sousoell

[Etym. doubtful.] Bot.: Rhody men i a - palmata . (Scotch.) sous-ten-û, sou-ten-û, a. [Fr.=sustained.] Her.: A term applied when a chief is, as it were, supported by a small part of the escutcheon beneath it, of a different color or metal from the chief, and reaching, as the chief does, from side to side, being, so to speak, a small part of the chief of another color, and supporting the real chief. South Pacific whale, s. Zool.: Balæna anti pod arum . South-sea, subst . A name formerly given to the Pacific Ocean, and especially to the southern portion of it. South - sea Bubble , or Scheme : A stock-jobbing scheme devised by Sir John Blunt, a lawyer, in 1710. The object of the company was to obtain the sole privilege of trading in the South seas, for which they offered the Government easier terms for the advance and negotiation of loans than could be ob A. As adj.: Of or pertaining to the Southde wns of England in Su ex, .; as, a South down sheep, South down mutton. B. A ubst.: One of a noted herd of English sheep; mutton from such a sheep.