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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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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.]Sŭn'ny, a. p. 1326Pertaining to, proceeding from, or resembling, the sun; as, sunny beams. 2. Exposed to the rays of the sun; warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, the sunny side of a hill or building. “Her…Sŭn′-pĭc′tūre, n. p. 1326A picture taken by the agency of the sun’s rays; a photograph.Sŭn'-plănt, n. p. 1326(Bot.) A plant cultivated in India and the East Indies (Crotolaria juncea), from whose fibers are made small ropes and twine. See SUNN.Sŭn'-proof, a. p. 1326Impervious to the rays of the sun.Sŭn’rīse or Sŭn’rīs-ing, n. p. 1326The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; or, more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather. 2. Hence, the east. Full hot and fast the Saxon…Sûn'/set or Sûn'/set-ting, n. p. 1326The descent of the sun below the horizon; or the time when the sun sets; evening. 2. Hence, the west.Sŭn′shīne, n. p. 1326The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, or the place where they fall. But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton. 2. The…Sŭn’/shĭne or Sŭn’/shĭn-y, a. p. 1326Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day; sunshiny weather. 2. Bright like the sun. “Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield.” Spenser.Sŭn'-stär, n. p. 1326(Zoöl.) A kind of star-fish of a scarlet color; Solaster papposa.Sûn'sted, n. p. 1326Solstice. [Obs.] “The summer sunsted.” Holland.Sŭn'-stōne, n. p. 1326(Min.) A variety of oligoclase from Norway, containing minute particles of specular iron. Dana.Sŭn'-strōke, n. p. 1326A stroke of the sun or its heat. 2. (Med.) Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some region of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms…