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Hence, the region where the sun rises; the east. Which were beyond Jordan toward the sunrising. Deut. iv. 47 (Rev. Ver.) Full hot and fast the Saxon rides, with rein of travel slack, And, bending o'ev his saddle, leaves the sunrise at his back. Whittier.

from Surmise, v.

Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.

xciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. -- Sur*pris"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pris"ing*ness, n.

A large grass (Euchlæna luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.

Any species of Thalaassinidæ, a family of burrowing macrurous Crustacea, having a long and soft abdomen.

The state of being tipsy.

An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm. The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. Campbell.

The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.

The act of throwing upward; a rising and falling suddenly; a rolling and tumbling.

; having a lateral motion, or a swinging motion; adapted for giving lateral motion. Traversing plate (Mil.), one of two thick iron plates at the hinder part of a gun carriage, where the handspike is applied in traversing the piece. Wilhelm. -- Traversing platform (Mil.), a platform for traversing guns.…

The quality or state of being tricksy; trickiness. G. Eliot.

The timbers, etc., which form a truss, taken collectively. Weale.

A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin.

The antecedent of trypsin, a substance which is contained in the cells of the pancreas and gives rise to the trypsin.

decomposition yields oxybenzoic acid, or some other benzol derivative. [Written also tyrosine.]

ise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible. -- Un*com"pro*mi`sing*ly, adv.

The quality of making uneasy; discomfort; as, the uneasiness of the road. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

To deprive of sinfulness, as a sin; to make sinless. [Obs.] Feltham.

Not sincere or pure; insincere. [Obs.] Dryden. -- Un`sin*cere"ness, n. [Obs.]