sun-god sun-god (sun'god), n. The sun considered or personified as a deity. See solar myth (under solar1), and cut under radiate. Although there can be little doubt that [the Egyptian] Ra was a sun-god, there can be as little that he is the Il or El of the Shemitic peoples, and that his worship represents that of the one God, the Creator. Dawson, Origin of the World, p. 413. sun-gold (sun ́gōld), n. Same as heliochrysin. sun-grebe (sunʼgrēb), n. A sort of sunbird; a finfoot, whether of Africa or South America, having pinnatiped feet, like a grebe's, but not nearly related to the grebes. See cuts under Podica and Heliornis. sun-hat (sun'hat), n. A broad-brimmed hat worn to protect the head from the sun, and often having some means of ventilation. sun-hemp, n. See sunn. = sunk1 (sungk). A preterit and the past participle of sink.-Sunk fence. See fence. sunk2 (sungk), n. [Also sonk; prob. ult. < AS. song, a table, couch, Sw. säng Dan. seng, a bed, couch.] 1. A cushion of straw; a grassy seat.-2. A pack-saddle stuffed with straw. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch in both senses.] sunken (sungʻkn), p. a. [Pp. of sink, v.] Sunk, in any sense. With sunken wreck and sumless treasuries. The embers of the sunken sun. 1. Shak., Hen. V., i. 2. 165. Lowell, To the Past. 2. Situated below the general surface; below the surface, as of the sea: as, a sunken rock. Sunken battery. See battery.-Sunken block, in geol., a mass of rock which occupies a position between two parallel or nearly parallel faults, and which is relatively lower than the masses on each side, having been either itself depressed by crust-movements, or made to appear as if such a depression had taken place by an uplift of both of the adjacent blocks. sunket (sung'ket), n. [Also Sc. suncate (as if sun1+cate); prob. a var. (conformed to junket, juncate?) of sucket, succade.] A dainty. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] There's thirty hearts there that wad hae wanted bread ere ye had wanted sunkets. Scott, Guy Mannering, viii. sunkie (sung'ki), n. [Dim. of sunk2.] A low stool. Scott, Guy Mannering, xxii. [Scotch.] sunless (sun ́les), a. [< sun1 + -less.] Destitute of the sun or of its direct rays; dark; shadowed. Down to a sunless sea. Coleridge, Kubla Khan. sunlessness (sun'les-nes), n. The state of being sunless; shade. sunlight (sun'līt), n. 1. The light of the sun. -2. Same as sun-burner. [In this sense usually written sun-light.] sunlighted (sun'li'ted), a. Lighted by the sun; sunlit. Ruskin, Elements of Drawing, i., note. sunlike (sun'lik), a. Like the sun; resembling the sun in brilliancy. Channing, Perfect Life, p. 225. sunlit (sun'lit), a. Lighted by the sun. sun-myth (sun'mith), n. A solar myth. under solar1. 6061 тит. sunshine his immediate disciples, or founded on the au- sun-rose (sun ́rōz), n. The rock-rose, Helianthethority of his actions. The orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna call themselves Sunnites, in dis- sun-scald (sun'skâld), n. Same as pear-blight tinction from the various sects comprehended under the (which see, under blight). name of Shiahs. See Shiah. Also Sonna. [Early mod. E. sonne sett; [< sun1 + -age.] Sunning; sun- sunset (sun'set), n. sunnaget, n. niness. [Rare.] < sun1 + set1. Cf. sunsetting. Cf. Icel. sōl-setr, sunset and sunrise.] 1. The descent of the upper limb of the sun below the horizon in the evening; the atmospheric phenomena accompanying the setting of the sun; the time when the sun sets; evening. Cotgrave. Solaige [F.], sunnage or sunniness. Sunnee, n. See Sunni. sunn-hemp, n. Same as sunn, 1. Sunni, Sunnee (sun ́ē), n. [Also Sunne, Soonee; <Ar. sunni, < sunna, tradition: see Sunna.] An orthodox Moslem; a Sunnite. sunniness (sun'i-nes), n. The state of being sunny. Landor, Southey and Landor, ii. sunnish (sunʼish), a. [ME. sonnish, sonnysh; < sun1 + -ish1.] Of the color or brilliancy of the sun; golden and radiant. The twilight of such day Shak., Sonnets, lxxiii. Hire ownded here that sonnysh was of hewe. Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 735. Sunnite (sun'īt), n. [Also Sonnite; = F. sunnite; Sunna + -ite2.] One of the so-called orthodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna as of equal importance with the Koran. Sunna and Shiah. sunnud (sun'ud), n. [<Hind. sanad, < Ar. sanad, a warrant, voucher.] In India, a patent, charter, or written authority. sunny1 (sunʼi), a. [= D. zonnig = G. sonnig; as suni-y1.] 1. Like the sun; shining or dazzling with light, luster, or splendor; radiant; bright. Her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. 2. Proceeding from the sun: as, sunny beams. -3. Exposed to the rays of the sun; lighted up, brightened, or warmed by the direct rays of the sun: as, the sunny side of a hill or building. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores. Addison, Letter from Italy to Lord Halifax. 4. Figuratively, bright; cheerful; cheery: as, a sunny disposition.-Sunny side, the bright or hopeful aspect or part of anything. sunny2 (sun'i), n.; pl. sunnies (-iz). [Dim. of sunfish, or pumpkin-seed, Pomotis (Eupomotis) sun(fish).] A familiar name of the common gibbosus, and related species. See cut under sunfish. sunny-sweet (sun'i-swēt), a. or pleasantly bright by the sun. Daisy. [Rare.] Rendered sweet Warmed with Tennyson, Palace sunny-warm (sun'i-wârm), a. sunshine; sunny and warm. of Art. [Rare.] sun-opal (sun'ō'pal), n. Same as fire-opal. sun-perch (sun'pèrch), n. Same as sunfish, 1 (e). sun-picture (sun'pik tür), n. A picture made by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. sun-plane (sun'plān), n. A coopers' hand-plane with a short curved stock, used for leveling the ends of the staves of barrels. E. H. Knight. See sun-plant1 (sun'plant), n. [< sun1 + plant1.] See Portulaca. sun-plant2 (sun'plant), n. [< sun2, sunn, + plant.] Same as sunn. sun-proof (sun'pröf), a. Impervious to the rays of the sun. Marston, Sophonisba, iv. 1. [Rare.] sun-ray (sun'rā), n. A ray of the sun; a sunbeam. sunrise (sun'riz), n. [Early mod. E. also sunnerise, sonneryse, late ME. sunne ryse; ‹ sun1 + risel. Cf. sunrising, sunrist.] 