Chapter 1665

Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. Atterbury.

Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. South.

3. (Eccl.) (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.

Shipley.

I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. Creed of Pope Pius IV.

4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]

<-- 5. The right to vote; franchise. -->

Suffrage <Xpage=1441>

Suf"frage , v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.]

Milton.

<-- Sufragette. <Xpage=1441>

Sufragette. n. A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist. -->

Suffraginous <Xpage=1441>

Suf*frag"i*nous (?) , a. [L. suffraginosus diseased in the hock, fr. suffrago the pastern, or hock.] Of or pertaining to the hock of a beast. [Obs.]

Suffragist <Xpage=1441>

Suf"fra*gist (?) , n. 1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.

2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist . <-- if female, usu. suffragette. -->

It is curious that . . . Louisa Castelefort should be obliged after her marriage immediately to open her doors and turn ultra liberal, or an universal suffragist . Miss Edgeworth.

Suffrago <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fra"go (?) , n. [L., the hock, from sub under + frangere to break.] (Zo\'94l.) The heel joint.

Suffrance <Xpage=1441>

Suf"france (?) , n. Sufferance. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Suffrutescent <Xpage=1441>

Suf`fru*tes"cent (?) , a. [Pref. suf- + frutescent .] (Bot.) Slightly woody at the base.

Suffruticose <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fru"ti*cose` (?) , a. [Pref. suf- + fruticose .] (Bot.) Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.

Suffruticous <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fru"ti*cous (?) , a. Suffruticose.

Suffumigate <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fu"mi*gate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suffumigated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffumigating .] [L. suffumigatus , p.p. of suffumigare to fumigate from below. See Sub- , and Fumigate .] To apply fumes or smoke to the parts of, as to the body in medicine; to fumigate in part.

Suffumigation <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fu`mi*ga"tion (?) , n. [L. suffumigatio : cf. F. suffumigation .] The operation of suffumigating.

Suffumige <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fu"mige (?) , n. [LL. suffumigium .] A medical fume. [Obs.]

Harvey.

Suffuse <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fuse" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suffused (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffusing .] [L. suffusus , p.p. of suffundere to overspread; sub under + fundere to pour. See Fuse to melt.] To overspread, as with a fluid or tincture; to fill or cover, as with something fluid; as, eyes suffused with tears; cheeks suffused with blushes .

When purple light shall next suffuse the skies. Pope.

Suffusion <Xpage=1441>

Suf*fu"sion (?) , n. [L. suffusio : cf. F. suffusion .] 1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.

To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. Ray.

2. That with which a thing is suffused.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.

Sufi <Xpage=1441>

Su"fi (?) , n. [From the name of a dynasty of Persian kings, Saf\'c6 , Safav\'c6 ; said to come from name Saf\'c6-ud-d\'c6n of an ancestor of the family, confused with s<?/f\'c6 pious.] A title or surname of the king of Persia.

Sufi <Xpage=1441>

Su"fi , n. [Ar. & Per. s<?/f\'c6 , wise, pious, devout.] One of a certain order of religious men in Persia. [Written also sofi .]

Sufism <Xpage=1441>

Su"fism (?) , n. A refined mysticism among certain classes of Mohammedans, particularly in Persia, who hold to a kind of pantheism and practice extreme asceticism in their lives. [Written also sofism .]

Sug <Xpage=1441>

Sug (?) , n. A kind of worm or larva.

Walton.

Sugar <Xpage=1441>

Sug"ar (?) , n. [OE. sugre , F. sucre (cf. It. zucchero , Sp. az\'a3car ), fr. Ar. sukkar , assukkar , fr. Skr. \'87arkar\'be sugar, gravel; cf. Per. shakar . Cf. Saccharine , Sucrose .] 1. A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline substance, of a sandy or granular consistency, obtained by crystallizing the evaporated juice of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc. It is used for seasoning and preserving many kinds of food and drink. Ordinary sugar is essentially sucrose. See the Note below.

