Webster's Dictionary 1913

11827

Sunder

Sun″der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sundering.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in āsundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D...

11828

Sunder (2)

Sun″der, v. i. To part; to separate. Shak.

11829

Sunder (3)

Sun″der, n. [See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder.] A separation into parts; a division or severance.In sunder, into parts. “He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.”...

11830

Sunder (4)

Sun″der, v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. Halliwell.

11831

Sundew

Sun″dew′ (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and a...

11832

Sundial

Sun″di′al (?), n. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.Sundial shell(Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solar...

11833

Sundog

Sun″dog′ (?), n.(Meteorol.) A 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 ...

11834

Sundog (2)

Sun″dog′, n.(Meteor.) A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; — called also dog and weathergaw.

11835

Sundown

Sun″down′ (?), n. 1. The setting of the sun; sunset. “When sundown skirts the moor.” Tennyson.2. A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women.

11836

Sundowner

Sun″down′er (?), n. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; — so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work;...

11837

Sundries

Sun″dries (?), n. pl. Many different or small things; sundry things.

11838

Sundrily

Sun″dri‐ly (?), adv. In sundry ways; variously.

11839

Sundrops

Sun″drops′ (?), n. [Sun + drop.] (Bot.) Any one of the several species of Kneiffia, esp. K. fruticosa (syn. Œnothera fruticosa), of the Evening-primrose family, having flowers t...

11840

Sundry

Sun″dry (?), a. [OE. sundry, sondry, AS. syndrig, fr. sundor asunder. See Sunder, v. t.] 1. Several; divers; more than one or two; various. “Sundry wines.” Chaucer. “Sundry weig...

11841

Sundryman

Sun″dry‐man (?), n.; pl.Sundrymen (�). One who deals in sundries, or a variety of articles.

11842

Sunfish

Sun″fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) A very large oceanic plectognath fish (Mola mola, Mola rotunda, or Orthagoriscus mola) having a broad body and a truncated tail. (b) Any one of nume...

11843

Sunflower

Sun″flow′er (?), n. Any plant of the genus Helianthus; — so called probably from the form and color of its flower, which is large disk with yellow rays. The commonly cultivated ...

11844

Sunflower State

Sun″flow′er State. Kansas; a nickname.

11845

Sung

Sung (?), imp. & p. p. of Sing.

11846

Sunglass

Sun″glass′ (?), n.; pl.Sunglasses (�). A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus. “Lighting a cigar with a sunglass.” Hawthorne.

11847

Sunglow

Sun″glow′ (?), n. A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.

11848

Sunk

Sunk (?), imp. & p. p. of Sink.Sunk fence, a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha.

11849

Sunken

Sunk″en (?), a. Lying on the bottom of a river or other water; sunk.

11850

Sunless

Sun″less (?), a. Destitute or deprived of the sun or its rays; shaded; shadowed.The sunken glen whose sunless shrubs must weep. Byron.

11851

Sunlight

Sun″light′ (?), n. The light of the sun. Milton.

11852

Sunlike

Sun″like′ (?), a. Like or resembling the sun. “A spot of sunlike brilliancy.” Tyndall.

11853

Sunlit

Sun″lit′ (?), a. Lighted by the sun.