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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Suc-çĕs'sion-al-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successional manner.Suc-çĕs'sion-ĭst, n. p. 1320A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, and the like; especially, one who regards only that priesthood as valid which can be traced in a direct line of…Suc-çĕs'sive, a. p. 1320Following in order or uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; as, the successive revolutions of years or ages; the successive kings of Egypt. Send the successive ills…Suc-çĕs'sive-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successive manner; in a series or order. The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Newton. 2. Successfully; hence, fully; completely; entirely. [Obs.]Suc-çĕs'sive-ness, n. p. 1320The state of being successive.Suc-çĕss'less, a. p. 1320Having no success; unprosperous; unfortunate; failing to accomplish what was intended. Successless all her soft caresses prove. Pope. Best tempered steel successless proved in field. Philips.Suc-çĕss'less-ly, adv. p. 1320In a successless manner; without success.Suc-çĕss'less-ness, n. p. 1320The state or quality of being successless; unprosperous conclusion. [Rare.]Suc-çĕs'sor, n. p. 1320One 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. A gift to a…Suc-çid'ū-oŭs, a. p. 1320Ready to fall; falling. [Rare.]Suc-çĭf'er-oŭs, a. p. 1320Producing or conveying sap.Sŭc'çi-nate, n. p. 1320(Chem.) A salt formed by the union of succinic acid and a base.Sŭc'çi-nā'ted, a. p. 1320(Chem.) Combined with, or containing, succinic acid.Suc-çĭnct', a. p. 1320Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. [Rare.] His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; short; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and…Suc-çĭnct'ly, adv. p. 1320In a succinct manner; briefly; concisely; as, the facts were succinctly stated.Suc-çĭnct'ness, n. p. 1320The state or quality of being succinct; brevity; conciseness; as, the succinctness of a narration.Suc-cin'ic, a. p. 1321(Chem.) Of, or pertaining to, amber; drawn from amber; as, succinic acid.Sŭc'çi-nite, n. p. 1321(Min.) A garnet of an amber color. Dana.Sŭc'çi-nōus, a. p. 1321Of, pertaining to, or resembling, amber.Suc-ci'sion, n. p. 1321The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off. [Obs.] Bacon.Sŭc'cor, v. t. p. 1321To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; as, to succor a besieged city. [Written also succour.] He is able…Sŭc'cor, n. p. 1321Aid; help; assistance; especially, assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress. My father Flying for succor to his servant Bannister. Shak. 2. The person or thing that…Sŭc'cor-a-ble, a. p. 1321Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.Sŭc'cor-er, n. p. 1321One who affords succor; a helper; a deliverer.Sŭc'cor-less, a. p. 1321Destitute of succor; helpless; without relief. Thomson.Sŭe'co-ry, n. p. 1321(Bot.) A plant of the genus Cichorium; chiccory. See CHICCORY.Sŭc'co-tāsh, n. p. 1321Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish, as well as the name, is borrowed from the native Indians. [U. S.]Sŭc'cu-bā, n. p. 1321A kind of pretended female demon or phantom. Though seeming in shape a woman natural Was a fiend of the kind that some succubæ call. Mirror for Mag.Sĭe'en-bĭs, n. p. 1321A pretended demon; succuba. “A church-yard carcass raised and set a strutting by the inflation of some hellish succubus within.” Warburton. 2. (Med.) (a.) Nightmare. (b.) An imaginary female with…Sŭe'eu-lā, n. p. 1321(Mach.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.Sŭc'cu-lence or Sŭc'cu-len-cy, n. p. 1321The condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach.Sŭc'cu-lent, a. p. 1321Full of juice; juicy. Succulent plants, such as have a juicy and soft stem, as distinguished from such as are ligneous, hard, and dry, as the grasses, peas, beans, and the like.Sŭc'cu-lent-ly, adv. p. 1321In a succulent manner; juicily.Suc'cu-lous, a. p. 1321Succulent. See SUCCULENT.Suc-cŭmb’, v. i. p. 1321To yield; to submit; to sink unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities.Sue-cŭr'sal, a. p. 1321Associated and tributary; dependent. [Rare.] Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman.Sŭc'cus-sā'tion, n. p. 1321A trot or trotting. [Rare.] Browne. 2. A shaking; succussion.Suc-cŭs'sion, n. p. 1321The act of shaking; a shake. 2. (Med.) A mode of ascertaining the existence of a liquid in the thorax, by shaking the body.Suc-cŭs'sive, a. p. 1321Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the successive motion in earthquakes. Dana.Sŭch, a. p. 1321Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day;—followed by as before the thing to which it relates; as, give your children such precepts as tend to make them…Sŭch'-wīze, adv. p. 1321In such a manner; so. [Obs.]Sŭck, v. t. p. 1321To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which serves to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the…Sŭck, v. i. p. 1321To draw by causing a vacuum, as with the mouth, or through a tube. Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shak. 2. To draw the breast; as, a child or the young of an animal is first nourished by sucking.…Sŭck, n. p. 1321The act of drawing with the mouth. 2. Milk drawn from the breast by the mouth. 3. Juice; succulence. [Obs.] Ward.Sŭck, n. p. 1321Succulence; juice. [Obs.]Sŭck'er, n. p. 1321One who, or that which, sucks or draws with the mouth. 2. A suckling. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. 3. A parasite; a sponger. [Obs.] They who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap…Sŭck'er, v. t. p. 1321To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.Sŭck'et, n. p. 1321A sweetmeat.Sŭck'ing-bŏt'tle, n. p. 1321A bottle to be filled with milk for infants to suck instead of the pap. Locke.Sŭck'ing-fish, n. p. 1321(Ichth.) One of a family of fishes, including the remora, having a cartilaginous, laminated disk upon its head, by means of which it attaches itself to the bottoms of ships, to sharks or other large…Sŭck'ing-pŭmp, n. p. 1321A suction-pump. See SUCTION-PUMP.Sŭck'le, n. p. 1321A teat. [Obs.]Sŭck'le, v. t. p. 1321To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. They are not weak; suckled by Wisdom, taught to walk by Virtue. Landor. 2. To suck. [Rare.] H. Spencer.Sŭck'ling, n. p. 1321A young child or animal nursed at the breast. 2. A sort of white clover.Sū'erōse, n. p. 1321(Chem.) Cane sugar;—so called in distinction from glucose. See GLUCOSE.Sūc'tion, n. p. 1321The act of sucking or drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction-chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.—Suction-pipe, the induction water-pipe of a…Suc-tō'ri-al, a. p. 1321Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming-birds are suctorial birds. 2. Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.Sue-tō′ri-an, n. p. 1321(Ichth.) A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lamprey.Sue-tō'ri-oŭs, a. p. 1321Suctorial. [Rare.]Sū'dak, n. p. 1321(Ichth.) A fish; a species of Perca. Tooke.