sugariness 
SUgarineSS (shug'jir -i-nes), n. The slate or 
quality of being sugary or sweet. 
A ... flavor, not wholly unpleaBlng, nor iiiiwholi'Hiiiiic. 
til p:ililtt'S cl'i.M'd with the x<t'Jrin?HK of tillll'-il itlnl rlllti 
\.iii-l fruit. Lowell, Biglow 1'apers, 1st ser., Int. 
SUgaring I sliug'iir-ing), . [Verbal n. of nu;iiir, 
w.J 1. The act of sweetening with sugar. 2. 
The sugar used for sweetening. 3. The pro- 
cess of making sugar. 
sugar-kettle (shug'ijr-ket 1). . A kettle used 
fur boiling down saccharine juice. 
sugarless (shug'iir-les), a. [< sugar + -/..) 
Free from sugar. 
SUgar-loaf (shug'iir-lof), .and n. [< MK.siii/tir- 
'".(' "*ii<l>'< : l"J; CWflW + '"".'] I. n. 1. Acon- 
ical mass of refined sugar. Hence 2. A hat 
of a conical shape. 
I iimy yow that ye woll vouchesaff to send me an other 
x<i</:/r lot! . for my old Is do ; and also that ye well do make 
a Kynlifl for your dowgter, for she hath nede tlu'iuf. 
I'aston Letters, I. 2,'IU. 
3. A high conical hill : a common local name. 
II. n. Having the form of a sugar-loaf ; hav- 
ing a high conical form : as, a sugar-loaf hat. 
Sugar-loaf tool, in neal-emjravimj, a tool with'an I'nd 
of soft iron shaped like a sugar-loaf, used to smooth the 
surfaces of shit-ids. 
sugar-louse ( shug'jir -lous), n. 1. Same as 
Hiiiinr-mitc. 2. A springtail, Lepisma saccha- 
rina. See cut under xiln I'lixli. 
sugar-maple (shug'iir-ma'pl), . See maple 1 
and Acer (with cut). 
sugar-meat (shug'ar-met), n. Same as sweet- 
Then . . . came another " most sumptuous banquet of 
sugar-meates for the iiu-M-jit-iii ms and the ladies, ' after 
which, It being now midnight, the Lord of Leicester bade 
Uiu whole company good rest. 
Motley, Hist. Netherlands, n. 17. 
sugar-mill (shug'tir-mil), n. A machine for 
pressing out the juice of the sugar-cane. It con- 
sists usually of three parallel heavy rollers, placed hori- 
Sugar-mill nt work. 
zontally one above and between the other two. The canes 
are made to pass between the rollers, by which means they 
are crushed, and the juice is expressed from them. 
sugar-millet (shug'ar-mil'et), n. The common 
sorghum. 
sugar-mite (shug'ar-mit), . A mite of the 
family TvrogtypMdee, Tyroglyphus or Glycipha- 
gus sacehari, or some other species of the re- 
stricted genus Glycipliagus, infesting sugar. 
These mites abound in some samples of unre- 
fined sugar, and are supposed to cause grocers' 
itch. Also sugar-louse. 
sugar-mold (shug'iir-mold), n. A conical mold 
in which sugar-loaves are formed in the process 
of refining. 
SUgar-nippers (8hug'ar-nip"erz), n. sing, and 
/)/. 1. A tool for cutting loaf -sugar into small 
lumps. It is made like shears with a spring-back, but the 
blades are edged and are directly opposite each other. 
2. Same as sugar-ton>i.i. 
sugar-orchard (8hug''ar-or*'chard), M. A col- 
lection or small plantation of sugar-maples. 
Also called sugtir-liuxlt. [American.] 
sugar-packer (shug'ar-pak'er), . A machine 
for packing sugar into barrels. 
sugar-pan (ahug'iir-pan), ti. An open or closed 
vessel for concentrating syrups of sugar. See 
also vacuum-pan.- Sugar-pan lifter, a form of crane 
especially designed for lilting sugar-pans from the fur- 
naces. 
SUgar-pea (shug'iir-pe), . See;>el, 1. 
SUgar-pine (sliug'ar-piii). . Sec/n'rl. 
sugar-platet (shug'ar-plat), M. Sweetmeats. 
I'uttenliam. 
sugar-planter (shug'jir-plan'ter), n. One who 
owns or manages land devoted to the cultiva- 
tion of the sugar-cane. 
sugar-plum (shug'ar-plum), w. A sweetmeat 
made of boiled sugar and various flavoring and 
coloring ingredients into a round shape, or into 
the shape of flattened balls or disks; a bon- 
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him; hence, something particularly pleasing, 
as a bit of flattery. 
If tliu rhild must have grapes or inti/ar-plum* when In- 
has a mind to them. Locke, Education, i 36. 
"HlsOrace Is very condescending, "said .Mm. (Mass, her 
zeal for Inquiry slaked for the present by the dexterous 
administration of this lUMTflMh 
Scott, Heart of Mid- Lothian, xxxrill. 
