Sustentacular Sus`ten·tac"u·lar adjective [ See
Sustenance .]
(Anat.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular tissue.
Sustentate Sus"ten·tate transitive verb To sustain. [ R.]
C. Reade.
Sustentation Sus`ten·ta"tion noun [ Latin
sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, from
sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. from
sustinere to sustain: confer French
sustentation . See
Sustain .]
1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance. 2. (Physiol.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition of weight and growth. Sustentation fund (Eccl.) ,
a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland.
Sustentative Sus"ten·ta·tive adjective Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations. Sustentative functions (Physiol.) ,
those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass.
Sustention Sus·ten"tion noun Sustentation. [ R. or Colloq.]
In fine images, in sustention , in irony, they surpass anything that Burke ever wrote.
J. Morley.
Suster, Sustre Sus"ter, Sus"tre noun ;
plural Susters Sustres , or
Sustren Sister. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. There are seven sustren , that serve truth ever.
Piers Plowman.
Susu Su"su noun (Zoology) See Soosoo .
Susurrant Su·sur"rant adjective [ Latin
susurrans , present participle from
susurrare to whisper.]
Whispering. [ R.] "The soft
susurrant sigh."
Poetry of Anti-Jacobin.
Susurration Su`sur·ra"tion noun [ Latin
susurratio , from
susurrare to whisper: confer French
susurration .]
A whispering; a soft murmur. "Soft
susurrations of the trees."
Howell.
Susurringly Su·sur"ring·ly adverb In the manner of a whisper. [ Obsolete]
Susurrous Su·sur"rous adjective [ Latin
susurrus .]
Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds. [ R.]
Susurrus Su·sur"rus noun [ Latin ]
The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur. De Quincey. The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
Longfellow.
Sutile Su"tile adjective [ Latin
sutilis , from
suere to sew: confer French
sutile .]
Done by stitching. [ R.]
Boswell.
Sutler Sut"ler noun [ Dutch
zoetelaar , OD.
soetelaar , a small trader, especially in camps, from
soetelen to undertake low offices; confer German
sudeln to do dirty work, to sully, soil, English
suds .]
A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.
Sutlership Sut"ler·ship noun The condition or occupation of a sutler.
Sutling Sut"ling adjective Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler. Addison.
Sutor Su"tor noun A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus ).
Sutra Su"tra noun ;
plural Sutras . [ Sanskrit
s...tra a thread, a string of rules; an aphorism; from
siv to sew.]
1. (a) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule. (b) A collection of such aphorisms. 2. plural A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar, meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the Vedic and later Sanscrit literature. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Suttee Sut·tee" noun [ Sanskrit
satī a faithful wife, fem. of
sant existing, real, true, good, present participle of
as to be. Confer
Sooth .]
1. A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character. [ India]
2. The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband. [ India] » The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829, is not wholly prevented.
Sutteeism Sut·tee"ism noun The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.
Suttle Sut"tle noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
(Com.) The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. M...Culloch.
Suttle Sut"tle intransitive verb [ See
Sutler .]
To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
Sutural Su"tur·al adjective [ Confer French
sutural , New Latin
suturals .]
1. Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam. 2. (Botany) Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de...iscence.
Suturally Su"tur·al·ly adverb In a sutural manner.
Suturated Su"tur·a`ted adjective Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.
Suture Su"ture noun [ Latin
sutura , from
suere ,
sutum , to sew or stitch: confer French
suture . See
Sew to unite with thread.]
1. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam. 2. (Surg.) (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. (b) The stitch by which the parts are united. 3. (Anat.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture , under Harmonic . 4. (Botany) (a) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. (b) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib. 5. (Zoology) (a) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent. (b) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. Glover's suture ,
Harmonic suture ,
etc. See under Glover , Harmonic , etc.
Sutured Su"tured adjective Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.
Suwarrow Su·war"row noun (Botany) The giant cactus ( Cereus giganteus ); -- so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro .
Suzerain Su"ze·rain noun [ French, formed from
sus above, Latin
susum ,
sursum (fr.
sub under +
versum , past participle of
vertere to turn), after the analogy of
souverain , English
sovereign . See
Sub- , and
Verse .]