1. The rise or first appearance of the upper limb of the sun above the horizon in the morning; also, the atmospheric phenomena accompanying the rising of the sun; the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; morning. Sunne ryse, or rysynge of the sunne (sunne ryst or rysing of the sunne. .). Ortus. Prompt. Parv., p. 484. 2. The region or place where the sun rises; the east: as, to travel toward the sunrise. sunrising (sun'rī" zing), n. [<ME. sunnerysynge; < sun + rising.] 1. The rising or first appearance of the sun above the horizon; sunrise. Bid him bring his power Before sunrising. Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. 61. 2. The place or quarter where the sun rises; the east. Then ye shall return unto the land. . . which Moses gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. Josh. i. 15. The giants of Libanus mastered all nations, from the sunrising to the sunset. Raleigh, Hist. World. sunristt, n. [ME. sunneryst; sunne, sun, + rist, ryst, < AS. *rist (in ærist: see arist), rising, <risan, rise: see rise1.] Sunrise. See the quotation under sunrise, 1. Sunset-shell (Psammobia vespertina). f, foot; bs, branchial siphon; es, anal siphon. name, and P. ferroensis are good examples. The genus is one of several leading forms of the family Tellinidæ (sometimes giving name to a family Psammobiida). The shell is sinupalliate, and more or less truncate posteriorly; the animal has very long separate siphons and a stout foot. Also called setting-sun (which see). sunsetting (sun'set ing), n. [< ME. sonnesettynge; sun1 + setting.] Sunset. Sunne settynge. . . . Occasus. Prompt. Parv., p. 484. sunshade (sun ́shād), n. [< sun1 + shade1. Cf. AS.sunsceadu, a shadow cast by the sun.] Something used as a protection from the rays of the sun. Specifically-(a) A parasol; in particular, a form, fashionable about 1850 and later, the handle of which was hinged so that the opened top could be held in a vertical position between the face and the sun. Forth... from the portal of the old house stepped Phoebe, putting up her small green sunshade. Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xi. (b) A hood or front-piece made of silk shirred upon whalebones, worn over the front of a bonnet as a protection from sun or wind. Such hoods were in fashion about 1850. Compare ugly, n. I. . . asked her . . . to buy me a railway wrapper, and a sunshade, commonly called an ugly. Jean Ingelow, Off the Skelligs, viii. (c) A kind of awning projecting from the top of a shopwindow. (d) A dark or colored glass used upon a sextant or telescope to diminish the intensity of the light in observing the sun. (e) A tube projecting beyond the objective of a telescope to cut off strong light. (f) A shadehat. [Rare.] sunshine (sun'shin), n. and a. [< ME. *sunneschine, sunnesine (cf. AS. sunscin, a mirror, speculum) MD. sonnenschijn, D. zonneschijn G. sonnenschein (cf. Icel. solskin, Sw. solsken, Dan. solskin); < sun1 + shine1, n.] I. n. 1. The light of the sun, or the space on which it shines; the direct rays of the sun, or the place where they fall. = = It malt at the sunne-sine. Genesis and Exodus (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3337. Ne'er yet did I behold so glorious Weather As this Sun-shine and Rain together. Cowley, The Mistress Weeping. 2. Figuratively, the state of being cheered by an influence acting like the rays of the sun; anything having a genial or beneficial influence; brightness; cheerfulness. That man that sits within a monarch's heart, And ripens in the sunshine of his favour. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 2. 12. A sketch of my character, all written by that which pen had the power of turning every thing into sunshine and joy. Lady Holland, Sydney Smith, viii. To be in the sunshine, to have taken too much drink; be drunk. George Eliot, Janet's Repentance, i. (Davies.) [Slang.] II. a. 1. Sunny; sunshiny; hence, prosperous; untroubled. Send him many years of sunshine days! Shak., Rich. II., iv. 1. 221. 2. Of or pertaining to the sunshine; of a fairweather sort. [Rare.] Summon thy sunshine bravery back, Whittier, My Soul and I. sunshine-recorder sunshine-recorder (sun'shin-re-kôr" der), n. An instrument for registering the duration of sunshine. Two principal forms have come into use, one utilizing the heating effect, the other the actinic effect, of the sun's rays. The Campbell sunshine-recorder consists of a glass sphere which acts as a lens, with its focus on a curved strip of millboard. The sun's rays, focused by the sphere, burn a path on the millboard as the sun moves through the heavens. The length of the burnt line indicates the duration of sunshine, or, more strictly, the length of time that the sun shines with sufficient intensity to burn the millboard. The photographic sunshine-recorder consists of a dark chamber into which a ray of light is admitted through a pinhole. This ray falls on a strip of sensitized paper which is placed on the inside of a cylinder whose axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays. Under the diurnal motion of the sun, the ray travels across the paper, and leaves a sharp straight line of chemical action, while no other part of the paper is exposed to light. The axis of the cylinder has an adjustment for latitude. In the latest form of the apparatus two cylinders are used, one for the morning and the other for the afternoon trace. sunshining+ (sun'shi" ning), a. Sunshiny. [Rare.] As it fell out on a sun-shining day, When Phoebus was in his prime. Robin Hood and the Bishop (Child's Ballads, V. 298). sunshiny (sun'shi"ni), a. [< sunshine + -y1.] 1. Bright with the rays of the sun; having the sky unclouded in the daytime: as, sunshiny weather. We have had nothing but sunshiny days, and daily walks from eight to twenty miles a day. Lamb, To Coleridge. 