Sullage
Sul″lage (?), n. [Cf. Suillage, Sulliage.] 1. Drainage of filth; filth collected from the street or highway; sewage.The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many v...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Sullen
Sul″len (?), a. [OE. solein, solain, lonely, sullen; through Old French fr. (assumed) LL. solanus solitary, fr. L. solus alone. See Sole, a.] 1. Lonely; solitary; desolate. Wycl...
Sullen (2)
Sul″len, n. 1. One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. Piers Plowman.2. pl. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness; as, to have the sullens. Shak.
Sullen (3)
Sul″len, v. t. To make sullen or sluggish.Sullens the whole body with... laziness. Feltham.
Sullevate
Sul″le‐vate (?), v. t. [L. sublevare to raise up. Cf. Sublevation.] To rouse; to excite. Daniel.
Sulliage
Sul″li‐age (?), n. [Cf. Sullage, Suillage, or Sully, v. t.] Foulness; filth.Though we wipe away with never so much care the dirt thrown at us, there will be left some sulliage b...
Sully
Sul″ly (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sullied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sullying (?).] [OE. sulien, AS. sylian, fr. sol mire; akin to G. suhle mire, sich, sühlen to wallow, Sw. söla to bemir...
Sully (2)
Sul″ly, v. i. To become soiled or tarnished.Silvering will sully and canker more than gilding. Bacon.
Sully (3)
Sul″ly, n.; pl.Sullies (�). Soil; tarnish; stain.A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little spots and sullies in his reputation. Spectator.
Sulphacid
Sulph‐ac″id (?), n. [Sulpho- + acid.] (Chem.) An acid in which, to a greater or less extent, sulphur plays a part analogous to that of oxygen in an oxyacid; thus, thiosulphuric ...
Sulphamate
Sulph‐am″ate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sulphamic acid.
Sulphamic
Sulph‐am″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of or pertaining to a sulphamide; derived from, or related to, a sulphamide; specifically, designating an amido acid derivative, NH2.SO2.OH, of sulphu...
Sulphamide
Sulph‐am″ide (?), n.(Chem.) Any one of a series of amido compounds obtained by treating sulphuryl chloride with various amines.
Sulphanilic
Sulph′a‐nil″ic (?), a. [From sulphuric + anilene.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an anilene sulphonic acid which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Sulphantimonate
Sulph‐an′ti‐mo″nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sulphantimonic acid.
Sulphantimonic
Sulph‐an′ti‐mon″ic (?), a. [Sulpho- + antimonic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonic acid) analogous to s...
Sulphantimonious
Sulph‐an′ti‐mo″ni‐ous (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of antimony (called also thioantimonious acid) analogous to sulpharsenious acid.
Sulphantimonite
Sulph‐an″ti‐mo‐nite′ (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sulphantimonious acid.
Sulpharsenate
Sulph‐ar″se‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sulpharsenic acid.
Sulpharsenic
Sulph′ar‐sen″ic (?), a. [Sulpho- + arsenic.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenic acid) analogous to arsenic acid, and kn...
Sulpharsenious
Sulph′ar‐se″ni‐ous (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid (called also thioarsenious acid) analogous to arsenious acid, and known only in its...
Sulpharsenite
Sulph‐ar″se‐nite (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sulpharsenious acid.
Sulphate
Sul″phate (?), n. [NL. sulphas, sulphatis, fr. L. sulphur, sulfur, brimstone, sulphur: cf. F. sulfate.] (Chem.) A salt of sulphuric acid.
Sulphatic
Sul‐phat″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing, a sulphate or sulphates.
Sulphato-
Sul″pha‐to– (?). (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate.
Sulphaurate
Sulph‐au″rate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of sulphauric acid.
Sulphauric
Sulph‐au″ric (?), a. [Sulpho- + aurum.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a hypothetical sulphacid of gold (aurum), known only in its salts.