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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Sŭlk'y, a. p. 1324Sullen; sour; obstinate; morose.Sŭlk'y, n. p. 1324A two-wheeled carriage for a single person.Sūll, n. p. 1324[A-S. suluh, sulh, sulg, sul, sulh, sylh, sylg, syl, a plow, M. H. Ger. suole,Sūl'lage, n. p. 1324A drain of filth, or filth collected from the street or highway. The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage. Evelyn. 2. That which…Sŭl'len, a. p. 1324Gloomy; dismal; foreboding. “Night with her sullen wings.” Milton. Solemn hymns to sullen dirges change. Shak. 2. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. Such sullen planets at my birth did shine.…Sŭl'len, v. t. p. 1324To make sullen, or morose and silent. [Obs.] “Sullens the whole body with an ill-disturbing laziness.” Feltham.Sūl'len, n. p. 1324One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. 2. (pl.) Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness. [Obs.] Shak.Sŭl'len-ly, adv. p. 1324In a sullen manner; gloomily; obstinately; intractably; with moroseness.Sŭl'len-ness, n. p. 1324The state or quality of being sullen; ill nature with silence; silent moroseness; gloominess; obstinacy; intractableness. Syn. — Moroseness; gloominess; malignity; intractableness; intractability…Sŭb'le-vāte, v. t. p. 1324To raise into enmity; to excite, as to sedition. [Obs.]Sŭl'li-age, n. p. 1324Foulness; filth. [Obs.] See SULLAGE.Sŭl'ly, v. t. p. 1324To soil; to dirt; to spot; to tarnish. “Statues sullied yet with sacrilegious smoke.” Roscommon. 2. To tarnish; to darken. Let there be no spots to sully the brightness of this solemnity. Atterbury.…Sūl'ly, v. i. p. 1324To be soiled or tarnished. Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon.Sŭl'ly, n. p. 1324Soil; tarnish; spot. A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies on his reputation. Spectator.Sūlph'āc-id, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A sulphur acid.Sūl'phate, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A salt formed by sulphuric acid in combination with any base; as, sulphate of lime.Sul-phāt'ic, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.Sŭl'phīde, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A compound of sulphur with another element, or with a body which may take the place of an element; a sulphuret. Double sulphide, a compound of two sulphides. — Metallic sulphide, a compound…Sŭl'phi-on, n. p. 1324(Chem.) An hypothetical body consisting of one equivalent of sulphur and four equivalents of oxygen;—so called in reference to the binary theory of salts. Graham.Sul-phi'on-ide, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A compound of sulphion with a metal, or with a body performing the function of a metal;—so called in reference to the binary theory of salts. Graham.Sŭl'phīte, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A salt formed by a combination of sulphurous acid with a base.Sŭl'pho-ar-sēn'ic, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, sulphur and arsenic;—said of an acid consisting of five equivalents of sulphur and one of arsenic.Sŭl'pho-car-bŏn'ic, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of, sulphur and carbon;—said of an acid consisting of two equivalents of sulphur and one of carbon.Sŭl'pho-cy'ān-īde, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A compound of sulpho-cyanogen and another constituent.Sŭl'pho-cy-ā'n'ic, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and cyanogen, or derived from sulpho-cyanogen;—said of an acid consisting of one equivalent of sulpho-cyanogen and one of hydrogen.Sŭl'pho-cy-ā'no-gen, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A compound consisting of two equivalents of sulphur and one equivalent of cyanogen.Sŭl'pho-sŭlt or Sŭl'pho-sĕl, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A double sulphuret, or a salt containing sulphur in both the acid and the base. Dana.Sūl'pho-vīn'ic, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sulphuric acid and alcohol or spirits of wine;—said of a certain acid formed by the action of sulphuric acid upon alcohol.Sŭl'phur, n. p. 1324A simple mineral substance, of a yellow color, brittle, insoluble in water, easily fusible and inflammable;—called also brimstone, that is, burn-stone, from its great combustibility. It burns with a…Sŭl'phu-rate, a. p. 1324Belonging to, or resembling, sulphur; of the color of sulphur. [Rare.] More.Sūl'phu-rāte, v. t. p. 1324To combine with sulphur. [Obs.]Sŭl'phu-rā'tion, n. p. 1324(Chem.) The subjecting a thing to the action of sulphur, especially of sulphurous gas.Sŭl'phu-rēl't-y, n. p. 1324The state of being sulphureous. [Obs.] R. Jonson.Sul-phū're-oüs, a. p. 1324Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. Pope.Sul-phū're-oüs-ly, adv. p. 1324In a sulphureous manner.Sul-phū're-ōŭs-ness, n. p. 1324The state of being sulphureous.Sŭl'phu-rĕt, n. p. 1324(Chem.) A combination of sulphur with another element, or with a body which may take the place of an element; sulphide.Sŭl'phu-rē'ted, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Having sulphur in combination; containing, or combined with, sulphur.Sulphureted hydrogen p. 1324a colorless gas, with the fetid odor of rotten eggs, composed of one equivalent of sulphur and one of hydrogen;—called also hydro-sulphuric acid.Sul-phū’ric, a. p. 1324(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sulphur. Sulphuric acid, an acid formed by one equivalent of sulphur combined with three equivalents of oxygen;—formerly called vitriolic acid, or oil of…Sŭl'phur-īne, a. p. 1324Of, pertaining to, containing, or resembling, sulphur; sulphureous. [Obs.]Sŭl'phur-ing, n. p. 1324Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in bleaching; the act or art of bleaching by fumes of sulphur.Sūl'phur·oūs, a. p. 1324Of, pertaining to, or resembling, sulphur; containing sulphur. Sulphurous acid, an acid formed by one equivalent of sulphur combined with two equivalents of oxygen.Sŭl'phur-wort, n. p. 1324(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Peucedanum; hog's-fennel.Sŭl'phur-y, a. p. 1324Partaking of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur.Sŭl-pĭ'ti-an, n. p. 1324(Rom. Cath. Church.) One of an order of priests established in France, in 1642, for the purpose of educating young men designed for the ministry. The order has been introduced into the United States…Sūl'tan, n. p. 1324The emperor of the Turks; the padishah, or grand seignior;—officially so called. ☞ The title is sometimes given to other Mohammedan sovereigns.Sul-tā'nā or Sul-tä'nä, n. p. 1324The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.Sūl'tan-ess, n. p. 1324A sultana.Sūl'tan-flow'er, n. p. 1324(Bot.) A plant and its flower of the genus Centaurea.