2. Bright like the sun. The fruitfull-headed beast, amazd At flashing beames of that sunshiny shield, A solar year. connected with descending currents from the upper re- sun-year (sun'yer), n. (though unexplained) connection between the spottedness sun-spurge (sun'sperj), n. See spurge2. as the British Crossaster papposus. See Heli- The summer-sunnestead falleth out alwaies [in Italie] to sunstone (sun'ston), n. [< sun1 + stone.] A That downe he tumbled. Spenser, F. Q., I. viii. 20. sun-stricken (sun'strik"n), p. a. 3. Bright; cheerful; cheery. Perhaps his solitary and pleasant labour among fruits and flowers had taught him a more sunshiny creed than those whose work is among the tares of fallen humanity. R. L. Stevenson, An Old Scotch Gardener. sun-smitten (sun'smit'n), p. a. Smitten or I climb d the roofs at break of day; Tennyson, The Daisy. apparent noon. sun-spot (sun'spot), n. One of the dark patches, from 1,000 to 100,000 miles in diameter, which are often visible upon the photosphere. The central part, or umbra, appears nearly black, though the darkness is really only relative to the intense surrounding brightness. With proper appliances the umbra itself is seen to contain still darker circular holes, and to be overlaid by films of transparent cloud. It is ordinarily surrounded by a nearly concentric penumbra composed of converging filaments. Often, however, the penumbra is unsymmetrical with respect to the umbra, and sometimes it is entirely wanting. The spots often appear in groups, and frequently a large one breaks up into smaller ones. They are continually changing in form and dimensions, and sometimes have a distinct drift upon the sun's sur Sun-spot of March 5th, 1873. the sun; affected by sunstroke. Stricken by ... Enoch's comrade, careless of himself, fell sunstruck (sun'struk), a. Overcome by the heat of the sun; affected with sunstroke. etc. sun-tree (sun'tre), n. = A coal-tar color: = sup (sup), v.; pret. and pp. supped, ppr. sup- = Thare ete thay nougt but Flesche with outen Brede; Balm and nectar in my cup. 2. To eat with a spoon. [Scotch.]-3+. To Sup them well, and look unto them all. Shak., T. of the S., Ind., i. 28. Having caught more fish than will sup myself and my friend, I will bestow this upon you. I. Walton, Complete Angler, p. 78. II. intrans. 1. To eat the evening meal; take supper; in the Bible, to take the principal meal of the day (a late dinner). When they had supped, they brought Tobias in. Tobit viii. 1. 2. Nor, therefore, could we supp or swallow without it N. Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, i. 5. [the tongue]. 3. To eat with a spoon. [Scotch.] sup (sup), n. [ sup, v. Cf. sop, n., and sip, n.] A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip. Shew 'em a crust of bread, For a sup of wine. the-sun. See Retinospora. On dat day ole Brer th'ee chilluns, dey got Such a horse as that might get over a good deal of ground sunward, sunwards (sun'wärd, -wärdz), a. Which, launched upon its sunward track, in a crescent. sunwise (sun'wiz), adv. [< sun1 +-wise.] In Sun-worship is by no means universal among the lower Fletcher, Sea Voyage, iv. 2. supawn (su-pân'), n. [Also suppawn, sepawn, sepon (also, in a D. spelling, sepaen); of Amer. Ind. origin, prob. connected with pone, forA dish consisting of Indian meal boiled in merly paune, Amer. Ind. oppone: see ponel.] water, usually eaten with milk: often called mush. [U. S.] Ev'n in thy native regions, how I blush supe (sup), n. [An abbr. of super, 1, for super- The heart of the Jews is empty of faith, . . . nished with a few broken traditions and ceremonies: su pellectile complements instead of substantial graces. Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 37. II. n. An article of household furniture; hence, an ornament. [Rare.] The heart, then, being so accepted a vessel, keep it at home; having but one so precious supellectile or moveable, part not with it upon any terms. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 259. = super-. [F. super-, sur- = Sp. Pg. super-, sobre- super- to per-. In zoology and anatomy it is used like hyper-, cated in the definitions.] 1. A supernumerary; My father was a man of extraordinary irritability, partly natural, partly induced by having to deal with such preternaturally stupid people as the lowest class of actors, the supers, are found to be. Yates, Fifty Years of London Life, I. ii. 2. A superhive. See bar super, under bar1.3. A superintendent. [Colloq. in all uses.] superable (su pėr-a-bl), a. [ L. superabilis, that may be surmounted, < superare, go over, rise above, surmount, super, over: see super-.] Capable of being overcome or conquered; surmountable. God. 6063 Dr. H. More. superbiquintal A monk he seemed by... the superannuation of his knowledge. De Quincey, John Foster. superaqueous (su-per-a'kwe-us), a. Situated or being above the water. [Rare.] The soul of man may have matter of triumph when he has done bravely by a superadvenient assistance of his 2. Coming unexpectedly. [Rare.] superagency (su-per-a'jen-si), n. A higher or superior agency. superaltar (su'per-âl-tär), n. [< ML. superaltare, < L. super, over, altare, altar.] A superarrogantt (su-per-ar'o-gant), a. Arro There has been no evidence to show that the uprights supported a superaqueous platform. Jour. Anthrop. Inst., XV. 459. gant beyond measure. The Pope challengeth a faculty to cure spiritual impotencies, leprosies, and possessions. Alas! it is not in his power, though in his pride and superarrogant glory. Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 42. superation (su-pe-rā'shon), n. [= F. supération, <L. superatio(n-), an overcoming, superare, pp. superatus, go over.] 1. The apparent passing of one planet by another, in consequence of the more rapid movement in longitude of the latter.