sud (sud)

[A var. of sod, or from the same ult. source: see sod, seethe. Cf. suds.] 1. The drift-sand left in meadows by the overflowing of rivers. [Prov. Eng.] -2. A young scallop of the first year, from July to November. sud (sud), v. t.; pret. and pp. sudded, ppr. sud ding. [ sudamina (su-dam'i-nä), n. pl. [NL., Here a monk fumbled at the sick man's mouth With some undoubted relic - a sudary Of the Virgin. Browning , Para cels us, iii. sudation (su-dā'shon), n. [L. sudatio ( n- ), a sweating, perspiration, sudare , pp. sudatus , sweat: see sweat .] A sweating. sudatorium (sū-da-to'ri-um), n.; pl. sudatoria (-a). [L., sudare , pp. sudatus , sweat.] A hot-air bath for producing perspiration. Nothing is more certain than that great poets are not sudden prodigies, but slow results. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 234. I grant him bloody, Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, Sudden , malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name. How, child of wrath and anger! the loud lie? For what, my sudden boy? 5. In zoöl . , abrupt; sharply defined from neigh- boring parts: as, a sudden antennal club; sudden truncation.=Syn. 1. Unexpected, unantici- pated, unlooked-for, abrupt. II. n. That which is sudden; a surprise; an unexpected occurrence. [Obsolete except in the phrases below.] I would wish parents to mark heedfully the witty ex- cuses of their children, especially at suddains and sur- prizals. Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiæ, p. 84. All of (on) a sudden, at the suddent, on a (the) sudden, of a sudden, of the suddent, sooner than was expected; without the usual preparatives; all at once and without notice; hastily; unexpectedly; suddenly. fifty Arab horse coming towards us; immediately every Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 145. In the warre wee haue seene many Capteines loste for no other cause but for that, when they shoulde haue done a thing at the soudaine , they haue sit downe with great leysure to take counsell. When you have a mind to leave your master and are too bashful to break the matter, for fear of offending him, the best way is to grow rude and saucy of a sudden . Swift , Advice to Servants (General Directions). Why may not I be a favourite on the sudden ? I see no- thing against it. Beau , and Fl . , Woman-Hater, i. 3. O' the sudden, as good gifts are wont befall. Browning , Ring and Book, II. 158. Be circumspect and care full to haue your ships in read i- ne e, and in good order alwaies, and upon all suddens. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 454. sudden (sud'n), adv . [ sudden , a.] Sudden- ly; unexpectedly. suddenly (sud'n-li), adv . [ sodeynly , so- deynliche ; sudden + -ly2.] 1. In a sudden or unexpected manner; unexpectedly; hastily; without preparation or premeditation; quickly; immediately.-2. In zoöl . , sharply; abruptly; squarely: as, a part suddenly truncate. suddenne (sud'n-nes), п . The state or char- acter of being sudden, in any sense; a coming or happening without previous notice. sudaineté , * sub i tane it a ( t- ) s , suddenne , sub i tane us , sudden: see sudden .] Sudden- ne . [Scotch.] - On (of) a suddenty, on a sudden; without premeditation. sodeyn , soden , sodene , sodain , sodeyne , su- dain, soubdain , soudain , F. soudain = Pr. sobtan , subtan, subitan = Sp. sub itáneo = Pg. subitaneo = It. subitaneo , sub it a no , sudden, subita- neus , ML. also sub it an i us , sudden, a . [ sadr , sadr , orig. pp. of subire , come or go stealthily, sub , sub , chief.] Chief: in Bengal specifically noting under, + ire , go: see iter1 . Cf. subitaneous .] several important departments of government: I. a. 1. Happening without notice, instantly and unexpectedly; immediate; instant. To glad, ne to sory, but kepe thee euene bitwene For los, or lucre, or ony case sodene . Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. From lightning and tempest; from plague, pestilence, and famine; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us! Book of Common Prayer , Litany. IMG:content-2425.png:[blocks in formation] Up sprung a suddain Grove, where every Tree Impeopled was with Birds of softest throats. J. Beaumont , Psyche, iv. 88. A sudden road! a long and ample way. Pope , Iliad, xv. 409. A sudden little river cro ed my path, As unexpected as a serpent comes. Browning , Childe Roland. 