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direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. Thames among the wanton valleys strays. Denham.

th streams, or with running water; streamful. Arcadia However streamy now, adust and dry, Denied the goddess water. Prior.

or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.

13. Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. Denham.

A pen; an author's pen. Dryden.

A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.]…

Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only one can be false.

ect to extreme heat; men subject to temptation. All human things are subject to decay. Dryden.

A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base.

imaginary; not illusive; real; solid; true; veritable. If happinessbe a substantial good. Denham. The substantial ornaments of virtue. L'Estrange.

Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.

The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.

A series of persons or things according to some established rule of precedence; as, a succession of kings, or of bishops; a succession of events in chronology. He was in the succession to an earldom. Macaulay.

A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting a sulphate as an ingredient in certain double salts; as, sulphato-carbonate. [R.]

A prefix signifying above, over, beyond, and hence often denoting in a superior position, in excess, over and above, in addition, exceedingly; as in superimpose, supersede, supernatural, superabundance.

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

and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than physical or natural causes in the case. [Written also supranaturalism.]

ture. My own profession hath taught me not to erect new superstructions upon an old ruin. Denham.

A word denoting or implying supposition, as the words if, granting, provided, etc. Harris.

ne who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. Dunglison. -- Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist. -- Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above. -- Surgeon general. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of…