succulent plants

pl. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, sition. Five succi are now officinal, viz., Succus coni i, scoparii, taraxaci , belladonnæ , and hyoscy ami . ( Garrod . ) *súc-cus-sā-tion, s . [Lat. succu at us , pa. par. of succus so , a freq. from succutio (sup. succus sum ) to fling or to up; sub =under, and quatio =to shake.] 1. A trot; a trotting. "That is to say, whether tolutation, As they do term't, or succu ation." Butler: Hudibras, I. ii. 45. 2. A shaking; succu ion. suc-cus-sión ( as sh), s . [Lat. succu io , from succus sum , sup. of succutio =to fling or to up.] [SUCCUSSATION.] *1. Ord. Lang.: The act of shaking; a shock. "The angler, desiring bait, has only to create slight succu ion of the soil to lead the earthworm to come to the surface."-Lindsay: Mind in the Lower Ani mals , i. 53. 2. Med .: A method of exploring the state of the chest, with the view of detecting the effusion of liquid within any of its cavities. Succu ion consists in seizing the patient by the shoulder and communicating a smart impulse to the chest, so as to make any liquid which it may contain fluctuate to one side. It was practiced by Hippo crates, and is still, to a certain extent, in use. tsŭc-cus-sive, a. [Eng. succu ion ); -ive.] Geol. ( of earthquake action ): Characterized by a shaking, and especially by an up and down movement in place of tremulous oscillation. ( Dana .) such, *sic he, *soc he, *suilk, *swich, *swilc, *swilch, *swulc, adj . [A. S. swyle, swile, swelc, cogn. with O. Sax. sulic ; O. Fris. selic , selk , sullik , sulch, suk; Dut. zulk ; Icel. slíkr ; Dan.slig; Sw. slik ; O. Sw. salik : Ger. solch : O. H. Ger. solích; Goth.swaleiks . The A. S. swylc , ., are from swd =so, and lic =like; thus, such is a corruption of so - like .] 1. Of that or the like kind or degree; similar, like. "The judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things."- Romans ii. 2. Such is followed by as before that which is the object of comparison. "Tears such as angels weep burst forth." Milton: P. L., 1., 620. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia suchosaurus such precedes the noun, as, such weather. Adjectives inay come between such and the noun, as, such fine weather, such a good man. Followed by that , such introduces a consequence or result. "The birds such pleasure took, that some would sing." Shakesp.. Venus and Adonis, 1,101. 2. The same as mentioned or specified; not another or different; so; in the same state or condition. "It eats and sleeps, and hath such senses As we have." 3. Belonging to that cla . Shakesp.: Tempest , i. 2. "No promise can oblige a prince so much Still to be good, as long to have been such ." Dryden. (Todd.) 4. Certain. (Used to indicate or hint in a general and indefinite way at persons or things already named or pointed out, or which could have been named or pointed out distinctly if the speaker pleased.) "If you repay me not on such a day, In such a place, such sum or sums as are Expre 'd' in the condition, let the forfeit Be an equal pound of your flesh." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , i. 3. 5. Used without the correlative=so great, so high, very great, very much, very considerable, so good, "I could come to such honor."- Shakesp .: Merry Wives , so bad. IMG:content-0516.png:[blocks in formation] (1) Of the like kind; of the same sort. "Such- like toys as these." Shakesp.: Richard III ., 1. 1. (2) Similar persons or things; so forth; et cetera. (Used at the end of enumerations.) "Virtue, youth, liberality, and such like." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, i. 2.