SURGELESS
SURGELESS, adjective surj'less. Free from surges; smooth; calm.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SURGEON
SUR'GEON, noun sur'jen. [contracted from chirurgeon.] One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation. In a more general sense...
SURGERY
SUR'GERY, noun Properly, the act of healing by manual operation; or that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of t...
SURGICAL
SUR'GICAL, adjective Pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery.
SURGING
SUR'GING, participle present tense Swelling and rolling, as billows.Surging waves against a solid rock.
SURGY
SUR'GY, adjective Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; as the surgy main.
SURICATE
SU'RICATE, noun An animal like the ichneumon; the four toed weasel.
SURLILY
SUR'LILY, adverb [from surly.] In a surly, morose manner.
SURLINESS
SUR'LINESS, noun Gloomy moroseness; crabbed ill nature; as the surliness of a dog.
SURLING
SUR'LING, noun A sour morose fellow. [Not in use.]
SURLY
SUR'LY, adjective1. Gloomily morose; crabbed; snarling; sternly sour; rough; cross and rude; as a surly groom; a surly dog.That surly spirit, melancholy.2. Rough; dark; tempestu...
SURMISAL
SURMI'SAL, noun Surmise. [Not in use.]
SURMISE
SURMISE, verb transitive surmi'ze. To suspect; to imagine without certain knowledge; to entertain thoughts that something does or will exist, but upon slight evidence.It wafted ...
SURMISED
SURMI'SED, participle passive Suspected; imagined upon slight evidence.
SURMISER
SURMI'SER, noun One who surmises.
SURMISING
SURMI'SING, participle present tense Suspecting; imagining upon slight evidence.SURMI'SING, noun The act of suspecting; surmise; as evil surmisings. 1 Timothy 6:4.
SURMOUNT
SURMOUNT', verb transitive1. To rise above.The mountains of Olympus, Atho and Atlas, surmount all winds and clouds.2. To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or ob...
SURMOUNTABLE
SURMOUNT'ABLE, adjective That may be overcome; superable.
SURMOUNTED
SURMOUNT'ED, participle passive Overcome; conquered; surpassed.
SURMOUNTER
SURMOUNT'ER, noun One that surmounts.
SURMOUNTING
SURMOUNT'ING, participle present tense Rising above; overcoming; surpassing.
SURMULLET
SURMUL'LET, noun A fish of the genus Mullus, (M. barbatus,) remarkable for the brilliancy of its colors, and for the changes which they undergo as the fish expires. The name is ...
SURMULOT
SUR'MULOT, noun A name given by Buffon to the brown or Norway rat.
SURNAME
SUR'NAME, noun [Latin super and nomen.]1. An additional name; a name or appellation added to the baptismal or christian name, and which becomes a family name. Surnames, with us,...
SURNAMED
SURNA'MED, participle passive Called by a name added to the christian or original name.
SURNAMING
SURNA'MING, participle present tense Naming by an appellation added to the original name.
SUROXYD
SUROX'YD, noun [sur and oxyd.] That which contains an addition of oxyd. [Little used.]