Defn: Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts. [R.] — Sub*sul"to*ri*ly, adv. [R.] Flippancy opposed to solemnity, the subsultory to the continuous, — these are the two frequent extremities to which the French manner betrays men. De Quincey.
SUBSULTUSSub*sul"tus, n. Etym: [NL. See Subsultory.] (Med.)
Defn: A starting, twitching, or convulsive motion.
SUBSUMABLESub*sum"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being subsumed. J. B. Stallo.
SUBSUMESub*sume", v. t. Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. sumere to take.]
Defn: To take up into or under, as individual under species, species under genus, or particular under universal; to place (any one cognition) under another as belonging to it; to include under something else. To subsume one proposition under another. De Quincey. A principle under which one might subsume men's most strenuous efforts after righteousness. W. Pater.
SUBSUMPTIONSub*sump"tion, n.
1. The act of subsuming, or of including under another. The first act of consciousness was a subsumption of that of which we were conscious under this notion. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. That which is subsumed, as the minor clause or premise of a syllogism. But whether you see cause to go against the rule, or the subsumption under the rule. De Quincey.
SUBSUMPTIVESub*sump"tive, a.
Defn: Relating to, or containing, a subsumption. Coleridge.
SUBTANGENTSub*tan"gent, n. (Geom.)
Defn: The part of the axis contained between the ordinate and tangent drawn to the same point in a curve.
SUBTARTAREANSub`tar*ta"re*an, a.
Defn: Being or living under Tartarus; infernal. "Subtartarean powers." Pope.
SUBTECTACLESub*tec"ta*cle, n. Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. tectum a roof.]
Defn: A space under a roof; a tabernacle; a dwelling. [Obs.] Davies(Holy Roode).
SUBTEGULANEOUS Sub*teg`u*la"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. subtegulaneus; sub under + tegulare tiles for a roof.]
Defn: Under the roof or eaves; within doors. [R.]
SUBTENANTSub*ten"ant, n. (Law)
Defn: One who rents a tenement, or land, etc., of one who is also a tenant; an undertenant.
SUBTENDSub*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtended; p. pr. & vb. n.Subtending.] Etym: [L. subtendere; sub under + tendere to stretch,extend. See Tend.]
Defn: To extend under, or be opposed to; as, the line of a triangle which subtends the right angle; the chord subtends an arc.
SUBTENSE Sub*tense", n. Etym: [L. subtendere, subtentum. See Subtend, Tense, a.] (Geom.)
Defn: A line subtending, or stretching across; a chord; as, the subtense of an arc.
SUBTEPIDSub*tep"id, a.
Defn: Slightly tepid.
SUBTERETESub`te*rete", a.
Defn: Somewhat terete.
SUBTERFLUENT; SUBTERFLUOUS Sub*ter"flu*ent, Sub*ter"flu*ous, a. Etym: [L. subterfluens, p.pr. of subterfluere to flow beneath; subter under + fluere to flow.]
Defn: Running under or beneath. [R.]
SUBTERFUGE Sub"ter*fuge, n. Etym: [F., from LL. subterfugium, fr. L. subterfugere to flee secretly, to escape; subter under + fugere to flee. See Fugitive.]
Defn: That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of an argument. I. Watts. By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory. Burke.
SUBTERRANESub"ter*rane, n. Etym: [Cf. L. subterraneum, F. souterrain. SeeSubterranean.]
Defn: A cave or room under ground. [R.] J. Bryant.
SUBTERRANEALSub`ter*ra"ne*al, a.
Defn: Subterranean. [Obs.]
SUBTERRANEAN; SUBTERRANEOUS Sub`ter*ra"ne*an, Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. subterraneus; sub under + terra earth. See Terrace.]
Defn: Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated withinthe earth, or under ground; as, subterranean springs; a subterraneouspassage.— Sub`ter*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
SUBTERRANITYSub`ter*ran"i*ty, n.
Defn: A place under ground; a subterrany. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
SUBTERRANYSub"ter*ra*ny, a.
Defn: Subterranean. [Obs.] Bacon.— n.
Defn: A subterranean place. [Obs.]
SUBTERRENESub`ter*rene", a. Etym: [L. subterrenus, equiv. to subterraneus.]
Defn: Subterraneous. [Obs.]
SUBTERRESTRIALSub`ter*res"tri*al, a.
Defn: Subterranean.
SUBTHALAMICSub`tha*lam"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated under the optic thalamus.
SUBTILESub"tile, a. Etym: [L. subtilis. See Subtile.]
1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.
2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile] twine's thread." Chaucer. More subtile web Arachne can not spin. Spenser. I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face. Sir J. Davies.
3. Acute; piercing; searching. The slow disease and subtile pain. Prior.
5. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle. [In this sense now commonly written subtle.] The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtile, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humor and so little wit in their literature. The genius of the Italians, on the contrary, is acute, profound, and sensual, but not subtile; hence what they think to be humorous, is merely witty. Coleridge. The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's. Hawthorne.
5. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme. [In this sense now commonly written subtle.]
Syn. — Subtile, Acute. In acute the image is that of a needle's point; in subtile that of a thread spun out to fineness. The acute intellect pierces to its aim; the subtile (or subtle) intellect winds its way through obstacles. — Sub"tile*ly, adv. — Sub"tile*ness, n.
SUBTILIATESub*til"i*ate, v. t. Etym: [LL. subtiliare.]
Defn: To make thin or rare. [Obs.] Harvey.— Sub`til*i*a"tion, n. [Obs.] Boyle.
SUBTILISMSub"til*ism, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.The high orthodox subtilism of Duns Scotus. Milman.
SUBTILITYSub*til"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. subtilitas: cf. F. subtilité. See Subtle.]
Defn: Subtilty. [R.]
SUBTILIZATIONSub`til*i*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. subtilization.]
1. The act of making subtile.
2. (Old Chem.)
Defn: The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.
3. Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.
SUBTILIZESub"til*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtilized; p. pr. & vb. n.Subtilizing.] Etym: [L. subtiliser.]
1. To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
2. To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments. Nor as yet have we subtilized ourselves into savages. Burke.
SUBTILIZESub"til*ize, v. i.
Defn: To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions. Milner.
SUBTILIZERSub"til*i`zer, n.
Defn: One who subtilizes.
SUBTILTYSub"til*ty, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. subtility.]
1. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light.
2. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much subtility in nice divisions. Locke.
3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.] To learn a lewd man this subtility. Chaucer.
4. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. O full of all subtility and all mischief. Acts xiii. 10.
Note: In senses 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written subtlety.
SUBTLE Sub"tle, a. [Compar. Subtler; superl. Subtlest.] Etym: [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See Text, and cf. Subtile.]
1. Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; — applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. "A subtle traitor." Shak.
2. Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
3. Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; — said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; — said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive. Things remote from use, obscure and subtle. Milton.
4. Smooth and deceptive. [Obs.] Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [bowling ground]. Shak.
Syn. — Artful; crafty; cunning; shrewd; sly; wily. Subtle is the most comprehensive of these epithets and implies the finest intellectual quality. See Shrewd, and Cunning.
SUBTLENESSSub"tle*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
SUBTLETY Sub"tle*ty, n.; pl. Subtleties. Etym: [OE. sotelte, sutilte, OF. sotillete, L. subtilitas. See Subtle, and cf. Subtility.]
1. The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness. The fox which lives by subtlety. Shak.
2. Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.
3. Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive. Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. Shak.
SUBTLYSub"tly, adv.
Defn: In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.Thou seest how subtly to detain thee I devise. Milton.
2. Nicely; delicately.In the nice bee what sense so subtly true. Pope.Subtly communicating itself to my sensibilities, but evading theanalysis of my mind. Hawthorne.
3. Deceitfully; delusively. [Obs.] Shak.
SUBTONICSub*ton"ic, a. (Phonetics)
Defn: Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; — a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§155, 199-202.
SUBTONICSub*ton"ic, n.
1. (Phonetics)
Defn: A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
2. (Mus.)
Defn: The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; — called also subsemitone.
SUBTORRIDSub*tor"rid, a.
Defn: Nearly torrid.
SUBTRACT Sub*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subtracting.] Etym: [L. subtractus, p.p. of subtrahere to draw from beneath, withdraw, remove; sub under + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Substract.]
Defn: To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole; to deduct; as, subtract 5 from 9, and the remainder is 4.
SUBTRACTERSub*tract"er, n.
1. One who subtracts.
2. The subtrahend. [Obs.]
SUBTRACTION Sub*trac"tion, n. Etym: [L. subtractio a drawing back. See Subtract, and cf. Substraction.]
1. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.
2. (Math.)
Defn: The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.
3. (Law)
Defn: The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.
Note: Thus the subtraction of conjugal rights is when either the husband or wife withdraws from the other and lives separate without sufficient reason. The subtraction of a legacy is the withholding or detailing of it from the legatee by the executor. In like manner, the withholding of any service, rent, duty, or custom, is a subtraction, for which the law gives a remedy. Blackstone.
SUBTRACTIVESub*trac"tive, a.
1. Tending, or having power, to subtract.
2. (Math.)
Defn: Having the negative sign, or sign minus.
SUBTRAHEND Sub"tra*hend`, n. Etym: [L. subtrahendus that is to be subtracted, p.fut.pess. of subtrahere. See Subtract.] (Math.)