SUgar-presS (shug'ilr-pres), w. A pre-s fur n- 
tracting the juice of. sugar-cane or effecting the 
drainage of molasses from sugar. 
In the lUnde of Hispana or Hlspaniola were erri -ti 'I 
28 tayer pretset, to prcsse ye sugre which groweth plenti- 
fully in certaine canes or redeH of the same countrey. 
/(. Ktlen, tr. of Sebastian Muniter (First Books on Amer- 
(Ica, ed. Arber, p. 4o). 
SUgar-refiner (shug'ar-re-fi'ner), n. One who 
refines sugar. 
sugar-refinery (shug'Br-re-fi'ner-i), . An es- 
tablishment where sugar is refined; a sugar- 
house in which sugar is not only made from 
the raw syrup, but is also refined. 
sugar-refining (shug'iir-re-fi'ning), n. The act 
or process of refining sugar. 
sugar-sopt (shug'ar-sop), . A sugar-plum. 
Dandle her upon my knee, and give her sugar-topi. 
Fletcher, Monsieur Thomas, II. 2. 
Half our gettlngs 
Must run in nvjar-topt and nurses' wages now. 
Middleton, Chaste Maid, II. 2. 
sugar-squirrel (shug'ar-skwur'el), n- The sciu- 
rine petain-i>t, llilideus sciureus, or another 
member of the same genus. See Belideus. 
These little marsupials closely resemble true flyfng-squir' 
rels (as of the genus Sciuroptena, figured under flyiiuj- 
n/iiim-l), but are near relatives of the opossum-mice, 
figured under Acrobatet. 
sugar-syrup (shug'ar-sir'up), n. 1. The raw 
juice or sap of sugar-producing plants, roots, or 
trees. 2. In the manufacture and refining of 
sugar, a more or less concentrated solution of 
sugar. 
sugar-teat (shug'ftr-tet), n. Sugar tied up in 
a rag of linen of the shape and size of a woman's 
nipple, and moistened: given to an infant to 
quiet it. 
SUgar-tongS (shug'ftr-t6ngz), n. sing, and pi. 
An implement having two arms, each furnished 
at the end with a flat or spoon-shaped plate or 
a cluster of claws, for use in lifting small lumps 
of sugar. It is usually made with a flexible 
back Ske that of shears for sheep. Also called 
sugar-nippers. 
Or would our thrum-capp'd ancestors find fault 
For want of mgar-tonyi, or spoons for salt? 
W. King, Art of Cookery, I. 70. 
sugar-tree (shug'iir-tre), n. 1. Any tree from 
which sugar-syrup or sugary sap can be ob- 
tained; particularly, the sugar-maple. Seema- 
7>fei. 2. An Australian shrub or small tree, 
Myoporum platycarpum. 
sugar-vinegar (shug'ar-vin'e-gar), n. Vinegar 
made of the waste juice of sugar-cane. 
sugary 1 (shug'ar-i), a. [Early mod. E. also </- 
rie; < sugar + -y 1 .'] 1. Resembling sugar in 
appearance or properties; containing or com- 
posed of sugar; sweet; sometimes, excessively 
or offensively sweet. 2. Fond of sugar or of 
sweet things : as, sugary palates. 3. Sweet in 
a figurative sense; honeyed; alluring; some- 
times, deceitful. 
And with the mtgrie sweete thereof allure 
Chast Ladies eares to fantasies impure. 
Spenser, Mother Hub. Tale, 1. 820. 
Walsingham bewailed the Implicit confidence which the 
Queen placed In the sugary words of Alexander [Duke of 
I'annal. Motley, Hist. Netherlands, II. 329. 
sugary 2 (shug'a-ri),M.; pi. miyaries (-riz). [For 
'sugarery, < sugar + -ery.] An establishment 
where sugar is made ; a sugar-house. [Bare.] 
The primitive mode of arranging the sugary. 
Sew Amer. Farm Book, p. 272. 
sugent (su'jent), a. [< L. sugen(t-)s, ppr. of 
sugere, suck: see suck*.] Sucking; imbibing; 
suctorial ; fitted for or habitually sucking : as, 
a sugent process; a sugent animal. 
Sugentia (su-jen'shi-a), n. pi. [NL. (Brandt) : 
see sugent.] A suborder or an order of myria- 
pods ; the sugent or suctorial millepeds, having 
the opening of the sexual organs in the anterior 
part of the body; the families Polyzoniidse and 
Siphonophoridx. Also Siphonizantia. 
sugescent (su-ies'ent), a. [< L. sugere, suck, 
+ -extent.] Fitted for sucking or imbibing; 
sngent ; suctorial; haustellate. Paley, Nat. 
Theol., xviii. 
suggest (su-jesf), r. [< L. suggestus, pp. 
of suggerere ( > It. suggerire = Sp. sugerir = Pg. 
nui/grrir = F. suggerer), carry or bring under, 
suggestion 
furnish, supply, produce, excite, advise, sug- 
gest^ fit/', under, + H'i' . hear, carry: see 
</'/'<'. <'f.i-'iii;/i^l.ili;/i.il, mi/' nt, etc.] I. trinix. 
