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icient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive; as, a superfluous price. Shak. An authority which makes all further argument or illustration superfluous. E. Everett. Superfluous interval (Mus.), an interval that exceeds a major or perfect interval by a semitone.

Superabundance; superfluity; an overflowing. [R.] Shak.

Superfetation.

Excess of foliation. Sir T. Browne.

A cloth which is placed over the top of an altar, and often hangs down a few inches over the frontal.

To pour (something) over or on something else. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life. [Slang, Western U.S.]

Not fermented; unleavened; -- said of bread, loaves, etc. [Obs.] Pask and the feast of therf loaves. Wyclif.

A large European loach (Misgurnus fossilis).

A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on the rear.

As much as a tumbler will hold; enough to fill a tumbler.

A subordinate party or faction.

An inferior or subordinate faculty.

An assistant farmer.

To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.

An underling [R.] Sir P. Sidney.

The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. Sir H. Wotton.

To follow closely or immediately after. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Rom. of R.

Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.