sndamina 
In sudamina alba the epithelium is macerated and the 
vesicular contents milky; in sudamina crystallina the 
vesicles are clear; and in sudamina rubra they have a 
reddish base. 
SUdaminal (su-dam'i-nal), a. [< nudiiminn + 
-al.] Pertaining to or of the nature of sudam- 
ina. 
Sudanese (so-da-nes' or -neV), a. and . [< 
Sudan (see def.) + -ese.~\ I. a. Of or pertain- 
ing to Sudan, or Soudan, a region in Africa 
lying south of Sahara, and sometimes extend- 
ed to include the valley of the middle Nile and 
the region eastward to the Bed Sea. 
II. . sing, and pL An inhabitant or the in- 
habitants of Sudan. 
Also Soudanese. 
sudarium (sii-da'ri-um), .; pi. sudaria (-a). 
[L. : seesudary.] A handkerchief. 
The most intrepid veteran of us all dares no more than 
wipe his Jace with his cambric sudarium. 
Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, iii. 
Specifically (a) The legendary sweat-cloth ; the handker- 
chief of St. Veronica, according to tradition miraculously 
impressed with the mask of Christ ; also, the napkin about 
Christ's head (John xx. 7). (6) In general, any miraculous 
portrait of Christ. See vernicle. (c) Same as maniple, 4. 
(d) The orarium or vexillnm of a pastoral staff, 
sudary (su'da-ri), . ; pi. sudaries (-riz). [< ME. 
sudarye, < L" sudarium, a cloth for wiping off 
perspiration, a handkerchief, < sudare, sweat: 
see sudatiou.] Same as sudarium. 
He shewed me the clothe in ye whiche I wrapped his 
body and also the sudarye that I bounde his hede with- 
11. Joseph ofArimatttie (E. E. T. S.), p. 30. 
Here a monk fumbled at the sick man's mouth 
With some undoubted relic a sudary 
Of the Virgin. Browning, Paracelsus, iii. 
sudation (su-da'shon), n. [< L. sudatio(n-), a 
sweating, perspiration, < sudare, pp. sudatus, 
sweat: see sweat.] A sweating. 
sudatorium (su-da-to'ri-um), n. ; pi. sudatoria 
(-a). [L., < sudare, pp. sudatus, sweat.] A 
hot-air bath for producing perspiration. 
SUdatory (sii'da-to-ri), . and a. [< L. sudato- 
rius, pertaining to or serving for sweating, < 
sudare, pp. sudatus, sweat.] I. n. ; pi. sudato- 
ries (-riz). That which is sudorific ; a sweat- 
bath; a sudatorium; a diaphoretic. 
Neere to this cave are the natural stoves of St. Germain, 
of the nature of sudatories, in certaine chambers parti- 
tion'd with stone for the sick to sweat* in. 
Evelyn, Diary, Feb. 7, 1645. 
II. a. 1. Sweating or perspiring. 2. Pro- 
moting or inducing perspiration ; sudorific ; di- 
aphoretic Sudatory fever, sweating-sickness. 
sudd (sud), n. [< Ar. sudd, sodd, a barrier, 
obstacle.] An impenetrable mass of floating 
water-plants interlaced with trunks of trees 
and decayed vegetable matter, forming float- 
ing islands in the White Nile. 
It is in this part of the White Nile that, from time to 
time, forms the sudd, that vegetable barrier which com- 
pletely closes the river to navigation. 
Scribner's Mag., VI. 520. 
sudden (sud'n), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also 
suddain, soudaine, sodeine, < ME. sodain, sodein, 
sodeyn, soden, sodene, < OF. sodain, sodeyne, su- 
dain, soubdain, soudain, F. soudain = Pr. sobtan, 
subtan, snbitan = Sp. subitdneo = Pg. subitaneo 
= It. subitaneo, subitano, sudden, < L. subita- 
neitg, ML. also subitanius, sudden, < subitus, 
sudden, lit. that which has come stealthily, 
orig. pp. of sitbire, come or go stealthily, < sub, 
under, + ire, go: see iter'i. Cf. subitaneous.] 
1. 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. 
For when they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden 
destruction cometh upon them. 1 Thes. v. 3. 
2. Found or hit upon unexpectedly. 
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 crossed my path, 
As unexpected as a serpent comes. 
Brouminy, Childe Roland. 
3. Hastily made, put in use, employed, pre- 
pared, etc.; quick; rapid. 
Never was such a sudden scholar made. 
Shah., Hen. V., i. 1. 32. 
