sub rhomboidal (subromboidal)

Somewhat rhomboidal or diamond-shaped. subrigid (sub-rij'id), a. Somewhat rigid or stiff. subriguoust (sub-rig'u-us), a. [L. subriguus, surriguus, watered, Watered or wet beneath; well-watered. Blount, subrogate (bubro-gat), v. t.; pret. and pp. sub rogated, ppr. subrogating. [ It. surrogare = Sp. Pg. subrogar = F. sub roger ), put subrogate in another's place, substitute: see surrogate.] To put in the place of another; substitute. See surrogate. Jer. Taylor, Holy Dying, iv. 8. subrogation (sub-ro-ga's hon), n. [= F. sub rogation Sp. subrogacion Pg. subrogação = = = It. surrogazione , subrogatio (n-), substitution, subrogare , surrogare , substitute: see subrogate.] 1. In law, the act or operation of law in vesting a person who has satisfied, or is ready to satisfy, a claim which ought to be borne by another with the right to hold and enforce the claim against such other for his own indemnification. Subrogation is "purely an equitable principle, disregarding forms, and aiming to do exact justice by placing one who has been compelled to pay the debt of another as near as po ible in the position of him to whom the payment was made." Barton . 2. In a general sense, succe ion of any kind, whether of a person to a person, or of a person to a thing. sub rosa (sub ro'zä). [L.: sub, under; rosā, abl. of rosa, a rose.] Under the rose; privately. The rose is the emblem of silence.