. Suède Suède (swad or swâd) noun [ French, Sweden.] Swedish glove leather, -- usually made from lambskins tanned with willow bark. Also used adjectively; as, suède gloves.
Suent Su"ent adjective Uniformly or evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. See Suant . Thoreau.
Suently Su"ent·ly adverb Evenly; smoothly.
Suer Su"er noun One who sues; a suitor.
Suet Su"et noun [ Middle English suet , dim. from Old French seu , suif , French suif , Latin sebum . Confer Soap , Sebaceous .] The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.
Suety Su"et·y adjective Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.
Suf- Suf- A form of the prefix Sub- .
Suffer Suf"fer transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Suffered ; present participle & verbal noun Suffering .] [ Middle English suffren , soffren , Old French sufrir , sofrir , French souffrir , (assumed) Late Latin sofferire , for Latin sufferre ; sub under + ferre to bear, akin to English bear . See Bear to support.] Our spirit and strength entire,Milton. If your more ponderous and settled projectShak. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.Lev. xix. 17. I suffer them to enter and possess.Milton. Syn. -- To permit; bear; endure; support; sustain; allow; admit; tolerate. See Permit . Suffer Suf"fer intransitive verb O well for him whose will is strong!Tennyson. The father was first condemned to suffer upon a day appointed, and the son afterwards the day following.Clarendon. Public business suffers by private infirmities.Sir W. Temple.
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