suitor 
bycause to dlspatche n thing out of time is to cut the pe- 
uocke by the knees. 
Guevara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 199. 
Boyet. Who is the suitor' Who is the suitor? . . . 
Jtos. Why, she that bears the bow. 
Shah., L. L. T,., iv. 1. 109. 
To save suitors the vexation and expense of haling their 
adversaries always before the courts In London. 
If. ram, State, ITU. 
2. One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; 
a petitioner. 
Here I would be a suitor to your majesty, for I come now 
rather to be a suitor and petitioner than a preacher. 
Lattmer, Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1550. 
She hath been a suitor to me for her brother. 
Shale., M. for M., v.l. 34. 
Humility is in miters a decent virtue. Hooker. 
This mans Serraglio, which is neither great in receit nor 
beauty, yet answerable to his small dependency and in- 
frequency of suters. Sandys, Travailes, p. 48. 
3. One who sues for the hand of a woman in 
marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress. 
I am glad I have found a way to woo yet ; I was afraid 
once 
I never should have made a civil suitor. 
Fletcher, Wildgoose Chase, iii. 1. 
He passed again one whole year . . . under the wing 
and counsels of his mother, and then was forward to be- 
come a suiter to Sir Roger Ashton's daughter. 
Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiae, p. 209. 
suitor (su'tor), v. i. [< suitor, .] To play the 
suitor; woo; make love. 
Counts a many, and Dukes a few, 
A suitoriny came to my father's Hall. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends. 
suitorcide (su'tor-sid), a. [< suitor + L. -cidium, 
a killing, < csedere, kill.] Suitor-killing; fatal 
to suitors. [Bare and humorous.] 
Not a murmur against any abuse was permitted ; to say 
a word against the suitorcide delays of the Court of Chan- 
cery . . . was bitterly and steadily resented. 
Sydney Smith, in Lady Holland, ii. 
suitress (su'tres), x. [< suitor + -ess.] A fe- 
male supplicant or suitor. 
Beshrew me, but 'twere pity of his heart 
That could refuse a boon to such a iuit'ress. 
Rowe, Jane Shore, iii. 1. 
suit-shape (sut'shap), . A fashion; a model. 
[Bare.] 
This fashion-monger, each morn 'fore he rise, 
Contemplates suit-shapes, and, once from out his bed, 
He hath them straight full lively portrayed. 
ilarston, Scourge of Villanie, xi. 164. 
suityt (su'ti), a. Suitable; fitting. 
In loue, In care, in diligence and dutie, 
Be thou her sonne, sith this to sonnes is sutie. 
Dames, Holy Roode, p. 18. (Dames.) 
SUivez (swe-va')- [F. : 2d pers. pi. pres. impv. 
of suiv re, follow: see sue 1 .] In music, a direc- 
tion to an accompanist to adapt his tempo and 
style closely to those of the soloist, 
suj'ee (so'je), . [Also sovjee, soujec; < Hind. 
suji.] Fine flour made from the heart of the 
wheat, used in India to make bread for Eng- 
lish tables. Yule and Darnell. 
Sula (su'la), . [NL. (Brisson, 1760), < Icel. 
sfila : see solan.] A genus of gannets, conter- 
minous with the family Sulidx, or restricted to 
the white gannets, or solan-geese the brown 
gannets, or boobies, being called Dysporus. S. 
bassana is the leading species. See cut under 
gamut. 
sulcatet (sul'kat), v. t. [< L. sitlcare, furrow 
through, plow, < sulcus, a furrow : see sulcus, 
sulk 2 ,] To plow; furrow. Blow/it. 
SUlcate (sul'kat), a. [< ii.sulcatus, pp.otsulcare: 
see sulcate, v.] Furrowed; 
grooved; having long nar- 
rowed depressions, shallow 
fissures, or open channels; 
channeled or fluted ; cleft, 
as the hoof of a ruminant; 
fissured, as the surface of 
the brain. 
SUlcated (sul'ka-ted), a. [< 
sulcate + -erf 2 .] Same as 
sulcate. 
sulcation (sul-ka'shon), n. 