-2. The act or process of surmounting; an overcoming. small slab of stone consecrated and laid upon I am not prepared to say that a Superangelic Being, conand feelings as truly as one of our race. Antipathies are generally superable by a single effort. Johnson, Rambler, No. 126. superableness (su'pèr-a-bl-nes), n. The quality of being superable or surmountable. Bailey. superably (su pėr-a-bli), adv. So as to be suChanning, Perfect Life, p. 217. perable. superangular (su-per-ang'gu-lär), a. Situated superabound (su pėr-a-bound'), v. i. [= F. surabonder: Pr. sobrondar Sp. sobreabundar more frequently surangular (which see). over or above the angular bone of the mandible: Pg. sobreabundar, superabundar = It. soprab- superannatet (su-per-an'at), v. i. [< ML. subondare, LL. superabundare, superabound,<perannatus, pp. of superannare (> F. suranner), L. super, above, abundare, overflow, abound: live beyond the year, hence (in F.) grow very see abound.] To abound above or beyond mea- old, L. super, over,+ annus, a year: see ansure; be very abundant or exuberant; be more nual.] To live beyond the year. than sufficient. = = = In those cities where the gospel hath abounded, sin hath superabounded. Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 271. God has filled the world with beauty to overflowingsuperabounding beauty. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 183. superabundance (su pér-a-bun'dans), n. [= F. surabondance = Pr. sobrehabondansa Sp. sobreabundancia = It. soprabbondanza, LL. superabundantia, superabundance, < L. superabundan(t)s, superabundant: see superabundant.] The state of being superabundant, or more than enough; excessive abundance; ex cess. = Many things are found to be monstrous & prodigions in Nature; the effects whereof diuers attribute... either to defect or super-aboundance in Nature. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 462. superabundant (su"per-a-bun'dant), a. [= F. surabondant = Sp. sobreabundante Pg. sobreabundante, superabundante = It. soprabbondante, <L. superabundan(t-)s, ppr. of superabundare, superabound: see superabound.] Abounding to excess; being more than is sufficient; redun dant. = God gives not onely corne for need, superabundantly (su pèr-a-bun'dant-li), adv. Nothing but the uncreated infinite can adequately fill and superabundantly satisfy the desire. Cheyne. superacidulated (super-a-sid'u-la-ted), a. Acidulated to excess. superacromial (su pėr-a-krō'mi-al), a. Situated upon or above the acromion." Also supraacromial. superadd (su-per-ad'), v. t. [< L. superaddere, add over and above, super, over, + addere, add: see add.] To add over and above; join superaddition (su per-a-dish'on), n. 1. The act of superadding, or the state of being superadded. It is quite evident that the higher forms of life are the result of continued superaddition of one result of growthforce on another. E. D. Cope, Origin of the Fittest, p. 397. 2. That which is superadded. It was unlikely women should become virtuous by ornaments and superadditions of morality who did decline the laws and prescriptions of nature. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 38. superadvenient (super-ad-ve'nient), a. 1. Coming upon; coming to the increase or assistance of something. The dying in the winter of the roots of plants that are Some superannuated Virgin that hath lost her Lover. History scientifically treated restores the ancient gift II.t intrans. 1. To last beyond the year.-2. The world itself is in a state of superannuation, if there In the first place superannuation is a guarantee of fidel- The world is typified by the Wandering Jew. Its sor- 4. Antiquated character. Where noble Westmoreland, his country's friend, C. Smart, The Hop-Garden, ii. He [Thoreau] gives us now and then superb outlooks from some jutting crag. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 208. 3. Rich; elegant; sumptuous; showy: as, superb furniture or decorations. The last grave fop of the last age, Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorhina superba), male. It was placed in the genus Paradisea, till Vieillot founded for it the generic name under which it is now known, in the form Lophorina (1816). The superb is confined to New Guinea. The male is 9 inches long; the general color is velvety-black, burnished and spangled with various metallic iridescence; the mantle rises into a sort of shield, and the breastplate is of rich metallic green plumes mostly edged with copper. The female is brown of various shades, as chocolate and rufous and blackish, varied with white in some places, and has the under parts mostly pale-buff cross-barred with brown.--Superb lily, a plant of the genus Gloriosa, especially G. superba.-Superb warbler. See Malurus. Syn. 2. Magnificent, Splendid, etc. (see grand), noble, beautiful, exquisite. superbiatet, v. t. [< superb + -i-ate.] To make haughty. By living under Pharaoh, how quickly Joseph learned the Courtship of an Oath! Italy builds a Villain; Spain superbiates; Germany makes a drunkard. Feltham, Resolves, i. 69. superbioust, a. [< ML. *superbiosus (in adv. superbiose), L. superbia, pride, superbus, proud: see superb.] Proud; haughty. For that addition, in scorne and superbious contempt annexed by you unto our publique prayer. Declaration of Popish Imposture (1603). (Nares.) superbipartient (su pėr-bi-pär'ti-ent), a. [< LL. superbipartien (t-)s, < L. super, over, + bis, bi-, twice, partien(t-)s, ppr. of partire, divide: see part.] Exceeding by two thirds-that is, in the ratio to another number of 5 to 3.-Superbipartient double, a number which is to another number as 8 to 3. superbiquintal (su pėr-bi-kwin'tal), a. Related to another number as 7 to 5; exceeding by two fifths. superbitertial superbitertial (sū❝pėr-bi-tėr ́shal), a. Same as superbipartient. superbly (su-pėrb'li), adv. In a superb manner. (at) Haughtily; contemptuously: as, he snubbed him superbly. (b) Richly; elegantly; magnificently: as, a book superbly bound. superbness (su-pèrb'nes), n. The state of being superb; magnificence. Imp. Dict. supercalendered (sü-per-kal'en-dèrd), a. Noting paper of high polish that has received an unusual degree of rolling. Paper passed through the calendering-rolls attached to the Fourdrinier machine is known as machine-calendered. When passed again through a stack of six or more calendering-rolls, it is known as supercalendered. supercallosal (su pėr-ka-lō'sal), a. and n. I. a. In anat., lying above the corpus callosum: specifying a fissure or sulcus of the median aspect of the cerebrum, otherwise called the callosomarginal and splenial fissure or