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An East Indian leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea) and its fiber, which is also called sunn hemp. [Written also sun.]

A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.

One of the sect of Sunnites.

The quality or state of being sunny.

One of the orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran.

A charter or warrant; also, a deed of gift. [India]

sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. "Sunny beams." Spenser. "Sunny locks." Shak.

waked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith. It way awake my bounty further. Shak. No sunny gleam awakes the trees. Keble.

ing noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson.

grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters. His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson. The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe.

A cathedral. See Dome, 2. Of tower or duomo, sunny sweet. Tennyson.

A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow. Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.

of Musa textilis. -- Sisal hemp, the fiber of Agave sisalana, of Mexico and Yucatan. -- Sunn hemp, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant (Crotalaria juncea). -- Water hemp, an annual American weed (Acnida cannabina), related to the amaranth.

Sunny; serene. [Obs.] "The heavens always joviall." Spenser.

Among Mohammedans, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Mohammedans, believe that he is yet to appear.

ve it to be exceeding white indeed, they seethe it yet once more, after it hath been thus sunned and mooned. Holland.

A shaded place; shelter; protection; security. In secret shadow from the sunny ray, On a sweet bed of lilies softly laid. Spenser.

A member of one of the four sects of the Sunnites, or Orthodox Mohammedans; -- so called from its founder, Mohammed al-Shafeï.

i as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.

Like the sun; sunny; golden. [Obs.] "Her sonnish hairs." Chaucer.