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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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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.]Sŭlk'ĭ-ly, adv. p. 1324In a sulky manner; sullenly; morosely.Sŭlk'i-ness, n. p. 1324The state or quality of being sulky; sullenness; moroseness.Sūlks, n. pl. p. 1324The quality or condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor. To be in the sulks, to be sulky or discontented and sullen.