These pious flourishes and colours, examin'd thoroughly 
are like the Apples of Asphaltis. appearing goodly to the 
sudden eye, but look well upon them, or at least but 
touch them, and they turne into Cinders. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxiv. 
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Nothing is more certain than that great poets are not 
sudden prodigies, but slow results. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 234. 
4. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate; passion- 
ate. 
The wordes of this sodeyn Diomede. 
Chaucer, Troilus, v. 1024. 
I grant him bloody. 
Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, 
Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin 
That has a name. Shale., Macbeth, iv. 3. 59. 
How, child of wrath and anger ! the loud lie? 
For what, my sudden boy ? 
B. Jonson, Alchemist, iv. 1. 
5. In soo'l., abrupt; sharply defined from neigh- 
boring parts: as, a sudden antennal club; a 
gudden 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, Reliquiae, p. 84. 
AH of (on) a sudden, at the auddent, 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. 
Before we had gone far, we saw all of a sudden about 
fifty Arab horse coming towards us ; immediately every 
one had his fire arms ready. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. i. 145. 
In the warre wee haue scene 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. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 70. 
How art thou lost ! how on a sudden lost. 
Milton, P. L., ix. 900. 
When you have a mind to leave your master and are too 
bashful to break the matter, for f ear of offending him, the 
best way is to grow rude and saucy of a sudden. 
Svitfl, Advice to Servants (General Directions). 
Why may not I be a favourite 071 the sudden ? I see no- 
thing against it. Beau, and / '/ , Woman-Hater, i. 8. 
0' the sudden, as good gifts are wont befall. 
Brouming, King and Book, II. 158. 
On such a suddent, so suddenly. 
Is it possible, on such a sudden, you should fall into so 
strong a liking with old Sir Rowland's youngest sou ? 
Skak., As you Like it, i. 3. 27. 
Upon all suddenst, for all unexpected occurrences ; for 
all emergencies. 
Be circumspect and caref ull to haue your ships in readi- 
nesse, and in good order alwaies, and vpon all suddens. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 454. 
sudden (sud'n), adv. [< sudden, a.] Sudden- 
ly; unexpectedly. 
suddenly (sud'n-li), adv. [< ME. sodeynly, so- 
deyuliche; < sudden + -ly%.] 1. In a sudden 
or unexpected manner ; unexpectedly ; hastily ; 
without preparation or premeditation ; quickly ; 
immediately. 2. In zool., sharply; abruptly; 
squarely: as, a part suddenly truncate. 
suddenness (sud'n-nes), n. The state or char- 
acter of being sudden, in any sense ; a coming 
or happening without previous notice. 
suddenly (sud'n-ti), n. [< OF. soudiainete, F. 
sudainete, < ML. *subitaneita(t-)s, suddenness, < 
L. subitanetis, sudden: see sudden.] Sudden- 
ness. [Scotch.] On (of) a suddenly, on a sudden ; 
without premeditation. 
My father's tongue was loosed of a suddenly. 
Scott, Redgauntlet, letter xi. 
sudder (sud'er), a. [< Hind, sadr, < Ar. sadr, 
chief.] Chief: in Bengal specifically noting 
several important departments of government : 
as, the sudder court or sudder adawlet ; the sud- 
der board (of revenue); the sudder station, or 
the chief station of a district, where the civil 
officials reside. 
An Indian lawyer expresses this by saying that the three 
older High Courts were formed by the fusion of the Su- 
preme and Sudder Courts, words which have the same 
meaning, but which indicate very different tribunals. 
Maine, Village Communities, p. 36. 
SUd-oil (sud'oil), n. 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 issues from the 
sudoriferous pores of the skin ; diaphoresis. 
Sudor anglicus, the English sweating-sickness. Sudor 
cruentus, hemathidrosis. 
SUdoral (su'do-ral), a. [< sudor + -al.] Of or 
pertaining to sudor or sweat. 
sudoriferous (su-do-rif'e-rus), a. [= F. sudo- 
rifere = Sp. sudorifero'= Pg. It. sudorifero, < 
L. sudorifer, sweat-producing, < sudor (sudoris), 
sweat, + ferrc = E. bear 1 ."] Bearing or produ- 
cing sweat; sudoriparous Sudoriferous gland. 
Same as giveat-yla.nd. 
sue 
sudorific (su-do-rif'ik), a. and n. [= F. sudo- 
rijique = Sp. xudorifiro = Pg. It. xndiirijico, < L. 
sudor, sweat, + facere, make, do.] I. . Caus- 
ing, inducing, or promoting sweat ; sudatory ; 
diaphoretic. 
