supplejack (supljak)

1. A strong, pliant the wall of the urinary bladder.- Supplementary curve, Take, take my supple - jack , Play St. Bartholomew with many a back, Flay half the academic imps alive. Wolcot (Peter Pindar), Lyric Odes for 1785, i. Whiche is conceyvid of envye, And clepid is sub plantar ye. Gower, MS. Soc. Antiq. 134, f. 76. ( Hall i well .) supplantation (sup-lan-ta's hon), n . [= F.sup- plantation = Sp. suplantacion = Pg. supplant a- lithe stems, some of them furnishing walkingsticks. The name applies primarily to several West Indian and tropical American species, as Paullinia cura a vic a, P. sphærocarpa, P. Barb a dense, Serjania polyphylla (see basket - wood ) and some other species of Serjania, and to the allied Cardios per mum grandiflorum. In the south. an imaginary projection of a curve making an imaginary part real. Such projections are of aid in comprehending the theory of curves. Supplementary eye, in entom., an organ furnished with from 5 to 10 hemispherical lenses, apparently superimposed on the compound eye: a struc ture found in the Aphididæ or plant-lice. Also called tubercle. Supplementary proceedings. See proceed. ing. Supplementary respiration, score, etc. the nouns. Supplementary spleen, a small body similar to the spleen in structure and occasionally found in its neighborhood; a splenculus or lienculus. IMG:content-2520.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary IMG:content-2522.png:[blocks in formation] supplement ist (sup'le-men-tist), n. [ Not merely a supplement ist , but an original authority. Contemporary Rev., LIII. 135, supplene (sup'l-nes), n. 1. The property of being supple; pliablene ; flexibility. His [Daniel's] diction, if wanting in the more hardy evi decease supplene and spring that give Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 139. 2. Readine of compliance: the property of easily yielding; facility; capability of molding one's self to the wishes or opinions of others. He... had become a by-word for the certainty with proof of training endurance. which he foresaw and the supplene with which he evaded danger. Macaulay, Temple. =Syn. 1. See supple . supplete (su-plet'), v. t.; pret. and pp. supple ted, ppr. supple ting. [ This act [ordinal for the making of archbishops, bishops, etc.] was supple ted , the reign of uniformity was extended, by another, a truly lamentable decree. R. W. Dizon , Hist. Church of Eng., xvi. suppletive (sup'lē-tiv), a. [ supplete + -ive .] Supplying; suppletory. Imp . Dict. suppletory (sup'lē-to-ri), a . and n . [ sup pletorius (neut. suppletorium , a supplement), supplere , fill out, supply: see supply . ] I. a. Supplying deficiencies; supplemental. Many men have certain forms of speech, certain inter. jections, certain suppletory phrases, which fall often upon their tongue, and which they repeat almost in every sentence. Donne, Sermons, vi. Suppletory oath. (a) The testimony of a party in support of the accuracy of charges in his own accounts, ad mitted in some at common law notwithstanding the general rule excluding the testimony of a party when of fered in his own favor. (b) An oath in supplement. See supplement. II. n.; pl. supple tories (-riz). That which supplies what is wanted; a supplement. God hath in his infinite mercy provided for every cond i tion rare supple tories of comfort and usefulne . Jer. Taylor , Works, VI. 177. Confirmation... is an excellent part of Christian dis Supplementary. With those Legions Which I haue spoke of, whereunto your leuie icavit (sup-1 supply [ supply + -ant .] supplicatory (sup'li-ka-to-ri), a . [ supplicate +-ory.] Containing supplication, or humble petition; submi ive; humble. Bp . Hall , De- vout Soul, i. § 2. supplicavit (sup-li-kā'vit), ( n. [So called from this word in the writ: L. supplicavit , 3d pers. sing. perf. ind. of supplicare , supplicate: see supplicate.] In law , a writ formerly i uing out of the King's (Queen's) Bench or Chancery for taking the surety of the peace against any Must be suppliant . Shak . , Cymbeline, iii. 8 (folio 1623). suppliantly (sup'li-ant-li), ade . In a supplicating manner; as a suppliant. Suppliantly to deprecate the impending wrath of God. Calvin, On Jonah (trans.), p. 22.