Defn: The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another.
SUBTRANSLUCENTSub`trans*lu"cent, a.
Defn: Not perfectly translucent.
SUBTRANSPARENTSub`trans*pa"rent, a.
Defn: Not perfectly transparent.
SUBTREASURERSub*treas"ur*er, n.
Defn: The public officer who has charge of a subtreasury. [U. S.]
SUBTREASURYSub*treas"ur*y, n.; pl. Subtreasuries (.
Defn: A subordinate treasury, or place of deposit; as, the UnitedStates subtreasury at New York. [U. S.]
SUBTRIANGULARSub`tri*an"gu*lar, a.
Defn: Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular. Darwin.
SUBTRIBESub"tribe`, n. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of a tribe; a group of genera of a little lower rank than a tribe.
SUBTRIHEDRALSub`tri*he"dral, a.
Defn: Approaching the form of a three-sided pyramid; as, the subtrihedral crown of a tooth. Owen.
SUBTRIPLESub*tri"ple, a. (Math.)
Defn: Containing a third, or one part to three. Bp. Wilkins.
SUBTRIPLICATESub*trip"li*cate, a. (Math.)
Defn: Expressed by the cube root; — said especially of ratios. Subtriplicate ratio, the ratio of the cube root; thus, the subtriplicate ratio of a to b is cube roota to cube rootb, or cube roota/b.
SUBTROPICALSub*trop"ic*al, a.
Defn: Nearly tropical.
SUBTRUDESub*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subtruded; p. pr. & vb. n.Subtruding.] Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. trudere to thrust.]
Defn: To place under; to insert. [R.]
SUBTURRICULATESub`tur*ric"u*late, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Somewhat turriculate.
SUBTUTORSub*tu"tor, n.
Defn: An under tutor.
SUBTYPICALSub*typ"ic*al, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant.
SUBULATE; SUBULATED Su"bu*late, Su"bu*la`ted, a. Etym: [NL. subulatus, fr. L. subula an awl.]
Defn: Very narrow, and tapering gradually to a fine point from a broadish base; awl-shaped; linear.
SUBULICORNES Su`bu*li*cor"nes, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from L. subula an awl + cornu horn.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A division of insects having slender or subulate antennæ. The dragon flies and May flies are examples.
SUBULIFORMSu"bu*li*form, a.
Defn: Subulate.
SUBULIPALPSu"bu*li*palp`, n. Etym: [L. subula an awl + E. palp.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi.
SUBUMBONALSub`um*bo"nal, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.
SUBUMBRELLASub`um*brel"la, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish.
SUBUNDATIONSub`un*da"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. unda a wave.]
Defn: A flood; a deluge. [Obs.] Huloet.
SUBUNGUALSub*un"gual, a.
Defn: Under the nail or hoof.
SUBURB Sub"urb, n. Etym: [L. suburbium; sub under, below, near + urbs a city. See Urban.]
1. An outlying part of a city or town; a smaller place immediately adjacent to a city; in the plural, the region which is on the confines of any city or large town; as, a house stands in the suburbs; a garden situated in the suburbs of Paris. "In the suburbs of a town." Chaucer. [London] could hardly have contained less than thirty or forty thousand souls within its walls; and the suburbs were very populous. Hallam.
2. Hence, the confines; the outer part; the environment. "The suburbs . . . of sorrow." Jer. Taylor. The suburb of their straw-built citadel. Milton. Suburb roister, a rowdy; a loafer. [Obs.] Milton.
SUBURBANSub*ur"ban, a. Etym: [L. suburbanus.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to suburbs; inhabiting, or being in, thesuburbs of a city. "Suburban taverns." Longfellow.Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, . . . Delight the citizen.Cowper.
SUBURBANSub*ur"ban, n.
Defn: One who dwells in the suburbs.
SUBURBEDSub"urbed, a.
Defn: Having a suburb or suburbs on its outer part.
SUBURBIAL; SUBURBIANSub*ur"bi*al, Sub*ur"bi*an, a.
Defn: Suburban. [Obs.] "Suburbial fields." Warton. "Suburbian muse."Dryden.
SUBURBICARIAN; SUBURBICARY Sub*ur`bi*ca"ri*an, Sub*ur"bi*ca*ry, a. Etym: [LL. suburbicarius, equiv. to L. suburbanus: cf. F. suburbicaire. See Suburban.]
Defn: Being in the suburbs; — applied to the six dioceses in the suburbs of Rome subject to the pope as bishop of Rome. The pope having stretched his authority beyond the bounds of his suburbicarian precincts. Barrow.
SUBURETHRALSub`u*re"thral, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice.
