SWEET-GUM
SWEET-GUM, noun A tree of the genus Liquidambar.
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SWEET-GUM, noun A tree of the genus Liquidambar.
SWEET-HE'ART, noun A lover or mistress.
SWEET-JOHN'S, noun A plant, a species of Dianthus.
SWEET-M'ARJORAM, noun A very fragrant plant, of the genus Origanum.
SWEET-MAUD'LIN, noun A species of Achillea.
SWEET-PEA, noun A pea cultivated for ornament, of the genus Lathyrus.
SWEET-ROOT, noun The liquorice, or Glycyrrhiza.
SWEET-RUSH, noun Another name of the sweet-flag, a species of Acorus.
SWEE'T-SCENTED, adjective [sweet and scent.] Having a sweet smell; fragrant.
SWEE'T-SMELLING, adjective [sweet and smell.] Having a sweet smell; fragrant.
SWEET-SUL'TAN, noun A plant, a species of Centaurea.
SWEET-WEED, noun A plant of the genus Capraria, and another of the genus Scoparia.
SWEET-WIL'LIAM, noun The name of several species of pink, of the genus Dianthus.The Dianthus barbatus, a species of pink of many varieties.
SWEET-WIL'LOW, noun A plant, the Myrica gale, or Dutch myrtle.
SWEET-WOOD, noun A plant, a species of Laurus.
SWEETEN, verb transitive swee'tn. To make sweet; as, to sweeten tea or coffee.1. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship.2. To make ...
SWEE'TENED, participle passive Made sweet, mild or grateful.
SWEE'TENER, noun He or that which sweetens; he that palliates; that which moderates acrimony.
SWEE'TENING, participle present tense Making sweet or grateful.
SWEE'TING, noun A sweet apple.1. A word of endearment.
SWEE'TISH, adjective Somewhat sweet or grateful to the taste.
SWEE'TISHNESS, noun The quality of being sweetish.
SWEE'TLY, adverb In a sweet manner; gratefully; agreeable.He sweetly temper'd awe.No poet ever sweetly sung,Unless he was, like Phoebus, young.
SWEE'TMEAT, noun [sweet and meat.] Fruit preserved with sugar; as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, and the like.
SWEE'TNESS, noun The quality of being sweet, in any of its senses; as gratefulness to the taste; or to the smell, fragrance; agreeableness to the ear, melody; as sweetness of th...
SWE'INMOTESWELL, verb intransitivepreterit tense swelled; participle passive swelled. Swollen is nearly obsolete..1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or ...
SWELL, v.i. pret. swelled; pp. swelled. Swollen is nearly obsolete..1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions by matter added to the interior par...