&hand; The term sugar includes several commercial grades, as the white or refined , granulated , loaf or lump , and the raw brown or muscovado . In a more general sense, it includes several distinct chemical compounds, as the glucoses , or grape sugars (including glucose proper, dextrose, and levulose), and the sucroses , or true sugars (as cane sugar). All sugars are carbohydrates. See Carbohydrate . The glucoses , or grape sugars , are ketone alcohols of the formula C6H12O6 , and they turn the plane of polarization to the right or the left. They are produced from the amyloses and sucroses, as by the action of heat and acids of ferments, and are themselves decomposed by fermentation into alcohol and carbon dioxide. The only sugar (called acrose ) as yet produced artificially belongs to this class. The sucroses , or cane sugars , are doubled glucose anhydrides of the formula C12H22O11 . They are usually not fermentable as such (cf. Sucrose ), and they act on polarized light.

2. By extension, anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance; as, sugar of lead (lead acetate), a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweet taste .

3. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. [Colloq.]

Acorn sugar . See Quercite . -- Cane sugar , sugar made from the sugar cane; sucrose, or an isomeric sugar. See Sucrose . -- Diabetes , &or; Diabetic , sugar (Med. Chem.) , a variety of sugar (probably grape sugar or dextrose) excreted in the urine in diabetes mellitus. -- Fruit sugar . See under Fruit , and Fructose . -- Grape sugar , a sirupy or white crystalline sugar (dextrose or glucose) found as a characteristic ingredient of ripe grapes, and also produced from many other sources. See Dextrose , and Glucose . -- Invert sugar . See under Invert . -- Malt sugar , a variety of sugar isomeric with sucrose, found in malt. See Maltose . -- Manna sugar , a substance found in manna, resembling, but distinct from, the sugars. See Mannite . -- Milk sugar , a variety of sugar characteristic of fresh milk, and isomeric with sucrose. See Lactose . -- Muscle sugar , a sweet white crystalline substance isomeric with, and formerly regarded to, the glucoses. It is found in the tissue of muscle, the heart, liver, etc. Called also heart sugar . See Inosite . -- Pine sugar . See Pinite . -- Starch sugar (Com. Chem.) , a variety of dextrose made by the action of heat and acids on starch from corn, potatoes, etc.; -- called also potato sugar , corn sugar , and, inaccurately, invert sugar . See Dextrose , and Glucose . -- Sugar barek , one who refines sugar. -- Sugar beet (Bot.) , a variety of beet ( Beta vulgaris ) with very large white roots, extensively grown, esp. in Europe, for the sugar obtained from them. -- Sugar berry (Bot.) , the hackberry. -- Sugar bird (Zo\'94l.) , any one of several species of small South American singing birds of the genera C\'d2reba , Dacnis , and allied genera belonging to the family C\'d2rebid\'91 . They are allied to the honey eaters. -- Sugar bush . See Sugar orchard . -- Sugar camp , a place in or near a sugar orchard, where maple sugar is made. -- Sugar candian , sugar candy. [Obs.] -- Sugar candy , sugar clarified and concreted or crystallized; candy made from sugar. -- Sugar cane (Bot.) , a tall perennial grass ( Saccharum officinarium ), with thick short-jointed stems. It has been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar. -- Sugar loaf . (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone. (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf.

Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar loaf ? J. Webster.

-- Sugar maple (Bot.) , the rock maple ( Acer saccharinum ). See Maple . -- Sugar mill , a machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane, usually consisting of three or more rollers, between which the cane is passed. -- Sugar mite . (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small mite ( Tyroglyphus sacchari ), often found in great numbers in unrefined sugar. (b) The lepisma. -- Sugar of lead . See Sugar , 2, above. -- Sugar of milk . See under Milk . -- Sugar orchard , a collection of maple trees selected and preserved for purpose of obtaining sugar from them; -- called also, sometimes, sugar bush . [U.S.] Bartlett . -- Sugar pine (Bot.) , an immense coniferous tree ( Pinus Lambertiana ) of California and Oregon, furnishing a soft and easily worked timber. The resinous exudation from the stumps, etc., has a sweetish taste, and has been used as a substitute for sugar. -- Sugar squirrel (Zo\'94l.) , an Australian flying phalanger ( Belideus sciureus ), having a long bushy tail and a large parachute. It resembles a flying squirrel. See Illust . under Phlanger . -- Sugar tongs , small tongs, as of silver, used at table for taking lumps of sugar from a sugar bowl. -- Sugar tree . (Bot.) See Sugar maple , above.