SUBVAGINALSub*vag"i*nal, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated under or inside a sheath or vaginal membrane; as, the subvaginal, or subdural, spaces about the optic nerve.
SUBVARIETYSub`va*ri"e*ty, n.; pl. -ties (.
Defn: A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
SUBVENESub*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subvened; p. pr. & vb. n. Subvening.]Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. venire to come. See Subvention.]
Defn: To come under, as a support or stay; to happen. A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin. Bp. Warburton.
SUBVENTANEOUSSub`ven*ta"ne*ous, a. Etym: [Pref. sub- + L. ventus wind.]
Defn: Produced by the wind. [Obs.]
SUBVENTIONSub*ven"tion, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. subventio, fr. L. subvenire tocome up to one's assistance, to assist. See Souvenir, and cf.Subvene.]
1. The act of coming under. "The subvention of a cloud." Stackhouse.
2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.
3. A government aid or bounty.
SUBVENTIONSub*ven"tion, v. t.
Defn: To subventionize.
SUBVENTIONIZESub*ven"tion*ize, v. t.
Defn: To come to the aid of; to subsidize; to support.
SUBVENTITIOUSSub`ven*ti"tious, a.
Defn: Helping; aiding; supporting. Urquhart.
SUBVERSESub*verse", v. t. Etym: [L. subversus, p.p. of subvertere. SeeSubvert.]
Defn: To subvert. [Obs.] Spenser.
SUBVERSIONSub*ver"sion, n. Etym: [L. subversio: cf. F. subversion. SeeSubvert.]
Defn: The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution. The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. Evelyn. Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. Rogers.
SUBVERSIONARYSub*ver"sion*a*ry, a.
Defn: Promoting destruction.
SUBVERSIVESub*ver"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. subversif.]
Defn: Tending to subvert; having a tendency to overthrow and ruin. Lying is a vice subversive of the very ends and design of conversation. Rogers.
SUBVERTSub*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subverted; p. pr. & vb. n.Subverting.] Etym: [L. subvertere, subversum; sub under + vertere toturn: cf. F. subvertir. See Verse.]
1. To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly. These are his substance, sinews, arms, and strength, With which he yoketh your rebellious necks, Razeth your cities, and subverts your towns. Shak. This would subvert the principles of all knowledge. Locke.
2. To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound. 2 Tim. iii. 14.
Syn.— To overturn; overthrow; destroy; invert; reverse; extinguish.
SUBVERTSub*vert", v. i.
Defn: To overthrow anything from the foundation; to be subversive. They have a power given to them like that of the evil principle, to subvert and destroy.
SUBVERTANTSub*vert"ant, a. (Her.)
Defn: Reserved. [R.]
SUBVERTEBRALSub*ver"te*bral, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.
SUBVERTERSub*vert"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, subverts; an overthrower. Sir T. More.
SUBVERTIBLESub*vert"i*ble, a.
Defn: That may be subverted.
SUBVITALIZEDSub*vi"tal*ized, a.
Defn: Imperfectly vitalized; having naturally but little vital power or energy.
SUBVOCALSub*vo"cal, a. & n.
Defn: Same as Subtonic.
SUBWAYSub"way`, n.
Defn: An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted.
SUBWORKERSub*work"er, n.
Defn: A subordinate worker or helper. South.
SUBZONALSub*zon"al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated under a zone, or zona; — applied to a membrane between the zona radiata and the umbilical vesicle in the mammal embryo.
SUBZYGOMATICSub*zyg`o*mat"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Situated under the zygoma or zygomatic process.
SUCCADE Suc"cade, n. Etym: [L. succus, sucus, juice: cf. F. succade a sugarbox. Cf. Sucket.]
1. A sweetmeat. [Obs.] Holland.
2. pl. (Com.)
Defn: Sweetmeats, or preserves in sugar, whether fruit, vegetables, or confections. Blakely. Succade gourd. (Bot.) Same as Vegetable marrow, under Vegetable.
SUCCEDANESuc"ce*dane, n.
Defn: A succedaneum. [Obs.]
SUCCEDANEOUSSuc`ce*da"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. succedaneus. See Succeed.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or acting as, a succedaneum; supplying the place of something else; being, or employed as, a substitute for another. Sir T. Browne.
SUCCEDANEUMSuc`ce*da"ne*um, n.; pl. Succedanea. Etym: [NL. See Succedaneous.]
Defn: One who, or that which, succeeds to the place of another; that which is used for something else; a substitute; specifically (Med.),
Defn: a remedy used as a substitute for another.In lieu of me, you will have a very charming succedaneum, LadyHarriet Stanhope. Walpole.