[< sulcate + -ion."] 1. A 
furrow, channel, or sulcus; 
also, a set of sulci collec- 
tively. 2. The state of be- 
ing sulcated; also, the act, 
manner, or mode of groov- 
ing. 
sulci, n. Plural of sulcus. 
sulciform (sul'si-form), a. 
[< L. sulcus, a furrow, T forma, form.] Hav- 
ing the form or character of a sulcus; like a 
furrow or groove. 
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sulcus(sul'kus),.; pi. sulci ( -si;. [NL.,<L.s/- 
cus, a furrow, trench, ditch, wrinkle : see sulk' 2 .] 
A furrow or groove ; a more or less linear or 
narrow and shallow depression; specifically, in 
mint., a fissure between two gyri or convolu- 
Sulcate Stems. 
I. Stem of Equisttum 
hiemale. a. Stem of Ru- 
bus -villosus. 
Co 
Sulci. 
Brains of Rabbit (A), Pie (B), and Chimpanzee (C). showing some 
of the principal median sulci and gyri of the mammalian brain. Ol 
olfactory lobe ; Cc , corpus callosum ; Ac, anterior commissure ; H 
hippocampal sulcus; On, uncinate gyrus; Af, marginal gyrus; t" 
callosal gyrus ; Ip, internal perpendicular sulcus ; Ca, calcarine sul 
cus; Can, collateral sulcus; F, fornix ; 7,7", lamina terminatis. (Com 
pare other views of the same brains under gyms. ) 
tions of the surface of the brain: used with 
English or Latin context. See phrases under 
fissure, and cuts under train, cerebral, and gyrus. 
' Auriculoventricular sulcus, the transverse groove 
marking off the auricles from the ventricles of the heart. 
Calcarine sulcus. See calcarine. Callosal sulcus, 
the callosal fissure, between the callosal gyre, or gyrus 
fornicatus, and the corpus callosnm. Callosomarginal 
sulcus. See Callosomarginal and fssure. Carotid BUl- 
CUS, the carotid groove on the sphenoid bone. See cut un- 
der sphenoid. Central sulcus, the fissure or sulcus of 
Rolando. See Assure. Collateral sulcus. See collat- 
eral. Crucial or cruciate sulcus (or fissure), a re- 
markably constant sulcus of the cerebrum of carnivores 
and some other mammals, described by Cuvier in 1806, 
and first named (in French, as sillon crucial) by Leuret in 
1839. In the cat this sulcus begins on the median aspect 
of the hemisphere, reaches and indents the margin, and 
thence extends laterally for a distance equal to or greater 
than its mesal part. It has many variant forms of its name, 
as carnivoral crucial sulcus, xuleus cruciaiug,fissura crucia- 
ta, scissura crudata, etc., and different names (as/rtwitai 
fissure, etc.) from varying views of its homology with any 
sulcus of the human brain. This question has been much 
discussed, but not conclusively settled. Two prevalent 
views are that the crucial sulcus is equivalent (1) to the 
Callosomarginal sulcus of man, and (2) to the central or Ro- 
landic sulcus of man. The question is of importance be- 
cause some well-marked motor centers have been made 
out with reference to this sulcus in the lower animals. 
Flmbrial sulcus, the sulcus choroldeus ; the shallow fur- 
row on the optic thalamus corresponding to the margin of 
the fimbria. Frontal sulci, the sulci which separate 
the frontal gyri : the superior frontal suleus marks off the 
middle from the superior gyrus, and the inferior frontal 
sulcus divides the middle gyrus from the inferior, Gin- 
givobuccal sulcus, the space between the gums and the 
cheek. Gingivolingual sulcus, the space between the 
tongue and the gums. Hippocampal sulcus. See hip- 
pocampal. Intraparietal sulcus, the sulcus dividing 
the superior from the inferior parietal lobule ; the intra- 
parietal fissure. Lateral, paracentral, parallel sul- 
cus. See the adjectives. Occipitotemporal sulcus. 
