Webster's Dictionary 1913

12502

Sustentate

Sus″ten‐tate (?), v. t. To sustain. C. Reade.

12503

Sustentation

Sus′ten‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support, maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See Sustain.] 1. ...

12504

Sustentative

Sus″ten‐ta‐tive (?), a. Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations or quotations.Sustentative functions(Physiol.), those functions of the body wh...

12505

Sustention

Sus‐ten″tion (?), n. Sustentation.In fine images, in sustention, in irony, they surpass anything that Burke ever wrote. J. Morley.

12506

Suster

{ Sus″ter, Sus″tre (?) }, n.; pl.Susters (�), Sustres, orSustren (�). Sister. Chaucer.There are seven sustren, that serve truth ever. Piers Plowman.

12507

Susu

Su″su (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Soosoo.

12508

Susurrant

Su‐sur″rant (?), a. [L. susurrans, p. pr. from susurrare to whisper.] Whispering. “The soft susurrant sigh.” Poetry of Anti-Jacobin.

12509

Susurration

Su′sur‐ra″tion (?), n. [L. susurratio, fr. susurrare to whisper: cf. F. susurration.] A whispering; a soft murmur. “Soft susurrations of the trees.” Howell.

12510

Susurringly

Su‐sur″ring‐ly (?), adv. In the manner of a whisper.

12511

Susurrous

Su‐sur″rous (?), a. [L. susurrus.] Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds.

12512

Susurrus

‖Su‐sur″rus (?), n. The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur. De Quincey.The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches. Longfellow.

12513

Sutile

Su″tile (?), a. [L. sutilis, fr. suere to sew: cf. F. sutile.] Done by stitching. Boswell.

12514

Sutler

Sut″ler (?), n. [D. zoetelaar, OD. soetelaar, a small trader, especially in camps, fr. soetelen to undertake low offices; cf. G. sudeln to do dirty work, to sully, soil, E. suds...

12515

Sutlership

Sut″ler‐ship, n. The condition or occupation of a sutler.

12516

Sutling

Sut″ling (?), a. Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a sutler. Addison.

12517

Sutor

Su″tor (?), n. A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).

12518

Sutra

‖Su″tra (?), n.; pl.Sutras (#). [Skr. s�tra a thread, a string of rules; an aphorism; fr. siv to sew.] 1. (a) A precept; an aphorism; a brief rule. (b) A collection of such apho...

12519

Suttee

Sut‐tee″ (?), n. [Skr. satī a faithful wife, fem. of sant existing, real, true, good, p. pr. of as to be. Cf. Sooth.] 1. A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, o...

12520

Sutteeism

Sut‐tee″ism (?), n. The practice of self-immolation of widows in Hindostan.

12521

Suttle

Sut″tle (?), n.(Com.) The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. M�Culloch.

12522

Suttle (2)

Sut″tle, v. i. [See Sutler.] To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

12523

Sutural

Su″tur‐al (?), a. [Cf. F. sutural, NL. suturals.] 1. Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam.2. (Bot.) Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de�iscence.

12524

Suturally

Su″tur‐al‐ly, adv. In a sutural manner.

12525

Suturated

Su″tur‐a′ted (?), a. Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched.

12526

Suture

Su″ture (?), n. [L. sutura, fr. suere, sutum, to sew or stitch: cf. F. suture. See Sew to unite with thread.] 1. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or part...

12527

Sutured

Su″tured (?), a. Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.

12528

Suwarrow

Su‐war″row (?), n.(Bot.) The giant cactus (Cereus giganteus); — so named by the Indians of Arizona. Called also saguaro.