SUCCEEDSuc*ceed", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succeeded; p. pr. & vb. n.Succeeding.] Etym: [L. succedere, successum; sub under + cedere togo, to go along, approach, follow, succeed: cf. F. succéder. SeeCede, and cf. Success.]
1. To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as, the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer. As he saw him nigh succeed. Spenser.
2. To fall heir to; to inherit. [Obs. & R.] Shak.
3. To come after; to be subsequent or consequent to; to follow; to pursue. Destructive effects . . . succeeded the curse. Sir T. Browne.
4. To support; to prosper; to promote. [R.] Succeed my wish and second my design. Dryden.
SUCCEEDSuc*ceed", v. i.
1. To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; — often with to. If the father left only daughters, they equally succeeded to him in copartnership. Sir M. Hale. Enjoy till I return Short pleasures; for long woes are to succeed! Milton.
2. Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant. No woman shall succeed in Salique land. Shak.
3. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve. Shak.
4. To obtain the object desired; to accomplish what is attempted or intended; to have a prosperous issue or termination; to be successful; as, he succeeded in his plans; his plans succeeded. It is almost impossible for poets to succeed without ambition. Dryden. Spenser endeavored it in Shepherd's Kalendar; but neither will it succeed in English. Dryden.
5. To go under cover. [A latinism. Obs.] Will you to the cooler cave succeed! Dryden.
Syn.— To follow; pursue. See Follow.
SUCCEEDANTSuc*ceed"ant, a. (Her.)
Defn: Succeeding one another; following.
SUCCEEDERSuc*ceed"er, n.
Defn: A successor. Shak. Tennyson.
SUCCEEDINGSuc*ceed"ing, n.
Defn: The act of one who, or that which, succeeds; also, that which succeeds, or follows after; consequence. Shak.
SUCCENTOR Suc"cen*tor, n. Etym: [LL., an accompanier in singing, fr. succinere to sing, to accompany; sub under, after + canere to sing.] (Eccl.)
Defn: A subchanter.
SUCCESSSuc*cess", n. Etym: [L. successus: cf. F. succès. See Succeed.]
1. Act of succeeding; succession. [Obs.] Then all the sons of these five brethren reigned By due success. Spenser.
2. That which comes after; hence, consequence, issue, or result, of an endeavor or undertaking, whether good or bad; the outcome of effort. Men . . . that are like to do that, that is committed to them, and to report back again faithfully the success. Bacon. Perplexed and troubled at his bad success The tempter stood. Milton.
3. The favorable or prosperous termination of anything attempted; the attainment of a proposed object; prosperous issue. Dream of success and happy victory! Shak. Or teach with more success her son The vices of the time to shun. Waller. Military successes, above all others, elevate the minds of a people. Atterbury.
4. That which meets with, or one who accomplishes, favorable results, as a play or a player. [Colloq.]
SUCCESSARYSuc"ces*sa*ry, n.
Defn: Succession. [Obs.] My peculiar honors, not derived From successary, but purchased with my blood. Beau. & Fl.
SUCCESSFULSuc*cess"ful, a.
Defn: Resulting in success; assuring, or promotive of, success; accomplishing what was proposed; having the desired effect; hence, prosperous; fortunate; happy; as, a successful use of medicine; a successful experiment; a successful enterprise. Welcome, nephews, from successful wars. Shak.
Syn.— Happy; prosperous; fortunate; auspicious; lucky. See Fortunate.— Suc*cess"ful*ly, adv.— Suc*cess"ful*ness, n.
SUCCESSIONSuc*ces"sion, n. Etym: [L. successio: cf. F. succession. SeeSucceed.]
1. The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters.
2. A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. He was in the succession to an earldom. Macaulay.
3. An order or series of descendants; lineage; race; descent. "A long succession must ensue." Milton.
4. The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne. You have the voice of the king himself for your succession in Denmark. Shak. The animosity of these factions did not really arise from the dispute about the succession. Macaulay.
5. The right to enter upon the possession of the property of an ancestor, or one near of kin, or one preceding in an established order.
6. The person succeeding to rank or office; a successor or heir. [R.] Milton. Apostolical succession. (Theol.) See under Apostolical. — Succession duty, a tax imposed on every succession to property, according to its value and the relation of the person who succeeds to the previous owner. [Eng.] — Succession of crops. (Agric.) See Rotation of crops, under Rotation.
SUCCESSIONALSuc*ces"sion*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a succession; existing in a regular order; consecutive. "Successional teeth." Flower. — Suc*ces"sion*al*ly, adv.
SUCCESSIONISTSuc*ces"sion*ist, n.
Defn: A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
SUCCESSIVESuc*ces"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. successif. See Succeed.]
1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. Send the successive ills through ages down. Prior.
