sunn, sun (2)

[Beng. & Hind. san.] Botany: 1. [SUNN-HEMP.] 2. Hibiscus cannabin us , a plant six to eight feet high, with a prickly stem and yellow flowers with a purple blotch. A native of India, and cultivated there as a substitute for hemp. sunn-hemp, s. Botany: Crotolaria jun cea, an annual, erect, papilionaceous plant, eight to twelve feet high; silvery leaves and yellow flowers. Cultivated all over India for its fibers, which are made into bags and low-priced canvas. [HEMP, ] sûn-nạ, sôn-nạ, soôn-nut, s. [Arab.tra ditionary law.] Sunn-hemp. Mohammedanism : The oral precepts of Mohammed, not contained in the law, but now collected into a volume. It occupies the same place in Mohammedan, that the Mishna does in Jewish the ology. 3933 Sun-ni-ah, s . [SUNNA.] The sect of Sunnites (q.v.). sun-ni-ne , subst. [Eng. sunny; -ne .] The quality or state of being sunny. *sun-nish, *son-nish, adj . [Eng. sun (1), s.; -ish.] Sunny, bright, shining. "Her mightie tre es of her sonnish heres Unbroiden, hangen all about her eares." Chaucer: Troilus and Creseide , iv. Sun-nite, Son'-nite, s . [Arab.sunn(a); Eng. suff. -ite .] Mohammedanism ( pl .): One of the two great Mohammedan parties or sects, divided into four minor sects, the Hanefites, the Male kites, the Shafites, and the Hanbalites. They consider the Sunna (q. v.) binding, placing it on the same footing as to authority with the Koran. They wear white turbans, and are deemed orthodox. They regard Abu Bekr, Omar, and Osman as having been true Kaliphs. The Turks, the Arabs, and the majority of the Indian Mohammedans are Sunnites.