sublingual (u as w)

[Pref. sub-, and Eng. lingual (q.v..] 1. Anat.: Situated or being under the tongue; as, the sublingual gland, the sublingual artery. *2. Pathol.: Placed under the tongue. "These subliming humors should be intercepted, before they mount to the head, by sublingual pills." IMG:content-0485.png:[blocks in formation] B. In trans.: To be susceptible of sublimation; to be brought or changed into a state of vapor by heat, and then condensed by cold, as a solid substance. "The particles of sal ammoniack in sublimation carry up the particles of antimony, which will not sublime alone."- Newton : Opticks . sub-limed, pa. par. & a. [SUBLIME, v. t.] sublimed-sulphur, s. (SULPHUR.] sub-lime-ly, adv. [Eng. sublime, a.;- ly.] In a sublime manner; with lofty or elevated conceptions; grandly, nobly. "Thus shone his coming, as sublimely fair, As bounded nature has been framed to bear." Parnell : Gift of Poetry.