2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [Obs.] Shak. Successive induction. (Math.) See Induction, 5.
SUCCESSIVELYSuc*ces"sive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a successive manner. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton.
SUCCESSIVENESSSuc*ces"sive*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being successive.
SUCCESSLESSSuc*cess"less, a.
Defn: Having no success.Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope.— Suc*cess"less*ly, adv.— Suc*cess"less*ness, n.
SUCCESSOR Suc*ces"sor, n. Etym: [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor. See Succeed.]
Defn: One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; — correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blackstone.
SUCCIDUOUSSuc*cid"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. succiduus, fr. succidere to fall under.]
Defn: Ready to fall; falling. [R.]
SUCCIFEROUSSuc*cif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. succus, sucus, juice, sap + -ferous.]
Defn: Producing or conveying sap.
SUCCINAMATESuc`cin*am"ate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of succinamic acid.
SUCCINAMICSuc`cin*am"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts.
SUCCINATE Suc"ci*nate, n. Etym: [L. succinum, sucinum, amber, from succus, sucus, juice, sap: cf. F. succinate.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of succinic acid.
SUCCINCT Suc*cinct", a. Etym: [L. succinctus, p.p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture.]
1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton.
2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. South.
Syn.— Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse.— Suc*cinct"ly, adv.— Suc*cinct"ness, n.
SUCCINICSuc*cin"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. succinique. See Succinate.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C
SUCCINIMIDESuc`cin*im"ide, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido.
SUCCINITESuc"ci*nite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. succinite.] (Min.)(a) Amber.(b) A garnet of an amber color.
SUCCINOUSSuc"ci*nous, a. Etym: [From L. succinum amber.]
Defn: Succinic. [R.]
SUCCINURATESuc`cin*u"rate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of succinuric acid.
SUCCINURICSuc`cin*u"ric, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts.
SUCCINYLSuc"cin*yl, n. Etym: [Succinic + -yl.] (Chem.)
Defn: A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives.
SUCCISESuc*cise", a. Etym: [See Succision.] (Bot.)
Defn: Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.
SUCCISION Suc*ci"sion, n. Etym: [L. succisio, fr. succidere, succisum, to cut away below, sub under + caedere to cut.]
Defn: The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.[R.]
SUCCOR Suc"cor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succored; p. pr. & vb. n. Succoring.] Etym: [OE. socouren, OF. sucurre, soucourre, secorre, F. secourir, L. succurrere, succursum, to run under, run to the aid of, help, succor; sub under + currere to run. See Current.]
Defn: tiono run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city. [Written also succour.] He is able to succor them that are tempted. Heb. ii. 18.
Syn.— To aid; assist; relieve; deliver; help; comfort.
SUCCORSuc"cor, n. Etym: [OE. socours, sucurs, OF. sucurs, socors, secors,F. secours, L. succursus, fr. L. succurrere. See Succor, v. t.]
1. Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. "We beseech mercy and succor." Chaucer. My noble father . . . Flying for succor to his servant Bannister. Shak.
2. The person or thing that brings relief. This mighty succor, which made glad the foe. Dryden.
SUCCORABLESuc"cor*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.
SUCCORERSuc"cor*er, n.
Defn: One who affords succor; a helper.
SUCCORLESSSuc"cor*less, a.
Defn: Destitute of succor. Thomson.
SUCCORYSuc"co*ry, n. Etym: [Corrupted from chicory.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.
SUCCOTASH Suc"co*tash, n. Etym: [Narragansett Indian m'sickquatash corn boiled whole.]
Defn: Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians. [Written also suckatash.]
SUCCOTEAGUESuc`co*teague", n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The squeteague.
SUCCUBA Suc"cu*ba, n.; pl. Succubæ. Etym: [NL., fr. L. succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another.]
Defn: A female demon or fiend. See Succubus. Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that succubæ some call. Mir. for Mag.
SUCCUBINESuc"cu*bine, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to succuba.
SUCCUBOUSSuc"cu*bous, a. Etym: [See Succuba.] (Bot.)
Defn: Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila.
SUCCUBUSSuc"cu*bus, n.; pl. Succubi. Etym: [See Succuba.]
1. A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.
2. (Med.)
Defn: The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.
SUCCULASuc"cu*la, n. Etym: [L. sucula a winch, windlass, capstan.] (Mach.)
Defn: A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.
SUCCULENCE; SUCCULENCYSuc"cu*lence, Suc"cu*len*cy, n. Etym: [See Succulent.]
Defn: The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach.
SUCCULENT Suc"cu*lent, a. Etym: [L. succulentus, suculentus, fr. succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F. succulent.]
Defn: Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and the species of Mesembryanthemum.
