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hase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo. For yet there was no man that haddle him sued. Chaucer. I was beloved of many a gentle knight, And sued and sought with all the service due. Spenser. Sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. Tennyson.

Swedish glove leather, --usually made from lambskins tanned with willow bark. Also used adjectively; as, suède gloves.

Uniformly or evenly distributed or spread; even; smooth. See Suant. Thoreau.

Evenly; smoothly.

One who sues; a suitor.

The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.

Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.

ing accustomed; habituation. [Obs.] Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature. Jer. Taylor.

Accustomedness; habit; habitual use. Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. Bacon.

A mélange served in Chinese restaurants to be eaten with rice, noodles, etc. It consists typically of bean sprouts, onions, mushrooms, etc., and sliced meats, fried and flavored with sesame oil. [U. S.]

Custom, habit; usage. [R.] To observe this consuetude or law. Barnes .

According to custom; customary; usual. [R.]

Customary.

Disused; out of use. [R.]

The cessation of use; disuse; discontinuance of practice, custom, or fashion. The desuetude abrogated the law, which, before, custom had established. Jer. Taylor.

To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake. [Obs.] "Seek peace, and ensue it." 1 Pet. iii. 11. To ensue his example in doing the like mischief. Golding.

Same as Intertissued.

See Ensue, v. i.

med; absence of use or habit. Absurdities are great or small in proportion to custom or insuetude. Landor.

Interwoven. [R.] Shak.