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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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Sūg, n. p. 1322A kind of worm. Walton.Sug'ar, n. p. 1322A sweet, crystalline substance obtained from certain vegetable products, as the sugar-cane, maple, beet, sorghum, and the like. The sugar in common domestic use is manufactured chiefly from the…Sug'ar, v. t. p. 1323To impregnate, season, cover, sprinkle, or mix with sugar. 2. To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten. We do sugar o'er the devil himself. Shak. Flattery still in…Sug'ar-bāk'er, n. p. 1323One who makes loaf-sugar.Sug'ar-beet, n. p. 1323A species of beet, from the root of which sugar is obtained, especially Beta alba; also, B. major, B. Romana, and B. sylvestris. Simmonds.Sug'ar-bĕr'ry, n. p. 1323(Bot.) A small or middle-sized tree having sweet, edible fruit, which ripens in autumn; Celtis occidentalis; — called also hackberry. Gray.Sug'ar-bush, n. p. 1323See SUGAR-ORCHARD.Sug'ar-căn'di-an, n. p. 1323The same as SUGAR-CANDY. [Obs.]Sug'ar-căn'dy, n. p. 1323Sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized.Sug'ar-cāne, n. p. 1323(Bot.) The cane or plant from whose juice sugar is obtained; Saccharum officinarum.Sug'ared, p. a. p. 1323Sweetened.Sug'ar-house, n. p. 1323A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.Sug'ar-i-ness, n. p. 1323The state or quality of being sugary, or sweet.Sug'ar-ing, n. p. 1323The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used. 2. The process of making sugar.Sug'ar-less, a. p. 1323Free from sugar.Sug'ar-lōaf, n. p. 1323A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone. 2. A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf. Why, do not I know you, grannam, and that sugar-loaf? J. Webster.Sug'ar-mā'ple, n. p. 1323(Bot.) A species of maple (the Acer saccharinum), from whose sap sugar is made by boiling; rock-maple; — called also sugar-tree.Sug'ar-mill, n. p. 1323A machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar-cane, usually consisting of two or more rollers, between which the cane is passed.Sugar-mite, n. p. 1323(Entom.) An apterous or wingless insect, covered with silvery scales; Lepisma saccharina. Ed. Encyc.Sug'ar-ôr'chard, n. p. 1323A collection of maple-trees selected and preserved for the purpose of obtaining sugar from them;—called also, sometimes, sugar-bush. [U. S.] Bartlett.Sug'ar-plūm, n. p. 1323A species of candy made up in small, flattened balls or disks.Sug'ar-tree, n. p. 1323See SUGAR-MAPLE.Sug'ar-y, a. p. 1323Resembling or containing sugar; sweet. 2. Fond of sugar, or of sweet things.Su-gĕs'cent, a. p. 1323Of, or relating to, sucking. [Rare.] Paley.Sug-gĕst', v. t. p. 1323To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of by the agency of other objects. Some ideas are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To…Sug-gĕst', v. t. p. 1323To seduce; to tempt. And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.Sug-gĕst'er, n. p. 1323One who suggests.Sug-gĕs'tion, n. p. 1323The act of suggesting. 2. That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a diffident proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement. Why do I yield to that suggestion?…Sug-gĕst'ive, a. p. 1323Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation.Sug-gĕst'ive-ly, adv. p. 1323In a suggestive manner; by way of suggestion.Sug-gĕst'ĭve-ness, n. p. 1323The state or quality of being suggestive.Sug-gĕst'ment, n. p. 1323Suggestion. [Rare.] They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outward suggestment. Hare.Sug-gĕst'ress, n. p. 1323A female who suggests. “The suggestress of suicides.” De Quincey.Sŭg'gĭl, v. t. p. 1323To defame. [Obs.] Parker.Sŭg'gĭl-lāte, v. t. p. 1323To beat livid, or black and blue. [Obs.] Wiseman.Sŭg'gillā'tion, n. p. 1323A livid or black and blue mark; a blow; a bruise. [Obs.]Sūi-ĭ-cīd'ăl, a. p. 1323Partaking, or in the nature of, the crime of suicide.Sū'i-çīd'al-ly, adv. p. 1323In a suicidal manner.Sū'i-cīde, n. p. 1323The act of designedly destroying one's own life, committed by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind; self-murder. Blackstone. 2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.Sū'i-cīd'ē-al, a. p. 1323Suicidal. [Obs.]Sŭi-ci-dĭsm, n. p. 1323The state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. [Rare.]Sŭ'i-cĭsm, n. p. 1323Selfishness. [Obs.] Whitlock.Sū'il-lāge, n. p. 1323Drain of filth. [Obs.] Wotton.Sū'īl-līne, a. p. 1323Of, or pertaining to, the family of the hog, as the suilline quadrupeds.Sū'ting, n. p. 1323The process of soaking through any thing. [Obs.]Sū'ing-ly, adv. p. 1323With, or by means of, suing.Sū'ist, n. p. 1323One who seeks for things which merely gratify himself; a selfish person; a selfist. [Obs.]Sūit (sūt), n. p. 1323The act of following or pursuing, as game; pursuit. [Obs.] 2. The act of suing; the process by which one endeavors to gain an end or object; attempt to attain a certain result; endeavor. Thenceforth…Sūit, v. t. p. 1323To fit; to adapt; to make proper; as, to suit the action to the word. 2. To be fitted to; to become. Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well. Dryden. Raise her notes to that sublime degree…Sūit, v. i. p. 1323To agree; to accord; — usually followed by with or to. The place itself was suiting to his care. Dryden. Give me not an office That suits with me so ill. Addison. Syn.—To agree; accord; comport…Sūit'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1323The quality of being suitable.Sūit'a-ble, a. p. 1323Capable of suiting; likely to suit; fitting; accordant; agreeable; proper; becoming; as, ornaments suitable to one's character and station; language suitable to the subject. Syn.—Proper; fitting…Sūit'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1323The quality or condition of being suitable; fitness; propriety. Syn.—Fitness; propriety; agreeableness; correspondence; congruity; compatibility; consistency; consonance.Sūit'a-bly, adv. p. 1323In a suitable manner; fitly; agreeably; with propriety; as, words suitably applied.Suite, n. p. 1323The retinue or attendants of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. [See SUIT, n. 5.] 2. A connected series or succession, as of objects; a set; a series; a collection; as, a…Sūit'or, n. p. 1324One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant. She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. Shak. 2. Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover. 3. (Law.)…Sūit'ress, n. p. 1324A female supplicant. Howe.Sŭl'cate or Sŭl'cā-ted, a. p. 1324(Nat. Hist.) Scored with deep, broad channels longitudinally; furrowed; grooved; as, a sulcated stem.Sul-cā'tion, n. p. 1324A channel or furrow on the surface of a body.Sūlk, v. i. p. 1324To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate. [Obs.]