SUCCULENTLYSuc"cu*lent*ly, adv.
Defn: In a succulent manner.
SUCCULOUSSuc"cu*lous, a.
Defn: Succulent; juicy. [R.]
SUCCUMBSuc*cumb", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Succumbed; p. pr. & vb. n.Succumbing.] Etym: [L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.),akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit.]
Defn: To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.
SUCCUMBENTSuc*cum"bent, a. Etym: [L. succumbens, p.pr.]
Defn: Submissive; yielding. [R.] Howell.
SUCCURSALSuc*cur"sal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. succursale. See Succor, n. & v. t.]
Defn: Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.[R.]Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursalchurches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman.
SUCCUSSuc"cus, n.; pl. Succi (. (Med.)
Defn: The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use. Succus entericus (. Etym: [NL., literally, juice of the intestines.] (Physiol.) A fluid secreted in small by certain glands (probably the glands of Lieberkühn) of the small intestines. Its exact action is somewhat doubtful.
SUCCUSSATION Suc`cus*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. succussare to jolt, v. intens. fr. succutere, succussum, to fling up from below, to toss up; sub under + quatere to shake.]
1. A trot or trotting. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. A shaking; succussion.
SUCCUSSION Suc*cus"sion, n. Etym: [L. succussio, from succutere: cf. F. succussion. See Succussation.]
Defn: The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.
SUCCUSSIVESuc*cus"sive, a.
Defn: Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes.
SUCH Such, a. Etym: [OE. such, sich, sech, sik, swich, swilch, swulch, swilc, swulc, AS. swelc, swilc, swylc; akin to OFries. selik, D. zulk, OS. sulic, OHG. sulih, solih, G. solch, Icel. slikr, OSw. salik, Sw. slik, Dan. slig, Goth. swaleiks; originally meaning, so shaped. *192. See So, Like, a., and cf. Which.]
1. Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; — followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better. And in his time such a conqueror That greater was there none under the sun. Chaucer. His misery was such that none of the bystanders could refrain from weeping. Macaulay.
Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as, such a man; such an honor. The indefinite adjective some, several, one, few, many, all, etc., precede such; as, one such book is enough; all such people ought to be avoided; few such ideas were then held.
2. Having the particular quality or character specified. That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself. Milton.
3. The same that; — with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed. "[It] hath such senses as we have." Shak.
4. Certain; — representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned. In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived. Daniel. To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year. James iv. 13.
Note: Such is used pronominally. "He was the father of such as dwell in tents." Gen. iv. 20. "Such as I are free in spirit when our limbs are chained." Sir W. Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible storm that it put back. "Everything was managed with so much care, and such excellent order was observed." De Foe. Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished alliances, that, etc. Macaulay. Such is used emphatically, without the correlative. Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life. Shak. Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or as many; as, such ten, or ten times as many. Such and such, or Such or such, certain; some; — used to represent the object indefinitely, as already particularized in one way or another, or as being of one kind or another. "In such and such a place shall be my camp." 2 Kings vi. 8. "Sovereign authority may enact a law commanding such and such an action." South. — Such like or character, of the like kind. And many other such like things ye do. Mark vii. 8.
SUCHOSPONDYLOUSSu`cho*spon"dy*lous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having dorsal vertebræ with long and divided transverse processes; — applied to certain reptiles.
SUCHWISESuch"wise`, adv.
Defn: In a such a manner; so.
SUCKSuck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] Etym:[OE. suken, souken, AS. s, s; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s,Icel. s, sj, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. Honeysuckle, Soak,Succulent, Suction.]
1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.
2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.
3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.
4. To draw or drain. Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. Thomson.
5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. Dryden. To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb. — To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction. — To suck up, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction absorption.
SUCKSuck, v. i.
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shak.
2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake. The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less. Bacon.
SUCKSuck, n.
1. The act of drawing with the mouth.
2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. Shak.
3. A small draught. [Colloq.] Massinger.
4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.]
SUCKANHOCKSuck"an*hock, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin.]
Defn: A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan.
SUCKATASHSuck"a*tash, n.
Defn: See Succotash. Bartlett.
SUCKENSuck"en, n. Etym: [See Socome, Soc.] (Scots Law)
Defn: The jurisdiction of a mill, or that extent of ground astricted to it, the tenants of which are bound to bring their grain thither to be ground.
SUCKERSuck"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies.
2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl.
3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. Boyle.
4. A pipe through which anything is drawn.
5. A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; — used by children as a plaything.
6. (Bot.)
Defn: A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; — so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant.
7. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidæ; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel. (b) The remora. (c) The lumpfish. (d) The hagfish, or myxine. (e) A California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus) closely allied to the kingfish (a); — called also bagre.