A decoction of sudorific herbs. Bacon, Nat. Hist., 70fi. 
Did you ever . . . burst out into sudorific exudation 
like a cold thaw? Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 117. 
II. n. Something which promotes sweating; 
a diaphoretic. 
sudoriparous (su-do-rip'a-rus), a. [< L. xmlur, 
sweat, + parere, bring forth, produce.] Se- 
creting sweat; producing perspiration. Sudo- 
riparous gland. Same as iweat-ijland. 
SUdoroust (su'do-rus), . [< LL. sudorus, sweaty, 
< Ii. sudor, sweat: see sudor.] Sweaty; sticky 
or clammy like sweat; consisting of or caused 
by sweat. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., v. 21. 
Sudra (so'drii), w. [Also Soodra (and Siiodcr) ; < 
Hind, sudra, < Skt. yudra.] The lowest of the 
four principal castes into whicli Hindu society 
was anciently divided, composed of the non- 
Aryan aborigines of India, reduced to subjec- 
tion or servitude by their Aryan conquerors. 
The Brahmin still dodges the shadow of the Soodra, 
and the Soodra spits upon the footprint of the Pariah. 
J. W. Palmer, The New and the Old, p. 289. 
suds (sudz), n. pi. [Prop. pi. of Slid, var. of sod, 
lit. 'a bubbling or boiling': see sud, sod, seethe.] 
1. Water impregnated with soap, forming a 
frothy mass ; a lixivium of soap and water. 
Alas ! my miserable master, what suds art thou wash'd 
into! Marston, The Fawne, iv. 1. 
Why, thy best shirt is in t' suds, and no time for t' 
starch and iron it. Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, xvii. 
2. The foam or spray churned up by a wounded 
whale ; white water. [Slang.] 
An officer of a boat never follows the wake of a right 
whale, for the moment the boat strikes the suds it is main- 
tained that the whale is immediately made acquainted with 
the fact through some unknown agency. 
Fisheries of If. S., V. ii. 261. 
In the SUdS, in turmoil or difficulty ; in distress. [Col- 
loq.] 
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, Wildgoose Chase, ii. 3. 
SUB 1 (su), i'.; pret. and pp. sued, ppr. suing. 
[Early mod. E. also sew; < ME. suen, suwen, 
sewen, seuwen, < OF. suir, sewir, sevir, also sevre, 
sure, suit-re, F. suivre = Pr. segre, seguir = Sp. 
Pg. seguir = It. seguire, follow, < LL. 'sequere, 
follow, for L. sequi, follow: see sequent, and cf. 
ensue, pursue, suit, suite, etc.] I. trans. If. To 
follow; follow after; pursue; chase; follow in 
attendance; attend. 
Maistre, I shal sue thee, whidir euer thou shall go. 
WycKf, Mat. vili. 19. 
For yit was ther no man that hadde him sewed. 
Chaucer, Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 617. 
I shal suwe thi wille. Piers Plowman (B), xi. 21. 
2f. To follow up; follow out; continue. 
But while I, suing this so good successe, 
Laid siege to Orliaunce on the river's side. 
Mir. for Mags., p. 316. (Sares.) 
He meanes no more to sew 
His former quest, so full of toile and paine. 
Spenser, F. Q., VI. ix. 2. 
3. To follow with entreaty ; seek to persuade ; 
entreat. 
I sywdde hys Grace [Henry VIII.] to signe the Popis 
lettre. And he comaundydde me to brynge the same 
unto hym at evynsonge tyme. 
llichard Pace, Ellis's Hist. Letters, 3d ser., I. 277. 
4. To seek after ; try to win ; seek the favor 
of ; seek in marriage ; woo. 
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 natter me. 
Tennyson, The Mermaid. 
5. To seek justice or right from by legal pro- 
cess ; institute process 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 trespass. [Used some- 
times of the object of the action instead of the 
defendant.] 
The executors of bishops are sued if their mansion-house 
be suffered to go to decay. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vii. 24. 
It is written, our men's goods and estates in Spain are 
confiscated, and our men sued, some to be imprisoned, 
others to be enjoined, on pain of death, to depart. 
Court and Times of Charles I.. I. 69. 
To sue liveryt, to sue out livery, to take proceedings, 
on arriving at age, to recover lands which the king had 
held as guardian in chivalry during the plaintiff's minor- 
ity ; hence, metaphorically, to declare one's self of age. 
I am denied to me my livery here. 
5/10*-., Rich. II., ii. 3. 129. 