Sugar <Xpage=1441>

Sug"ar (?) , v. i. In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; -- with the preposition off . [Local, U.S.] <-- field = sugar making -->

Sugar <Xpage=1441>

Sug"ar , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sugared (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sugaring .] 1. To impregnate, season, cover, or sprinkle with sugar; to mix sugar with. "When I sugar my liquor."

G. Eliot.

2. To cover with soft words; to disguise by flattery; to compliment; to sweeten; as, to sugar reproof .

With devotion's visage And pious action we do sugar o'er The devil himself. Shak.

Sugared <Xpage=1441>

Sug"ared (?) , a. Sweetened. "The sugared liquor." Spenser . Also used figuratively; as, sugared kisses .

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Sugar-house <Xpage=1442>

Sug"ar-house` (?) , n. A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.

Sugariness <Xpage=1442>

Sug"ar*i*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being sugary, or sweet.

Sugaring <Xpage=1442>

Sug"ar*ing , n. 1. The act of covering or sweetening with sugar; also, the sugar thus used.

2. The act or process of making sugar.

Sugarless <Xpage=1442>

Sug"ar*less , a. Without sugar; free from sugar.

Sugarplum <Xpage=1442>

Sug"ar*plum` (?) , n. A kind of candy or sweetneat made up in small balls or disks.

Sugary <Xpage=1442>

Sug"ar*y (?) , a. 1. Resembling or containing sugar; tasting of sugar; sweet.

Spenser.

2. Fond of sugar or sweet things; as, a sugary palate .

Sugescent <Xpage=1442>

Su*ges"cent (?) , a. [L. sugere to suck.] Of or pertaining to sucking. [R.]

Paley.

Suggest <Xpage=1442>

Sug*gest" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suggested (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Suggesting .] [L. suggestus , p.p. of suggerere to put under, furnish, suggest; sub under + gerere to carry, to bring. See Jest .] 1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke.

2. To propose with difference or modesty; to hint; to intimate; as, to suggest a difficulty .

3. To seduce; to prompt to evil; to tempt. [Obs.]

Knowing that tender youth is soon suggested . Shak.

4. To inform secretly. [Obs.]

Syn. -- To hint; allude to; refer to; insinuate.

Suggest <Xpage=1442>

Sug*gest" , v. i. To make suggestions; to tempt. [Obs.]

And ever weaker grows through acted crime, Or seeming-genial, venial fault, Recurring and suggesting still. Tennyson.

Suggester <Xpage=1442>

Sug*gest"er (?) , n. One who suggests.

Beau. & Fl.

Suggestion <Xpage=1442>

Sug*ges"tion (?) , n. [F. suggestion , L. suggestio .] 1. The act of suggesting; presentation of an idea.

2. That which is suggested; an intimation; an insinuation; a hint; a different proposal or mention; also, formerly, a secret incitement; temptation.

Why do I yield to that suggestion ? Shak.

3. Charge; complaint; accusation. [Obs.] "A false suggestion ."

Chaucer.

4. (Law) Information without oath; an entry of a material fact or circumstance on the record for the information of the court, at the death or insolvency of a party.

5. (Physiol. & Metaph.) The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown.

