Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Surcle

Sur″cle (?), n. [L. surculus.] A little shoot; a twig; a sucker. Sir T. Browne.

12287

Surcloy

Sur″cloy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Surcloyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Surcloying.] To surfeit.

12288

Surcoat

Sur″coat′ (?), n. [OE. surcote, OF. surcote. See Sur-, and Coat, and cf. Overcoat.] 1. A coat worn over the other garments; especially, the long and flowing garment of knights, ...

12289

Surcrew

Sur″crew′ (?), n. [From F. surcroît increase, or surcrû, p. p. of surcroître to overgrow.] Increase; addition; surplus. Sir H. Wotton.

12290

Surculate

Sur″cu‐late (?), v. t. [L. surculatus, p. p. of surculare to purne, from surculus a shoot, sprout. See Surcle.] To purne; to trim. Cockeram.

12291

Surculation

Sur′cu‐la″tion (?), n. Act of purning.

12292

Surculose

Sur″cu‐lose′ (?), a. [CF. L. sucrulosus woody. See Surcle.] (Bot.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers.

12293

Surd

Surd (?), a. [L. surdus deaf (whence the meaning, deaf to reason, irrational), perhaps akin to E. swart. Cf. Sordine.] 1. Net having the sense of hearing; deaf. “A surd... gener...

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Surd (2)

Surd, n.(Math.) 1. A quantity which can not be expressed by rational numbers; thus, √2 is a surd.2. (Phon.) A surd element of speech. See Surd, a., 4.

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Surdal

Surd″al (?), a.(Math.) Same as Surd, a., 3.

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Surdiny

Surd″i‐ny (?), n. A sardine. Beau. & Fl.

12297

Surdity

Surd″i‐ty (?), n. [L. surditas.] Deafness.

12298

Sure

Sure (?), a. [Compar.Surer (?); superl.Surest.] [OE. sur, OF. seür, F. sûr, L. securus; se aside, without + cura care. See Secure, and cf. Assure, Insure, Sicker sure.] 1. Certa...

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Sure (2)

Sure (?), adv. In a sure manner; safely; certainly. “Great, sure, shall be thy meed.” Spenser.'T is pleasant, sure, to see one's name in print. Byron.

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Sure-footed

Sure″–foot′ed (?), a. Not liable to stumble or fall; as, a sure-footed horse.

12301

Surely

Sure″ly (?), adv. 1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17.He that cr...

12302

Surement

Sure″ment (?), n. A making sure; surety.Every surement and every bond. Chaucer.

12303

Sureness

Sure″ness, n. The state of being sure; certainty.For more sureness he repeats it. Woodward.The law holds with equal sureness for all right action. Emerson.

12304

Suresby

Sures″by (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain. See Rudesby.] One to be sure of, or to be relied on.There is one which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if anything will serve. Bradford.

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Suretiship

Sure″ti‐ship (?), n. Suretyship. Prov. xi. 15.

12306

Surety

Sure″ty (?), n.; pl.Sureties (#). [OE. seurte, OF. seürté, F. sûreté. See Sure, Security.] 1. The state of being sure; certainty; security.Know of a surety, that thy seed shall ...

12307

Surety (2)

Sure″ty, v. t. To act as surety for. Shak.

12308

Suretyship

Sure″ty‐ship, n. The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. Bouvier.

12309

Surf

Surf (?), n. [Formerly spelled suffe, and probably the same word as E. sough.] The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.Surf bird(Zoöl.), a pl...

12310

Surf (2)

Surf, n. The bottom of a drain.

12311

Surface

Sur″face′ (?), n. [F. See Sur-, and Face, and cf. Superficial.] 1. The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the uppe...

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Surface (2)

Sur″face (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Surfaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Surfacing (?).] 1. To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or ...