3. Hastily made, put in use, employed, pre- pared, etc.; quick; rapid. In soap - making , oil or fat recovered from soapy waters or suds. The ad- dition to such waters of an acid in sufficient quantity to neutralize the alkali frees the oily matters, which then separate from the water and are so regained. sudor (su'dor), n. [L., sudare , sweat: see sweat .] Sweat or perspiration; the insensible vapor or sensible water which i ues from the sudoriferous pores of the skin; diaphoresis.- Sudor anglicus, the English sweating-sickne .-Sudor cruentus, he mat hidrosis. sudoral (sūdō-ral), a . [ sudor + -al .] Of or pertaining to sudor or sweat. sudoriferous (sū-do-rif'e-rus), a. [= F. sudo- rifère Sp. sudorifero = Pg. It. sudorifero , sudorifer , sweat-producing, sudor ( sudor is ), sweat, + ferre = E. bear1 .] Bearing or produ- cing sweat; sudoriparous. - Sudoriferous gland. Same as sweat -gland. Hist, hist, I will be rul'd; I will, i' faith; I will go presently: Will you forsake me now, and leave me i the suds? Fletcher , Wild goose Chase, ii & suel (sū), v.; pret. and pp. sued , ppr. suing . [Early mod. E. also sew ; sewen , seuwen , suir , sewir , serir , also secre , sure, suivre , F. suivre = Pr. segre , seguir = Sp. Pg. seguir = It. seguire , follow, sequere . follow, for L. sequi , equi , follow: see sequent , and ef. pursue , suit , suite, etc.] I. trans. 11. To follow; follow after; pursue; chase; follow in attendance; attend. Maistre, I shal sue thee, whidir euer thou shalt go. Wyclif , Mat. viii. 19. For yit was ther no man that hadde him serced . Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, L. 517. I shal suwe thi wille. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 21. 21. To follow up; follow out; continue. But while I, suing this so good succe e, Laid siege to Orliaunce on the river's side. I was belov'd of many a gentle Knight, And sude and sought with all the service dew. Spenser, F. Q., VI. viii. 20. They would sue me, and woo me, and flatter me. Tennyson, The Mermaid. 5. To seek justice or right from by legal pro- ce ; institute proce in law against; prose- cute in a civil action for the recovery of a real or supposed right: as, to sue one for debt: to sue one for damages in trespa . [Used some- times of the object of the action instead of the defendant.] To sue livery, to sue out livery, to take proceedings, on arriving at age, to recover lands which the king held as guardian in chivalry during the plaintiff's miner ity; hence, metaphorically, to declare one's self of age. I am denied to sue my livery here. Shak., Rich. II., ii. 3. 129. sue Our little Cupid hath sued livery, And is no more in his minority. Donne, Eclogue (1613). It concern'd them first to sue out thir Liverie from the unjust wardship of his encroaching Prerogative. Milton , Eikon ok las tes, xi. To sue out, to petition for and take out; apply for and obtain: as, to sue out a writ in chancery; to sue out a pardon for a criminal. Thou art my husband, no divorce in heaven Has been su'd out between us. Ford , Perkin Warbeck, v. 3. And now he would go to London at once, and sue out his pardon. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, xxxviii. II. in trans. 11. To follow; come after, either as a consequence or in pursuit. With Ercules and other mo of his aune men, He sues furth on the soile to Chethes the kyng. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 821. Wetith wel that we haue grauntyd. to the citezens of the forsayd cite the fraunches that ben suying to haue to hem and to her eyers and succe ours for euer. Charter of London (Rich. II.), in Arnold's Chron., p. 28. The kynge dide do make this dragon in all the haste he myght, like to the dragon that sende in the ayre. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 57. 2. To make entreaty; entreat; petition; plead: usually with for . And as men here devoutly wolde writen holy Seyntes Lyfes and here Myracles, and sewen for here Canoniza 6043