Syn. -- Hint; allusion; intimation; insinuation. -- Suggestion , Hint . A hint is the briefest or most indirect mode of calling one's attention to a subject. A suggestion is a putting of something before the mind for consideration, an indirect or guarded mode of presenting argument or advice. A hint is usually something slight or covert, and may by merely negative in its character. A suggestion is ordinarily intended to furnish us with some practical assistance or direction. "He gave me a hint of my danger, and added some suggestions as to the means of avoiding it."

Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike. Pope.

Arthur, whom they say is killed to-night On your suggestion . Shak.

Suggestive <Xpage=1442>

Sug*gest"ive (?) , a. Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation. -- Sug*gest"ive*ly , adv. -- Sug*gest"ive*ness , n.

Suggestment <Xpage=1442>

Sug*gest"ment (?) , n. Suggestion. [R.]

They fancy that every thought must needs have an immediate outward suggestment . Hare.

Suggestress <Xpage=1442>

Sug*gest"ress (?) , n. A woman who suggests. "The suggestress of suicides."

De Quincey.

Suggil <Xpage=1442>

Sug"gil (?) , v. t. [L. suggillare , sugillare , suggillatum , sugillatum , literally, to beat black and blue.] To defame. [Obs.]

Abp. Parker.

Suggillate <Xpage=1442>

Sug"gil*late (?) , v. t. [See Suggil .] To beat livid, or black and blue.

Wiseman.

Suggillation <Xpage=1442>

Sug`gil*la"tion (?) , n. [L. suggillatio : cf. F. suggillation .] A livid, or black and blue, mark; a blow; a bruise.

Suicidal <Xpage=1442>

Su"i*ci`dal (?) , a. Partaking of, or of the nature of, the crime or suicide. -- Su"i*ci`dal*ly , adv.

Suicide <Xpage=1442>

Su"i*cide (?) , n. [L. sui of one's self (akin to suus one's own) + caedere to slay, to kill. Cf. So , adv. , Homicide .] 1. The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law) , the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind.

2. One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.

3. Ruin of one's own interests. "Intestine war, which may be justly called political suicide ."

V. Knox.

Suicidical <Xpage=1442>

Su`i*cid"i*cal (?) , a. Suicidal. [Obs.]

Suicidism <Xpage=1442>

Su"i*ci*dism (?) , n. The quality or state of being suicidal, or self-murdering. [R.]

Suicism <Xpage=1442>

Su"i*cism (?) , n. [L. suus one's own.] Selfishness; egoism. [R.]

Whitlock.

Sui generis <Xpage=1442>

Su"i gen"e*ris (?) . [L.] Of his or its own kind.

Suillage <Xpage=1442>

Su"il*lage (?) , n. [OF. souillage , soillage , fr. souiller , soiller . See Soil to stain, and cf. Sullage .] A drain or collection of filth. [Obs.] [Written also sulliage , and sullage .]

Sir H. Wotton.

Suilline <Xpage=1442>

Su"il*line (?) , a. [L. sus hog.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to a hog or the Hog family ( Suid\'91 ).

Suine <Xpage=1442>

Su"ine (?) , n. [Cf. Suint .] A mixture of oleomargarine with lard or other fatty ingredients. It is used as a substitute for butter. See Butterine .

Suing <Xpage=1442>

Su"ing (?) , n. [Cf. F. suer to sweat, L. sudare .] The process of soaking through anything. [Obs.]

Bacon.

Suingly <Xpage=1442>

Su"ing*ly , adv. [See Sue to follow.] In succession; afterwards. [Obs.]

Sir T. More.

Suint <Xpage=1442>

Su"int (?) , n. [F.] (Chem.) A peculiar substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters. It is used as a source of potash and also for the manufacture of gas.

Suigothus <Xpage=1442>

Su`i*gothus" (?) , n. pl. [L. Suiones (a Teutonic tribe in what is now Sweeden) + E. Goth .] The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths .

Suist <Xpage=1442>

Su"ist , n. [L. suus belinging to himself or to one's self.] One who seeks for things which gratify merely himself; a selfish person; a selfist. [R.]

Whitlock.