sulcus. II. n. The supercallosal fissure or sulcus. supercanopy (su-pėr-kanʼō-pi), n. In ornamental constructions and representations, such as the shrine or the engraved brass, an upper arch, gable, or the like covering in one or more sub ordinate niches, arches, etc. supercargo (sū-per-kär'gō), n. [Accom. < Sp. Pg. sobrecarga, a supercargo, < sobre, over, + carga, cargo: see cargo.] A person in a merchant ship whose business is to manage the sales and superintend all the commercial concerns of the voyage. supercargoship (su-per-kär'gō-ship), n. [< supercargo-ship.] The position or business of supercargo. "I am averse," says this brother [of Washington Irving], in a letter dated Liverpool, March 9, 1809, "to any supercargoship, or anything that may bear you to distant or unfriendly climates." Pierre M. Irving, Washington Irving, I. 107. supercelestial (super-se-les'tial), a. [< LL. supercælestis, that is above heaven, L. super, above, + cælum, heaven: see celestial.] 1. Situated above the firmament or vault of heaven, or above all the heavens. The doctrine of supercelestial regions belongs to Plato, who, in the "Phædrus' (trans. by Jowett), says: "Now of the heaven which is above the heavens (Greek uneрovрávios] no earthly poet has ever sung or will sing worthily; but I must tell, for I am bound to speak truly when speaking of the truth. The colorless and shapeless and intangible essence and only reality dwells encircled by true knowledge in this home, visible to the mind alone, who is the lord of the soul." I dare not think that any supercelestial heaven, or whatRaleigh. 2. More than celestial; having a nature higher than that of celestials; superangelic. superceremonious (sú-per-ser-e-mō'ni-us), a. Excessively ceremonious; too much given to ceremonies. Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 625. (Davies.) soever else, not himself, was increate and eternal. supercharge (sū-pèr-chärj′), v. t. 1. To charge or fill to excess. Athenæum, No. 3233, p. 499. -2. In her., to place as a supercharge. supercharge (sū ́per-chärj), n. In her., a charge borne upon an ordinary or other charge: thus, three mullets charged upon a fesse or bend constitute a supercharge. superchery+ (su-pèr'che-ri), n. [< OF. supercherie, F. supercherie Sp. supercheria, It. soperchieria, oppression, injury, fraud, <'soperchio, excessive, also excess, L. super, above: see super-.] Deceit; cheating; fraud. Bailey, 1731. = supercilia, n. Plural of supercilium. superciliaris (su-per-sil-i-a'ris), n.; pl. superciliares (-rēz). [ÎL.: see superciliary.] The muscle of the brow which wrinkles the skin of the forehead vertically; the corrugator supercilii. 6064 rate superorbital ossicle.-Superciliary shield in or nith., a prominent plate or shelf projecting over the eye, as of many birds of prey.-Superciliary woodpecker, Picus (or Colaptes or Zebrapicus or Centurus or Melanerpes) superciliaris (or superciliosus or subocularis or striatus) of Cuba, 11 inches long, with the sides of the head conspicuously striped, and the nape and belly crimson. supercilious (su-per-sil'i-us), a. [< L. superciliosus, haughty, arrogant, supercilium, pride, arrogance: see supercilium.] 1. Lofty with pride; haughtily contemptuous; overbearing. Age, which always brings one privilege, that of being insolent and supercilious without punishment. Pitt, Speech in Reply to Walpole. 2. Manifesting haughtiness, or proceeding from it; overbearing; arrogant: as, a supercilious air; supercilious behavior. The deadliest sin, I say, sciousness of no sin. that same supercilious conCarlyle. (Imp. Dict.) =Syn. Disdainful, contemptuous, overweening, lordly, consequential. See arrogance. superciliously (sū-pèr-sil ́i-us-li), adv. In a supercilious manner; haughtily; with an air of contempt. Milman. The superciliousness (su-per-sil′i-us-nes), n. state or character of being supercilious; haughtiness; an overbearing temper or manner. That, in case they prove fit to be declined, they may appear to have been rejected, not by our superciliousness or laziness, but (after a fair trial) by our experience. Boyle, Works, III. 199. =Syn. Pride, Presumption, etc. See arrogance. supercilium (su-per-sil'i-um), n.; pl. supercilia (-a). [< L. supercilium, eyebrow, fig. a nod, the will, hence pride, haughtiness, arrogance, < super, over, cilium, eyelid: see cilium.] 1. The eyebrow. (a) The superciliary region, ridge, or arch, including the hairs which grow upon it; the brow-ridge and associate structures. (b) The hairs of the eyebrow collectively; the eyebrow of ordinary language, a conspicuous feature of the countenance of most persons: commonly in the plural, meaning the right and left eyebrows together. See second cut under eyel. 2. In anc. arch., the upper member of a cornice; also, the small fillet on either side of the scotia of the Ionic base.-3. In entom., an arched line of color partly surrounding an ocellus. Supercivilized (sū-pėr-sivʼi-līzd), a. Civilized to excess; over-civilized. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 340. superclass (sū'pėr-klas), n. A group embracing two or more classes, or a single class contrasting with such a combination. Thus, birds and reptiles are classes constituting a superclass, Sauropsida, contrasting with Mammalia, as a superclass represented by the mammals only, and with Ichthyopsida, a superclass including the several classes of fish-like vertebrates. Compare subphylum. supercolumnar (sū ̋pėr-kō-lum’när), a. Situated over a column or columns; of, pertaining to, or characterized by supercolumniation. supercolumniation (super-ko-lum-ni-a'shon), n. In arch., the placing of one order above another. supercomprehension (su-per-kom-pre-henshon), n. Comprehension superior to what is common; superior comprehension. Molina said, for instance, that God saw the future possible acts of man through His supercomprehension of human nature. Mind, XII. 268. superconception (super-kon-sep'shon), n. Same as superfetation. As also in those superconceptions where one child was like the father, the other like the adulterer. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iii. 17. superconformity+ (su" pėr-kon- fôr' mi-ti), n. Excessive conformity, as to ceremonial usages; over-compliance. A pragmatick super-conformity. Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 113. (Davies.) Unconsuperconscious (su-pėr-kon'shus), a. superciliary (su-pèr-sil'i-ā-ri), a. [< NL. super-scious; of too lofty a nature to be conscious. ciliaris, L.supercilium, eyebrow, hence haugh- superconsequence (su-pèr-kon'sē-kwens), n. tiness, super, over, + √kal as in Gr. KahvπTE, Remote consequence. hide, conceal, +-ary.] 1. Situated over the eyelid-that is, over or above the eye, as the eyebrow; superorbital: as, the superciliary ridges. -2. Of or pertaining to the supercilia or eyebrows; contained in or connected with the superciliary region; superorbital. See cut under Coluber.-3. Marked by the supercilia; having a conspicuous streak over the eye: as, a superciliary bird. Also supraciliary. - Superciliary arch, the arched superorbital border or ridge. Superciliary muscle, the superciliaris. Also called corrugator supercilii. See cut under muscle.- Superciliary ridge. (a) A prominence over the eye gradually developed in man by the formation of the frontal sinuses, which causes this For, not attaining the deuteroscopy and second intention of the words, they are fain to omit their superconsequences, figures, or tropologies. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 3. supercrescence (su-pèr-kres'ens), n. [< ML. supercrescentia, overgrowth, redundance, < supercrescen(t-)s, growing over: see supercrescent.] That which grows upon another growing thing; a parasite. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 6. [Rare.] supercrescent (su-per-kres'ent), a. [< L. supercrescen(t-)s, ppr. of supercrescere, grow up, grow over, excel, super, above, + crescere, grow: see crescent.] Growing on some other growing thing. Imp. Dict. [Rare.] part of the bone to bulge out. It is absent in childhood, and varies much in different individuals. (b) The superorbital prominence of various animals, formed by the pro- supercretaceous (su pėr-krē-tā'shius), a. Same jection of the upper edge of the orbit itself, or of a sepa- as supracretaceous. supererogatory supercritical (su-pèr-krit 'i-kal), a. Excessively critical; hypercritical. Bp. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 15. (Davies.) supercurious (su-pėr-kü'ri-us), a. Extremely or excessively curious or inquisitive. Evelyn, Acetaria, viii. supercurve (sū ́per-kèrv), n. A two-dimensional continuum in five-dimensional space. superdentate (su-per-den'tāt), a. In cetaceans, having teeth only in the upper jaw: the opposite of subdentate. Dewhurst, 1834. [Rare.] superdeterminate (super-de-tér'mi-nat), a. be satisfied at once.-Superdeterminate relation. Subject to more conditions than can ordinarily See relation. superdominant (su-pèr-dom'i-nant), n. In music, same as submediant. superembattled (super-em-bat'ld), a. In her., embattled, or cut into battlements, on the upper side only as, a fesse superembattled. In this down one third of the width of the fesse. case the notches or crenelles are usually cut supereminence (su-pèr-em'i-nens), n. [= Sp. supereminen(t-)s: see supereminent.] The state Pg. supereminencia, ‹ LL. supereminentia, ‹ L. of being supereminent; eminence superior to what is common; distinguished eminence: as, the supereminence of Demosthenes as an orator. Milton, Reformation in Eng., ii. supereminencyt (su-per-em'i-nen-si), n. [As supereminence (see -cy).] Same as supereminence. supereminent (su-per-em'i-nent), a. [= F. suréminent Sp. Pg. It. supereminente, ‹ L. supereminen(t-)s, ppr. of supereminere, rise above, overtop, super, above, + eminere, stand out, project: see eminent.] 1. Surpassingly eminent; very lofty; particularly elevated." = Paria is the Region which possesseth the supereminente or hyghest parte thereof [of the earth] nereste vnto heauen. Peter Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on America, ed. [Arber, p. 90). The lofty Hils, and supereminent Mountains. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 4. 2. Eminent in a superior or in the highest degree; surpassing others in excellence, power, authority, and the like. stand. His supereminent glory and majesty before whom we Hooker, Eccles. Polity, v. 47. supereminently (su-pèr-em'i-nent-li), adv. In a supereminent manner; in a supreme degree of excellence, ability, etc. Milton, Free Commonwealth. superendow (sū ̋pėr-en-dou′), v. t. To endow in an extraordinary degree. Donne, Sermons, v. supererogant (sü-pèr-er'o-gant), a. [< L. supererogan (t-)s, ppr. of supererogare: see supererogate.] Supererogatory. Stackhouse, Hist. Bible. (Latham.) supererogate (sū-pèr-er ́ō-gāt), v. i.; pret. and PP. supererogated, ppr. supererogating. [< LL. supererogatus, pp. of supererogare, pay out over and above,< L. super, above, + erogare, expend, pay out: see erogate.] To do more than duty requires; make up for some deficiency by extraordinary exertion. = Good my lord, Let mine own creatures serve me; others will In this work supererogate, and I Shall think their diligence a mockery. Beau. and Fl. (?), Faithful Friends, iv. 4. supererogation (sù-pèr-er-ō-gā'shọn), n. [= F. surérogation Sp. supererogacion = Pg. supererogação = It. supererogazione, < LL. supererogatio(n-), a payment in addition, < supererogare, pay in addition: see supererogate.] The act of one who supererogates; performance of more than duty requires. It would be a work of supererogation for us to say one word in favor of military statistics as a means of illustrating the condition of an army. Dr. J. Brown, Spare Hours, 3d ser., p. 167. Works of supererogation, in Rom. Cath. theol., works done beyond what God requires, and constituting a reserved store of merit from which the church may draw to dispense to those whose service is defective. supererogative (su pèr-e-rog ́a-tiv), a. [< supererogate + -ive.] Supererogatory. [Rare.] O new and never-heard-of Supererogative heighth of wisdome and charity in our Liturgie! Milton, On Def. of Humb. Remonst. = supererogatory (super-e-rog'a-to-ri), a. [= F. surérogatoire Sp. supererogatorio, < ML. addition; as supererogate +-ory.] Partaking *supererogatorius, ‹ LL. supererogare, pay in of supererogation; performed to an extent not enjoined or not required by duty; unnecessary; superfluous. The declamations of philosophy are generally rather exhausted on supererogatory duties than on such as are indispensably necessary. Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 3. Moral theology contains a superethical doctrine, as some grave divines have ridiculously called it. Bolingbroke, Authority in Matters of Religion, § 6. superexalt (su pėr-eg-zâlt'), v. t. [< L. superexaltare, exalt above others, super, above, + exaltare, exalt: see exalt.] To exalt to a superior degree. She was super-exalted by an honour greater than the world yet ever saw. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 31. superexaltation (su-per-eks-âl-tā ́shọn), n. Elevation above the common degree. Holyday. superexceed (sū ̋pėr-ek-sēd′), v. t. [< LL. su perexcedere, exceed, super, above, + excedere, exceed: see exceed.] To exceed greatly; surpass in large measure. [Rare.] This great Nature Naturant... Which All things Holds, Fills All, doth All Embrace, Super-exceedes, Sustaines; and in One place. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 78. superexcellence (su-pèr-ek'se-lens), n. [< superexcellen(t) +-ce.] Superior excellence. superexcellent (su-pèr-ek'se-lent), a. [LL. superexcellen(t-)s, very excellent, super, above, +excellen(t-)s, excellent: see excellent.] Excellent in an uncommon or superior degree; very excellent. One is Three, not in the confusion of Substance, but vnitie of Person; and this is the first and super-excellent Commixtion. Heywood, Hierarchy of Angels, p. 310. superexcitation (su-pėr-ek-si-tā’shọn), n. Excessive excitation. Disturbances of the sensibility produce superexcitation which is subsequently replaced by exhaustion. Pop. Sci. Mo., XXXI. 816. superexcrescence (su ̋pėr-eks-kres'ens), n. A superfluous outgrowth. Wiseman, Surgery. superfamily (su pėr-fam"i-li), n. In biol., a group of families, or a group of a grade next above the family. Thus, the monkeys of the New World constitute a superfamily, Ceboidea or Platyrrhina, contrasting with those of the Old World, Simioidea or Ca tarrhina. The superfamily formally intervenes between the family and the suborder; some authors are fond of this refinement, and the term is much used; but the difference between a suborder and a superfamily is not obvious. superfecundation (su-pér-fek-un-da ́shọn), n. The fertilization of two ova at the same menstruation by two different acts of coition. This unquestionably occurs in woman. superfecundity (super-fe-kun'di-ti), n. perabundant fecundity, or multiplication of the species. Macaulay, Sadler's Ref. Refuted. superfetate (su-per-fe'tat), v. i.; pret. and pp. superfetated, ppr. superfetating. [Formerly also superfætate; L.superfetatus, pp. of superfetare, conceive anew when already pregnant, super, above, fetare, bring forth, breed: see fetus.] To conceive after a prior conception. Su = The female brings forth twice in one month, and so is said to superfetate, which . . . is because her eggs are hatched in her one after another. N. Grew, Museum. superfetation (super-fe-tā'shon), n. [Formerly also superfætation; F. superfétation Sp. superfetacion = Pg. superfetação = It. superfetazione, L. as if *superfetatio(n-), superfetare, superfetate: see superfetate.] 1. A second conception some time after a prior one, by which two fetuses of different age exist together in the same female: often used figuratively. The possibility of superfetation in the human female has been the subject of much investigation, but the weight of evidence goes to show that it may occur not only with double uteri, but also in the earlier period of pregnancy, under rare conditions, with normal single uterus. Also called superconception. Here is superfetation, child upon child, and, that which Donne, Letters, lxv. 2. The fetus produced by superfetation; hence, any excrescent growth. [Rare.] is more strange, twins at a latter conception. It then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national character. Coleridge. superfetet (su-pèr-fēt'), v. OF. superfeter, superfæter, perfetate: see superfetate.] perfetate. [Also superfœte; < L. superfetare, suI. intrans. To su It makes me pregnant and to superfete. Howell, Poem to Charles I., 1641. II, trans. To conceive after a former conception. 6065 His Brain may very well raise and superfote a second Thought. Howell, Letters, iv. 19. superfibrination (su-per-fi-bri-nā'shon), n. Excessive tendency to form fibrin, or excess of fibrin in the blood. superficet (su'per-fis), n. [<ME. superfice, <OF. superfice, surface: see superficies, surface.] Superficies; surface. The zodiak in hevene is ymagened to be a superfice contienyng a latitude of 12 degrees. Chaucer, Astrolabe, i. 21. The turned in water... filling the dusty trenches and long emptyed cisterns, and a while after covering in many places the superfices of the land. Sandys, Travailes, p. 76. superficial (sū-per-fish'al), a. [<ME.superficial, OF. superficiel, F. superficiel = Pr. Sp. Pg. superficial — It. superficiale, < LL. superficialis, of or pertaining to the surface: see superficies.] 1. Lying in or on, or pertaining to, the superficies or surface; not penetrating below the surface, literally or figuratively; being only on the shallow: as, a superficial color; a superficial resurface; not reaching to the interior or essence; = semblance. Whenne the must boileth scome of the grape So take hem that nought oon of hem escape. 2. Of persons or their mental states or acts, comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or profound; not thorough. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., v. 5. 