Webster's Dictionary 1913

10855

Stythe

Stythe (?), n.(Mining) Choke damp.

10856

Stythy

Styth″y (?), n. & v. See Stithy.

10857

Styx

‖Styx (?), n.(Class. Myth.) The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead.

10858

Suability

Su′a‐bil″i‐ty (?), n.(Law) Liability to be sued; the state of being subjected by law to civil process.

10859

Suable

Su″a‐ble (?), a.(Law) Capable of being sued; subject by law to be called to answer in court. Story.

10860

Suade

Suade (?), v. t. [L. suadere.] To persuade.

10861

Suadible

Suad″i‐ble (?), a. [L. suadibilis.] Suasible. Wyclif (James iii. 17).

10862

Suage

Suage (?), v. t. To assuage. Dryden.

10863

Suant

Su″ant (?), a. [Cf. Sue to pursue.] Spread equally over the surface; uniform; even. [Written also suent.] — Su″ant‐ly, adv.

10864

Suasible

Sua″si‐ble (?), a. [L. suadere, suasum, to persuade.] Capable of being persuaded; easily persuaded.

10865

Suasion

Sua″sion (?), n. [L. suasio, fr. suadere, suasum, to advise, persuade, fr. suadus persuading, persuasive; akin to suavis sweet: cf. OF. suasion. See Suave, and cf. Dissuade, Per...

10866

Suasive

Sua″sive (?), a. Having power to persuade; persuasive; suasory. South. “Genial and suasive satire.” Earle. — Sua″sive‐ly, adv.

10867

Suasory

Sua″so‐ry (?), a. [L. suasorius: cf. F. suasoire.] Tending to persuade; suasive.

10868

Suave

Suave (?), a. [L. suavis sweet, pleasant: cf. F. suave. See Sweet, and cf. Suasion.] Sweet; pleasant; delightful; gracious or agreeable in manner; bland. — Suave″ly, adv.

10869

Suavify

Suav″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Suavified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Suavifying (?).] [Suave + -fy.] To make affable or suave.

10870

Suaviloquent

Sua‐vil″o‐quent (?), a. [L. suaviloquens; suavis sweet + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak.] Sweetly speaking; using agreeable speech.

10871

Suaviloquy

Sua‐vil″o‐quy (?), n. [L. suaviloquium.] Sweetness of speech.

10872

Suavity

Suav″i‐ty (?), n. [L. suavitas: cf. F. suavité.] 1. Sweetness to the taste. Sir T. Browne.2. The quality of being sweet or pleasing to the mind; agreeableness; softness; pleasan...

10873

Sub

Sub, n. A subordinate; a subaltern.

10874

Sub judice

‖Sub ju″di‐ce (?). Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration.

10875

Sub-

Sub– (?). [L. sub under, below; akin to Gr. �, Skr. upa to, on, under, over. Cf. Hypo-, Super-.] 1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior po...

10876

Sub-base

Sub″–base′ (?), n.(Arch.) The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like.

10877

Sub-bass

Sub″–bass′, n.(Mus.) The deepest pedal stop, or the lowest tones of an organ; the fundamental or ground bass. [Written also sub-base.] Ayliffe.

10878

Subacetate

Sub‐ac″e‐tate (?), n.(Chem.) An acetate containing an excess of the basic constituent.

10879

Subacid

Sub‐ac″id (?), a. [L. subacidus. See Sub-, Acid.] Moderately acid or sour; as, some plants have subacid juices. — n. A substance moderately acid.

10880

Subacrid

Sub‐ac″rid (?), a. Moderalely acrid or harsh.

10881

Subacromial

Sub′a‐cro″mi‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Situated beneath the acromial process of the scapula.