Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Suiogoths

Su′i‐o‐goths″ (?), prop. n. pl. [L. Suiones (a Teutonic tribe in what is now Sweeden) + E. Goth.] The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths.

11639

Suist

Su″ist, n. [L. suus belinging to himself or to one's self.] One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist. Whitlock.

11640

Suit

Suit (sūt), n. [OE. suite, F. suite, OF. suite, sieute, fr. suivre to follow, OF. sivre; perhaps influenced by L. secta. See Sue to follow, and cf. Sect, Suite.] 1. The act of f...

11641

Suit (2)

Suit, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suited; p. pr. & vb. n.Suiting.] 1. To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit the action to the word. Shak.2. To be fitted to; to accord...

11642

Suit (3)

Suit, v. i. To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by with or to.The place itself was suiting to his care. Dryden.Give me not an officeThat suits w...

11643

Suitability

Suit′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being suitable; suitableness.

11644

Suitable

Suit″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted; as, ornaments suitable to one's station; language suitable for the subject. — Su...

11645

Suite

Suite (?), n. [F. See Suit, n.] 1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5.2. A connected series or ...

11646

Suiting

Suit″ing (?), n. Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of clothes.

11647

Suitor

Suit″or (?), n. 1. One 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...

11648

Suitress

Suit″ress (?), n. A female supplicant. Rowe.

11649

Suji

‖Su″ji (?), n. [Hind. s�fī.] Indian wheat, granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina. [Written also soojee.]

11650

Sula

‖Su″la (?), n. [NL., fr. Icel. s�la the gannet. See Solan goose.] (Zoöl.) A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.

11651

Sulcate

{ Sul″cate (?), Sul″ca‐ted (?), } a. [L. sulcatus, p. p. of sulcare to furrow, fr. sulcus a furrow.] Scored with deep and regular furrows; furrowed or grooved; as, a sulcated stem.

11652

Sulcation

Sul‐ca″tion (?), n. A channel or furrow.

11653

Sulciform

Sul″ci‐form (?), a. Having the form of a sulcus; as, sulciform markings.

11654

Sulcus

‖Sul″cus (?), n.; pl.Sulci (#). A furrow; a groove; a fissure.

11655

Suleah fish

Su″le‐ah fish′ (?). (Zoöl.) A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah.

11656

Sulk

Sulk (?), n. [L. sulcus.] A furrow.

11657

Sulk (2)

Sulk, v. i. [See Sulkiness.] To be silently sullen; to be morose or obstinate. T. Hook.

11658

Sulker

Sulk″er (?), n. One who sulks.

11659

Sulkily

Sulk″i‐ly (?), adv. In a sulky manner.

11660

Sulkiness

Sulk″i‐ness, n. [For sulkenness, fr. AS. solcen slothful, remiss, in āsolcen, besolcen, properly p. p. of sealcan in āsealcan to be weak or slothful; of uncertain origin.] The q...

11661

Sulks

Sulks (?), n. pl. The condition of being sulky; a sulky mood or humor; as, to be in the sulks.

11662

Sulky

Sulk″y (?), a. [Compar.Sulkier (?); superl.Sulkiest.] [See Sulkiness, and cf. Sulky, n.] Moodly silent; sullen; sour; obstinate; morose; splenetic.Syn. — See Sullen.

11663

Sulky (2)

Sulk″y, n.; pl.Sulkies (#). [From Sulky, a.; — so called from the owner's desire of riding alone.] A light two-wheeled carriage for a single person.☞ Sulky is used adjectively i...

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Sull

Sull (?), n. [AS. suluh, sulh, a plow; cf. OHG. suohili a little plow.] A plow. Ainsworth.