Sucken, suk′n, n. (Scots law) the district round a mill, the tenants farming which must grind their corn therein.—n. Suck′ener, a tenant so bound. [Soken.]
Suckle, suk′l, v.t. to give suck to: to nurse at the breast.—n. Suck′ler, a mammal that suckles its young, a suckling.—n.pl. Suck′lers, red clover.—n. Suck′ling, a young child or animal being nursed at the breast.—adj. sucking. [Dim. of suck.]
Sucrose, sū′krōs, n. the white crystalline compound known variously as cane-sugar, beet-sugar, maple-sugar.
Suction, suk′shun, n. act or power of sucking: act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.—n. Suc′tion-pump, the common house-pump—not the force-pump.—adj. Suctō′rial, adapted for sucking: living by sucking—also Suctō′rious.
Sudamina, sū-dam′i-na, n.pl. also called Military eruption, one of the vesicular diseases of the skin almost always occurring in association with febrile disorders, particularly acute rheumatism.—adj. Sudam′inal. [L. sudāre, to sweat.]
Sudatory, sū′da-tor-i, adj. sweating.—n. a sweating-bath.—ns. Sūdā′rium, a cloth for wiping off sweat, esp. that of St Veronica on which the features of Jesus on His way to the Cross were miraculously impressed—also Sū′dary; Sūdā′tion, excessive sweating; Sūdatō′rium, a sweating-bath. [L. sudatorius—sudāre, -ātum.]
Sudden, sud′en, adj. unexpected: hasty: abrupt.—adv. Sud′denly.—n. Sud′denness, (Scot.) Sud′denty.—On a sudden, Of a sudden, suddenly, sooner than was expected. [O. Fr. sodain—L. subitaneus, sudden—subitus, coming stealthily—sub, up, īre, ītum, to go.]
Sudder, sud′ėr, adj. supreme, chief—in Bengal. [Ar. sadr, chief.]
Sudorific, sū-dor-if′ik, adj. causing sweat.—n. a medicine producing sweat: a diaphoretic.—n. Sū′dor, sweat.—adjs. Sū′doral; Sūdorif′erous. [L. sudor, sweat, facĕre, to make.]
Sudra, sū′dra, n. a member of the fourth and lowest of the Hindu castes. [Hind.,—Sans. çūdra.]