A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount.
Suzerainty Su"ze·rain·ty noun [ French
suzeraineté .]
The dominion or authority of a suzerain; paramount authority.
Swa Swa (swä)
adverb [ See
So .]
So. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Swab Swab transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Swabbed ;
present participle & verbal noun Swabbing .] [ See
Swabber ,
noun ]
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship. [ Spelt also
swob .]
Swab Swab noun [ Written also
swob .]
1. A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads. 2. A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc. 3. (Nautical) An epaulet. [ Sailor's Slang]
Marryat. 4. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [ Obsolete]
Bailey. 5. A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
Swabber Swab"ber transitive verb To swab. [ R.]
Swabber Swab"ber noun [ Dutch
zwabber ; confer Dutch
zwabberen to swab, German
schwabbern , Danish
svabre , Swedish
svab a swab,
svabla to swab.]
1. One who swabs a floor or desk. Shak. 2. (Nautical) Formerly, an interior officer on board of British ships of war, whose business it was to see that the ship was kept clean. 3. Same as Swobber , 2.
Swad Swad noun [ Probably from Anglo-Saxon
swe...ian to bind.] [ Written also
swod .]
1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [ Prov. Eng.]
Swad , in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow.
Blount. 2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] "Country swains, and silly
swads ."
Greene. There was one busy fellow was their leader,
A blunt, squat swad , but lower than yourself.
B. Jonson. 3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [ Low, U.S.]
4. (Coal Mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.
Swaddle Swad"dle noun [ Anglo-Saxon
swe...il ,
swe...el , from
swe...ain to bind. See
Swathe .]
Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band. They put me in bed in all my swaddles.
Addison.
Swaddle Swad"dle transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Swaddled ;
present participle & verbal noun Swaddling .]
1. To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby. They swaddled me up in my nightgown with long pieces of linen.
Addison. 2. To beat; to cudgel. [ Obsolete]
Hudibras.
Swaddlebill Swad"dle·bill` noun (Zoology) The shoveler. [ Local, U.S.]
Swaddler Swad"dler noun A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist. Shipley.
Swaddling Swad"dling adjective & noun from Swaddle , v. Swaddling band ,
Swaddling cloth , or
Swaddling clout ,
a band or cloth wrapped round an infant, especially round a newborn infant. Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes , lying in a manger.
Luke ii. 12.
Swag Swag intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Swagged ;
present participle & verbal noun Swagging .] [ Confer Icelandic
sveggja ,
sveigja to bend, to sway, Norw.
svaga to sway. See
Sway .]
1. To hang or move, as something loose and heavy; to sway; to swing. [ Prov. Eng.]
2. To sink down by its weight; to sag. Sir H. Wotton. I swag as a fat person's belly swaggeth as he goeth.
Palsgrave.
Swag Swag noun 1. A swaying, irregular motion. 2. A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [ Cant or Slang]
Charles Reade.
Swag Swag intransitive verb To tramp carrying a swag. [ Australia]
Swag Swag noun [ Australia]
(a) A tramping bushman's luggage, rolled up either in canvas or in a blanket so as to form a long bundle, and carried on the back or over the shoulder; -- called also a bluey , or a drum . (b) Any bundle of luggage similarly rolled up; hence, luggage in general. He tramped for years till the swag he bore seemed part of himself.
Lawson.
Swag-bellied Swag"-bel`lied adjective Having a prominent, overhanging belly. Shak.
Swagbelly Swag"bel`ly noun 1. A prominent, overhanging belly. Smollett. 2. (Medicine) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous. Dunglison.
Swage Swage transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Swaged ;
present participle & verbal noun Swaging .] [ Equiv. to
suage , abbrev. from
assuage .]
See Assuage . [ Obsolete]
Swage Swage noun A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge. Swage block ,
a perforated block of iron, having grooved sides and adapted for use in heading bolts and swaging objects of large size.
Swage Swage transitive verb To shape by means of a swage; to fashion, as a piece of iron, by forcing it into a groove or mold having the required shape.
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