8. A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. 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.
9. A hard drinker; a soaker. [Slang]
10. A greenhorn; one easily gulled. [Slang, U.S.]
11. A nickname applied to a native of Illinois. [U. S.] Carp sucker, Cherry sucker, etc. See under Carp, Cherry, etc. — Sucker fish. See Sucking fish, under Sucking. — Sucker rod, a pump rod. See under Pump. — Sucker tube (Zoöl.), one of the external ambulacral tubes of an echinoderm, — usually terminated by a sucker and used for locomotion. Called also sucker foot. See Spatangoid.
SUCKERSuck"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suckered; p. pr. & vb. n. Suckering.]
Defn: To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.
SUCKERSuck"er, v. i.
Defn: To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.
SUCKER STATESuck"er State.
Defn: Illinois; — a nickname.
SUCKETSuck"et, n. Etym: [Cf. Suck, v. t., Succades.]
Defn: A sweetmeat; a dainty morsel. Jer. Taylor.
SUCKFISHSuck"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sucker fish.
SUCKINGSuck"ing, a.
Defn: 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 ofthing. Thackeray.Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle.— Sucking fish (Zoöl.), the remora. See Remora. Baird.— Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction.— Sucking stomach (Zoöl.), the muscular first stomach of certaininsects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food.
SUCKLESuc"kle, n.
Defn: A teat. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
SUCKLESuc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Suckling.]Etym: [Freq. of suck.]
Defn: To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. Addison.The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked notlovelier. Shak.They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom. Landor.
SUCKLESuc"kle, v. i.
Defn: To nurse; to suck. [R.]
SUCKLERSuc"kler, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
SUCKLINGSuck"ling, n. Etym: [OE. sokeling. See Suck, v. t.]
1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
2. A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.
SUCRATESu"crate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A compound of sucrose (or of some related carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium sucrate.
SUCRESu"cre, n.
Defn: A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.
SUCROSESu"crose`, n. Etym: [F. sucre sugar. See Sugar.] (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
Note: Sucrose proper is a dextrorotatory carbohydrate, C12H22O11. 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. Cf. Sugar.
SUCTIONSuc"tion, n. Etym: [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. SeeSuck, v. t.]
Defn: The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. — Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. — Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump.
SUCTORIASuc*to"ri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Suction.] (Zoöl.)
1. An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.
2. Same as Rhizocephala.
SUCTORIALSuc*to"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. sugere, suctum, to suck.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.
SUCTORIANSuc*to"ri*an, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Suctoria.
SUCTORIOUSSuc*to"ri*ous, a.
Defn: Suctorial. [R.]
SUDAMINA Su*dam"i*na, n. pl, sing. Sudamen (. Etym: [NL. sudamen, -inis, fr. sudare to sweat. See Sweat.] (Med.)
Defn: Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.
SUDARIUMSu*da"ri*um, n. Etym: [L., a handkerchief.] (Eccl.)
Defn: 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.
SUDARYSu"da*ry, n. Etym: [L. sudarium, fr. sudare to sweat. See Sweat.]
Defn: A napkin or handkerchief. [Obs. or R.] Wyclif. R. Browning.
SUDATION Su*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. sudatio, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudation.]
Defn: A sweating. [Obs.]
SUDATORIUMSu`da*to"ri*um, n.; pl. Sudatoria. Etym: [L.]
Defn: A sudatory. Dunglison.
SUDATORY Su"da*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. sudatorius, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudatoire. See Sweat.]
Defn: Sweating; perspiring.
SUDATORYSu"da*to*ry, n.; pl. Sudatories. Etym: [L. sudatorium.]
Defn: A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath.These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn.
SUDDSudd (sud), n. [Ar. sadd barrier.]
Defn: A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation. [Central Africa]
SUDDEN Sud"den, a. Etym: [OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F. soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p.p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and cf. Subitaneous.]
1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. "O sudden wo!" Chaucer. "For fear of sudden death." Shak. Sudden fear troubleth thee. Job xxii. 10.
2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid. Never was such a sudden scholar made. Shak. The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. Milton.
3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [Obs.] Shak.
Syn.— Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for.— Sud"den*ly, adv.— Sud"den*ness, n.
SUDDENSud"den, adv.
Defn: Suddenly; unexpectedly. [R.]Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. Milton.
SUDDENSud"den, n.
Defn: An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. All of a sudden, On asudden, Of a sudden, sooner than was expected; without the usualpreparation; suddenly.How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! Milton.He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden. Thackeray.
SUDDENTYSud"den*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. soudaineté.]
Defn: Suddenness; a sudden. [Scot.] On a suddenty, on a sudden.[Scot.] Sir W. Scott.