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ory. Chapman. Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. Beau. & Fl.

ything is said or done. "This subject for heroic song." Milton. Make choice of a subject, beautiful and noble, which . . . shall afford an ample field of matter wherein to expatiate. Dryden. The unhappy subject of these quarrels. Shak.

That which is grand in nature or art, as distinguished from the merely beautiful.

ion. [Obs.] My peculiar honors, not derived From successary, but purchased with my blood. Beau. & Fl.

A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl.

. when worked up into bubbles and froth. In the suds, in turmoil or difficulty. [Colloq.] Beau. & Fl.

; content. [R.] Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee), Not to believe a thing. Beau. & Fl.

One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.

A summoner. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A pack; a burden. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Sun angel (Zoöl.), a South American humming bird of the genus Heliangelos, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. -- Sun animalcute. (Zoöl.) See Heliozoa. -- Sun bath (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. -- Sun bear (Zoöl.), a species of bear (…

cock laid it extremely to heart that he had not the nightingale's voice superadded to the beauty of his plumes. L'Estrange.

surpassing all other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.

Having no supper; deprived of supper; as, to go supperless to bed. Beau. & Fl.

A sardine. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Not suspected; not mistrusted. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

n suspense; causing interruption or delay; uncertain; doubtful. "In suspensive thoughts." Beaumont. "A suspensive veto." Macaulay. The provisional and suspensive attitude. J. Morley. Suspensive condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract can not be complete…

Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion. Sweet interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton.

To supply with tackle. Beau. & Fl.

; capable of being touched; as, tactile corpuscles; tactile sensations. "Tactile sweets." Beaumont. "Tactile qualities." Sir M. Hale. Tactile sense (Physiol.), the sense of touch, or pressure sense. See Touch. The delicacy of the tactile sense varies on different parts of the skin; it is geatest on the forehead, temple…