the collateral sulcus. Orbital sulcus, one of several 
sulci of the frontal lobe of the brain, in relation with the 
orbit of the eye, and separating the orbital gyri (which see, 
under s*nM).Paramedian dorsal sulcus, the groove 
on the dorsal surface of the oblongata and upper part of 
the spinal cord marking the division between the funic- 
ulus gracilis and the funiculus cuneatus. Parapyrami- 
dal sulcus, a slight groove on the ventral surface of the 
oblongata, running from the median fissure upward and 
outward, bounding the pyramid laterally. Parieto-OC- 
Clpital Sulcus. See parieto-occipital fissure, under parieto- 
ocdpital. Peduncular sulcus, the great transverse fls- 
sureofthecerebellum. Postcentralsulcus.the shallow 
postrolandic sulcus separating the ascending parietal con- 
volution from the superior parietal convolution. Poste- 
rior sulcus of ReiL See posterior. Precentral sul- 
cus. See precentral. Splenial sulcus, the callosomar- 
ginal sulcus. Sulcus choroideus, a shallow groove on 
the upper surface of the optic thalamus, running from 
the anterior tubercle backward and outward. Sulcus 
corporum quadrigeminorum longitudinalis, the 
median longitudinal furrow on the upper surface of the 
corpora quadrigemina. Sulcus corporum quadri- 
geminorum transversus, the transverse furrow sepa- 
rating the nates from the testes of the brain. Sulcus 
cruciatus. See crucial sulcus. Sulcus habense, a name 
proposed by Wilder In 1881 for a furrow along the dorso- 
mesal angle of the optic thalamus, just back of the ha- 
bena. Sulcus intercruralis mesalis, sulcus inter- 
sulk 
cruralis lateralls, small grooves just behind the post- 
erforatus of the brain of the cat. Wilder and Qage, Anat. 
ech., p. 489. Sulcus internus olivae, the upward ex- 
tension of the sulcus lateralis ventralisof the spinal cord, 
passing along the olivary body on the median side. Ober- 
stein. Sulcus laterals dorsalis, the groove on the 
spinal cord, extending up into the oblongata, from which 
the dorsal roots of the spinal nerves emerge. Also called 
posterolateral groove. Sulcus llmltans, a name pro- 
posed by Wilder in 1881 for the usually obvious depression 
between the optic thalamus and the corpus striatum. 
Sulcus longitudinalis medianus ventriculi quart! 
vel Sinus rfiomboidalis, the median furrow on the floor 
of the fourth ventricle of the brain. Sulcus longitu- 
dinalis mesencephali, the furrow on the external sur- 
face of the meeeneephalon, between the crusta below 
and the superficial lemniscus and brachia of the corpora 
quadrigemina above. Sulcus occipitalis anterior, a 
fissure extending the occipitoparietal fissure down over 
the convex surface of the cerebrum. The two fissures 
are continuous in certain apes, but not normally in man. 
Also called sulcus occipitalis extemua. Sulcus occipi- 
talis inferior, a longitudinal fissure of the occipital lobe 
separating the second from the third occipital gyrus. 
Sulcus occipitalis superior, a longitudinal fissure of 
the occipital lobe separating the first from the second 
occipital gyrus. Sulcus occipitalis transversus, a 
transverse fissure seen on the upper and lateral surface 
of the occipital lobe, behind the parieto-occipital fissure. 
Sulcus oculomotor!!, a groove on the median side of 
the crus cerebri, from winch the third nerve issues. It 
marks the boundary between the crusta and the tegmen- 
tum. Sulcus olfactorius, the fissure on the orbital sur- 
face of the brain bounding the gyrus rectus on the outer 
side. Along it lies the tractus olfactorius. Sulcus pr- 
bitalis, the triradiate or H-shaped sulcus on the orbital 
surface of the frontal lobe. Sulcus postolivaris, the 
postolivary sulcus, a short furrow on the side of the oblon- 
gata just laterad of the olivary body. Sulcus spiralis, 
the spiral groove along the border of the lamina spiralis, 
or spiral lamina, of the cochlea. Sulcus triradiatus, 
a name proposed by Wilder in 1881 for the three-pointed 
depression which demarcates the corpora albicantia from 
each other and from the tuber cinereum. Supercallosal 
sulcus, the Callosomarginal sulcus. Sylvlan sulcus, 
the fissure of Sylvius. See fissure. Temporal sulci, the 
fissures on the outer surface of the temporal lobe. The 
superior is also called the parallel fissure. Triradiate 
SU1CUS. Same as sulcus orbitalix. Vertical sulcus, the 
precentral sulcus. 
sulfert, sulfurt, . Obsolete spellings of sulphur. 
