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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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Süm'mer-stir, v. t. p. 1325To summer-fallow.Sŭm’mer-tree, n. p. 1325(Arch.) The same as BREST-SUMMER. See BREST-SUMMER.Süm'mer-y, a. p. 1325Of, or pertaining to, summer; like summer. [Rare.]Sŭm'mist, n. p. 1325One who sums up, or forms an abridgment. Sir E. Dering.Sŭm'mit, n. p. 1325The top; the highest point. “Fixed on the summit of the highest mound.” Shak. 2. The highest point or degree; utmost elevation; as, the summit of human fame. 3. (Conch.) The most elevated part of the…Sŭm'-mit-less, a. p. 1325Having no summit.Sŭm'mit-y, n. p. 1325The height or top of any thing. Swift. 2. The utmost degree; perfection. Halliwell.Sŭm'mon, v. t. p. 1325To call, cite, or notify to appear. Trumpets summon him to war. Dryden. 2. To give notice to, or command to appear, as in court; to cite by authority; as, to summon witnesses, or a jury. Love, duty…Sŭm'mon-er, n. p. 1325One who summons or cites by authority. 2. The sheriff’s messenger, employed to warn persons to appear in court. [Eng.]Sŭm'mons, n. p. 1325A call by authority, or the command of a superior, to appear at a place named, or to attend to some public duty. This summons he resolved not to disobey. Fell. He sent to summon the seditious, and to…Sŭm'mons, v. t. p. 1325To give a summons to; to summon. [Rare.] Swift.Sūm'ner, n. p. 1325A summoner. [Obs.] “A summer that cites her to appear.” Beau. & Fl.Su-mōom′, n. p. 1325The same as SIMOOM.Sūmp, n. p. 1325(Logic.) That which is assumed; the major premise of a syllogism. Sir W. Hamilton.Sūmp, n. p. 1325(Metal.) A round pit of stone, lined with clay, for receiving the metal on its first fusion. Ray. 2. The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which…Sump-men p. 1325the men who sink the sump in a mine.Sŭmph, n. p. 1325A dunce. [Scot.] A more than usual sumph produced an avenging epigram upon him and two other traitors. Prof. Wilson.Sūmp'ter, n. p. 1325A pack; a burden. [Obs. and rare.] B. & Fl. 2. An animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage-horse;—rarely used alone, but generally prefixed to another word; as…Sūmp'tion, n. p. 1325A taking. [Obs.]Sŭmpt'ū-a-ry, a. p. 1325Relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure. Sumptuary laws or regulations, such as restrain or limit the expenses of citizens in apparel, food, furniture, or the like.Sūmpt'ū-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 1325Expensiveness; costliness. [Obs.] Raleigh.Sŭmpt'ū-oŭs, a. p. 1325Involving large outlay or expense; costly; expensive; hence, splendid; magnificent; as, a sumptuous house or table; sumptuous apparel. We are too magnificent and sumptuous in our tables and…Sŭmpt'ū-ōŭs-ly, adv. p. 1325In a sumptuous manner; expensively; splendidly.Sūmpt'ū-oŭs-ness, n. p. 1325The state of being sumptuous; costliness; expensiveness; splendor. I will not fall out with those who can reconcile sumptuousness and charity. Boyle.Sŭn, n. p. 1325The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they…Sūn, v. t. p. 1326To expose to the sun’s rays; to warm or dry in the light of the sun; to insolate; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain. “Then to sun thyself in open air.” Dryden.Sūn, n. p. 1326(Bot.) See SUNN.Sŭn'-bēam, n. p. 1326A beam or ray of the sun. “Glid-ing through the even on a sunbeam.” Milton.Sūn'-bird, n. p. 1326(Ornith.) A species of bird found chiefly in the tropical parts of Africa and Asia, and living on the juices of flowers. The color of its plumage is usually metallic and very showy.Sŭn'-blĭnk, n. p. 1326A glimpse or flash of the sun. [Scot.] W. Scott.Sŭn'-bŏn'net, n. p. 1326A bonnet, generally of some light material, projecting in front of the face, and having a cape, worn as a protection against the rays of the sun. [U. S.]Sŭn′bŭrn, v. t. p. 1326To burn, discolor, or scorch by the sun. “Sunburnt and swarthy though she be.” Dryden.Sŭn'-bûrn'er, n. p. 1326A kind of large gas-burner for lighting and ventilating public buildings.Sŭn'-därt, n. p. 1326A ray of the sun. [Rare.] Hemans.Sŭn'day, n. p. 1326The first day of the week; the Christian Sabbath; a day consecrated to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Lord’s day. Syn.—See SABBATH.Sŭn'day, a. p. 1326Belonging or relating to the Lord's day, or Christian Sabbath.Sūn'day-school, n. p. 1326A school for religious instruction on the Lord's day, especially for children and youth.Sūn'der, v. t. p. 1326To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope or cord; to sunder a limb or joint; to sunder friends, or…Sūn'der, n. p. 1326A separation into parts; a division or severance. In sunder, into parts. “He cutteth the spear in sunder.” Ps. xlvi. 9.Sūn'-dew, n. p. 1326(Bot.) A plant of the genus Drosera, the leaves of which are furnished with small, bristle-like glands, which exude drops of a clear fluid, glittering like dew-drops, whence the name. Gray.Sūn'-dī'al, n. p. 1326An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon or style on a plate.Sŭn'-dŏg, n. p. 1326A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.Sūn'down, n. p. 1326Sunset; sunsetting.Sŭn'drĭes, n. pl. p. 1326Many different or small things; sundry things.Sŭn'dri-ly, adv. p. 1326In sundry ways; variously.Sŭn'dry, a. p. 1326Several; divers; more than one or two. I have composed sundry collects. Sanderson. Sundry foes the rural realm surround. Dryden.Sŭn′dry-man, n. p. 1326One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles.Sŭn’fish, n. p. 1326(Ichth.) (a.) A large, soft-finned plectognathous sea-fish of the genus Orthagoriscus, supposed to be so named from its nearly circular form and shining surface. These fishes look more like the…Sūn'flow-er, n. p. 1326A plant of the genus Helianthus; — so called from the form and color of its flower, which is a large disk with yellow rays, or from its habit of turning to the sun. The bastard sunflower is of the…Sŭng, imp. & p. p. p. 1326of sing. See SING.Sŭn'-hĕmp, n. p. 1326See SUNN.Sŭnk, imp. & p. p. p. 1326of sink. See SINK.Sŭnk'en, a. p. 1326Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.Sŭn'less, a. p. 1326Destitute of the sun or its rays; shaded. The sunken glen and sunless herbs must weep. Byron.Sŭn'light, n. p. 1326The light of the sun.Sūnn, n. p. 1326A fibrous material resembling hemp, the product of a plant cultivated in India and the East Indies;—called also brown hemp, Madras hemp, or sun-hemp. 2. (Bot.) The plant which produces this material…Sūn'ni-ah, n. p. 1326One of the sect of Sunnites. See SUNNITE.Sŭn'ni-ness, n. p. 1326The state or quality of being sunny.Sŭn'nite, n. p. 1326One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna (a collection of traditions; Ar. sunnah, from sunna, to form, to regulate, to prescribe as a law) as of equal importance with the Koran.Sūn'nud, n. p. 1326A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift. [India.]