10. Their knowledge is so very superficial, and so illgrounded, that it is impossible for them to describe in what consists the beauty of these works. Dryden. For how miserable will our Case be, if we have nothing but a superficial Faith, and a sort of Anniversary Devotion. Stillingfleet, Sermons, III. ix. He[Temple] seems to have been a lively, agreeable young man of fashion, not by any means deeply read, but versed in all the superficial accomplishments of a gentle Macaulay, Sir William Temple. Even the most practised and earnest minds must needs be superficial in the greater part of their attainments. J. H. Newman, Gram. of Assent, p. 52. man. 3. In anat., not deep-seated or profound; lying on the surface of some part, or near but not on the surface of the whole body; subcutaneous; cutaneous: specifically said of various tissues and structures.-Superficial content or contents. See content2.-Superficial deposits, the most recent of the geological formations; unconsolidated detrital material lying on or near the surface, and generally unstrati fied, or only very rudely stratified. Most of what is called diluvium, drift, or alluvium might be called by geologists a superficial deposit, especially if spoken of with reference to much older formations lying beneath.-Superficial fascia. See fascia, 7 (a).- Superficial reflexes. See reflex.-Superficial stomatitis. See stomatitis. =Syn. 1. External, exterior, outer.-2. Slight, smattering, shallow. superficialist (su-per-fish'al-ist), n. [< superficial + -ist.] One who attends to anything superficially; one of superficial attainments; a sciolist; a smatterer. Herné, Beauties of Paris, I. 68. superfluity The superficialness (su-per-fish'al-nes), n. state or character of being superficial, in any sense. Bailey. superficialty (su-per-fish'al-ti), n. [< ME. superficialtie, OF. *superficialte, < LL. *superficialita(t)s, superficialness: see superficiality.] Superficies. In als many iorneyes may thei gon fro Jerusalem unto other Confynyes of the Superficialtie of the Erthe bezonde. Mandeville, Travels, p. 183. superficiary (su-per-fish'i-ā-ri), a. and n. [= F. superficiaire Pr. superficiari Sp. It. superficiario, <LL. superficiarius, situated on another man's land, L. superficies, surface: see superficies.] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the superficies or surface; superficial.-2. In law, situated on another's land. W. Smith. II. n.; pl. superficiaries (-riz). In law, one to whom a right of surface is granted; one who pays the quit-rent of a house built on another superficies (su-per-fish'iez), n. [= F. superficie man's ground. Pr. superficia Sp. Pg. It. superficie, L. superficies, the upper side, the top, surface, superficies, super, above, + facies, form, figure, face: see face1.] 1. A boundary between two bodies; a surface. A superficies; colours, and no substance. Massinger, City Madam, v. 3. The most part of... [the wells] would ebbe and flow as the Sea did, and be leuell or little higher then the superficies of the sea. Capt. John Smith, Works, II. 112. 2. In civil law, the right which one person might have over a building or other thing in or upon the surface of the land of another person. Also used for such thing itself, if so united with the land as to form a part of it. = Syn. 1. Surface, etc. See outside. superfine (su-pèr-fin'), a. [< F. superfin Pg. superfino; as super- + fine2.] 1. Very fine, Sp. or most fine; surpassing others in fineness: as, superfine cloth.-2. Excessively or faultily subtle; over-subtle; over-refined.-Superfine file. See file1. superfineness (su-pèr-fīn'nes), n. The character of being superfine. superfinical (su-pèr-fin'i-kal), a. Excessively finical. See superserviceable. = A... superfinical rogue. Shak., Lear, ii. 2 (quartos). superflut (su'per-flö), a. [ME., < OF. superflu: see superfluous.] Superfluous. A stene of wyne a poundes quantitee Of hem receyve, alle leves superflu Ikiste away, and thai that paled greu. Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 168. superfluence (su-pèr'flö-ens), n. fluen(t) + -ce.] Superfluity; more than is [< supernecessary. [Rare.] superficiality (su-per-fish-i-al'i-ti), n.; pl. su- color of things. 2. That which is superficial or shallow, in any Purchasing acquittal... by a still harder penalty, that of being a triviality, superficiality, self-advertiser, and partial or total quack. Carlyle, Mirabeau. superficialize (su-pèr-fish'al-iz), v.; pret. and pp. superficialized, ppr. superficializing. [< superficial + -ize.] I. trans. To treat or regard in a superficial, shallow, or slight manner. [Rare.] It is a characteristic weakness of the day to superficial ize evil; to spread a little cold cream over Pandemonium. Whipple, Lit. and Life, p. 188. II. intrans. To be superficial or shallow; think, feel, or write superficially. [Rare.] Better to elaborate the history of Greece or of Rome or of England than to superficialize in general history. The Galaxy, March, 1871, p. 328. superficially (su-per-fish'al-i), adv. In a superficial manner, in any sense of the word superficial. Goldsmith. After this tyme in handes clene uphent In November kytte of the bowes drie, Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 54. superfluitancet (su-pèr-flö ́i-tans), n. [<superfluitan(t) +-ce.] The act or condition of floating above or on the surface; that which floats on the surface. Out of the cream or superfluitance the finest dishes, saith he, are made. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 5. [< supersuperfluitant (su-per-flö'i-tant), a. fluit-y-ant.] Floating above or on the surface. [Rare.] The vapor of the superfluitant atmosphere. superfluity (su-pèr-flö'i-ti), n.; pl. superfluities (-tiz). [< OF. superfluite, F. superfluité – Pr. superfluitat Sp. superfluidad = Pg. superfluiIt. superfluità, ML. superfluita(t-)s, that which is superfluous or unnecessary, < L. superfluus, superfluous: see superfluous.] 1. A quantity that is superfluous or in excess; a greater quantity than is wanted; superabundance; redundancy. I would have you to refresh, to cherish, and to help them with your superfluity. Latimer, Misc. Selections. Superfluity of drink Deceives the eye, & makes the heart misthink. Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 67. 2. That which is in excess of what is wanted; especially, something used for show or luxury |