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Soreness. [Obs.]

Same as Sorance. [Obs.]

Suitableness; agreement. [Obs.] hak.

Remembrance. [Obs.] Of his way he had no sovenance. Spenser.

To tie or hobble with a spancel. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.] Malone.

The quinsy. See Quinsy. [Obs.]

A stanza. [Obs.] Chapman.

Restraint; stoppage. [Obs.]

Subordinacy; subordination. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. Sir W. Temple.

al or existing essence. These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind, And turn substance into accident! Chaucer. Heroic virtue did his actions guide, And he the substance, not the appearance, chose. Dryden.

Having no substance; unsubstantial. [R.] Coleridge.

The state of suffering; the bearing of pain; endurance. He must not only die the death, But thy unkindness shall his death draw out To lingering sufferance. Shak.

Sufficiency; plenty; abundance; contentment. [Obs.] He could in little thing have suffisaunce. Chaucer.

Sufferance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The quality or state of being superabundant; a superabundant quantity; redundancy; excess.

That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [R.] The perfume and suppliance of a minute. Shak.

Support. [Obs.] Shak.

Assurance. [Obs.] Shak.

Cessation. [Obs.]

Peace; quiet. [Obs.] Bacon.