1. To place before anothers mind problemat- 
ically; hint; intimate: insinuate; introduce to 
another's mind by tlie prompting i.f nn indirect 
or me<liate association. 
Nature her selfe ruijgetteth the figure In this or that 
forme : but arte aydeth the iudgeinent of his vse and ap- 
plication, 'fun, ii/ifiiii, Arte of Kng. I'm-nie, p. 2111. 
He, fie. Master Ford ! are you not ashamed '.' What 
spirit, what devil tuaaeutt this iinaginali'm 
Shak, M. W. of W., III. 3. 230. 
Virgil. . . loves iou/70<< a truth Indirectly, and, with- 
out giving us a full and open view of It, to let us see just 
so much as will naturally lead the imagination into all 
the parts that lie concealed. 
Addimm, On Virgil's rieorglcs. 
Sunderland, therefore, with exquisite cunning, ntggett- 
ed to his master the propriety of asking the only proof of 
obedience which it waaqulte certain that Rochester never 
would give. Macaulay, Hist. Kng., vl. 
2. To act, as an idea, so as to call up (another 
idea) by virtue either of an association or of 
a natural connection between the ideas. 
The sight of part of a large building tuggettt the idea 
of the rest Instantaneously. 
Hartley, Observations on Man, I. 1L 10. 
We all know that a certain kind of sound ntggeitt Im- 
mediately to the mind a coach passing In the street, and 
not only produces the imagination, but the belief, that a 
coach is passing. 
Reid, Inquiry into the Human Mind, II. vll. 
3f. To seduce; tempt; tempt away (from). 
There 's my purse ; I give thee not this to mggett thee 
from thy master tbou talkest of ; serve him still. 
SAo*., All's Well, Iv. 6. 47. 
I, Dametas, chief governor of all the royal cattle, and 
also of Pamela, whom thy master most perniciously hath 
tuggaUd out of my dominion, do defy thee in a mortal 
affray. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, ill. 
= Syn. L Intimate, Insinuate, etc. See A'n<i. 2. To In- 
dicate, prompt, advise, remind of. 
II. intrans. To make suggestions ; be tempt- 
ing ; present thoughts or motives with indirect- 
ness or with diflJdence to the mind. 
O sweet tuggetting Love, If thou hast siim'd, 
Teach me, thy tempted subject, to excuse It. 
Shalt., T. O. of V., IL 5. 7. 
But ill for him who . . . 
. . . ever weaker grows thro' acted crime. 
Or seeming-genial venial fault, 
Recurring and fuyyestimj still ! Tennyson, Will. 
SUggestable (su-jes'ta-bl), a. [< suggest + 
-able."] Same as suggestible. 
suggestedness (su-jes'ted-nes), n. The state of 
being suggested. Jientliam, Judicial Evidence, 
II. iv. 
SUggester (su-ies'ter), n. [< suggest + -!.] 
One who or that which suggests. Also sug- 
gestor. 
Some subom'd mggetter of these treasons. 
Fletcher (and others), Bloody Brother, Hi. 1. 
suggestibility (su-jes-ti-bil'i-ti), n. [< suggest- 
ible + -ity (see -bility).] 1. Capability of be- 
ing suggested ; also, susceptibility to hypnotic 
suggestion. 
Suggestibility. The patient believes everything which 
his hypnotize!- tells him, and does everything which the 
latter commands. W. Jama, Prin. of Psycho!., II. 602. 
2. A conforming social impulse, leading a per- 
son to believe what is emphatically asserted 
and to do what is imperatively commanded; 
credenciveness and submissiveness. 
A republic needs independent citizens, quick in com- 
prehension, but slow in judgment, and tenacious in that 
which they have recognized as right. Every honest think- 
er must endeavor to counteract the stiggestilfility of the 
masses by the proper education of our people. 
Cams, Soul of Man, V. 10. 
suggestible (su-jesHi-bl), a. [< suggest + -ible.] 
1. Capable of being suggested. 2. Having 
great suggestibility ; credencive and submis- 
sive. 
Professor Ricket tried on her some experiment* of sug- 
gestion in the waking state, and found her somewhat mi</- 
ge*tMe. Prix. Soe. Psych. Ketearch, Dec., 1890, p. 441. 
SUggestio falsi (su-jes'ti-6 fal'si). [L. : stigqeM- 
tio, a suggestion; falsi, gen. of falstim, false- 
hood, fraud : see suggestion and/atee, M.] An af- 
firmative misrepresentation, whether by words, 
conduct, or artifice, as distinguished from a 
mere suppression of the truth ; an indirect lie. 
suggestion (su-jes'chon), M. < F. suggestion 
= Sp. KugesKon = Pg. suggestffo = It. sugges- 
tione. < L. suggestio(n-), an addition, an intima- 
tion, < suggerere, pp. suggestus, supply, suggest : 
see suggest.] 1 . The act of placing before the 
mind problematically; also, the idea so pro- 
duced; the insinuation of an idea by indirect 
association; hint; intimation; prompting; also, 