Sulidae (su'li-de), n. pi [NL., < Sula + -idee.] 
A family of totipalmate natatorial birds, repre- 
sented by the genus Sula, of the order Stcgatio- 
podes, related to the cormorants and pelicans ; 
the gannets and boobies. They have the bill longer 
than the head, very stout at the base, tapering to the little 
decurved tip, cleft to beyond the eyes, with abortive nos- 
trils in a nasal groove, and a small naked gular sac ; long 
pointed wings ; moderately long, stiff, wedge-shaped tail 
of twelve or fourteen feathers ; stout serviceable feet be- 
neath the center of equilibrium ; and the general config- 
uration somewhat like that of a goose. There are two 
carotids, a discoid oil-gland, small cseca, and large gall- 
bladder. The pneumaticity of the body is extreme, as in 
pelicans. See cut under gannet. 
Sulinse (su-li'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Sula + -iiiie.] 
The Sulidee as a subfamily of Pelecanidse. 
sulk 1 ! (sulk), n. [Early mod. E. sulke; reduced 
from ME. "sulken, *solken, < AS. solcen, sloth- 
ful, remiss (cf. equiv. d-solcen, be-solcen), prop. 
pp. of "seolcan, in comp. "a-seolcan, a-sealcan 
(= OHG. ar-selhan), and be-seolcan, be slothful, 
grow languid; cf. Skt. / sarj, send forth, let 
loose. Cf. milk 1 , v. and ., sulky.] Languid; 
slow; dull; of goods, hard to sell. 
Never was thrifty trader more willing to put of a mike 
commodity. Heywood, Challenge for Beauty, iii. 1. 
sulk 1 (sulk), v. i. [< sttK' 1 , a., in part a back- 
formation from sulky.] 1 . To be sulky ; indulge 
in a sullen or sulky mood ; be morose or glum. 
[Colloq.] 
Most people sulk in stage-coaches ; I always talk. I have 
had some amusing journeys from this habit. 
Sydney Smith, In Lady Holland, vil. 
He was sulking with Jane Tregunter, was trying to per- 
suade himself he did not care for her. 
W hyte Melville.White Rose, II. xlv. 
Of course things are not always smooth between France 
and England ; of course, occasionally, each side sulks 
against the other. Nineteenth Century, XXIV. 466. 
2. To keep still when hooked : said of a fish. 
sulk 1 (sulk), n. [< sulk 1 , v."] A state of sulki- 
ness; sullen fit or mood: often in the plural: 
as, to be in a sulk or in the sulks; to have a fit 
of the sulks. [Colloq.] 
I never had the advantage of seeing the Chancellor be- 
fore in his sulks, though he was by no means unfrequently 
in them. Oremlle, Memoirs, Dec. 8, 1831. 
Rodbertus had lived for a quarter of a century in a polit- 
ical sulk against the Hohenzollerns. 
Contemporary liev., LIV. 383. 
sulk 2 t (sulk), n. [= OSp. sttlco, Sp. Pg. sulco 
= It. solco, solgo, < L. sulcus, a furrow, trench, 
ditch, groove, track, wrinkle ; cf. Gr. 625f, a 
furrow, track, < f/Uv, draw. Cf. guttow 1 .] A 
furrow. [Bare.] 
The surging sulks of the Sandiferous Seas. 
Sir P. Sidney, Wanstead Play, p. 619. (Dorics.) 
sulk 2 t (sulk), . /. [< sulk?, .] To furrow; 
plow. [Bare.] 
