sun-god 
sun-god (sun'god), . The sun considered or 
personified as a deity. See mliir myth (under 
-), anil eiit under rinlinl,. 
MihuiiL'li thiTr r:m In' llt.tlu doubt thnt |thc' Egyptian) 
l;:i u ;i- ;i I "n-'l"i/, Ihflf r;m lir :t^ I it lie ttl;it llr is the II or 
1)1 .if tin' SbwalOe peoples, ami that his worship reprc- 
s. utK that of the out' liod, the dratol. 
Human, Origin of tile World, p. 413. 
sun-gold (sun'fjol'i), a. Snuie as Mini-linjxin. 
sun-grebe (sun'greb), . A sort of sunbird; a 
linfoot, whether of Africa or South America, 
having; ]iinnati]ied feet, like a grebe's, but not 
nearly related to the grebes. See cuts under 
I'liil/ni and ll< linnim. 
sun-hat (suit' hat), n. A broad-brimmed hat 
worn to protect the head from the sun, and 
often having some means of ventilation. 
sun-hemp, . See sunn. 
sunk 1 (Himgk). A preterit and the past parti- 
ciple of SI'H/,-. 8unk fence. 8ee/n. 
sunk- (sungk), ii. [Also sank; prob. ult.< AS. 
tig, a table, couch, = Sw. sling = Dan. .</. a 
bed, couch.] 1. A cushion of straw; a grassy 
seat. 2. A pack-saddle stuffed with straw. 
[Prov. Eng. and Scotch in both senses.] 
sunken (suug'lcn), p. a. [Pp. of sink, .] 1. 
Sunk, in any sense. 
With tuiiken wreck and stimlese treasuries. 
Shale., Hen. V., i. 2. 166. 
The embers of the tunlten sun. Luii-ell, To the Flat. 
2. Situated below the general surface; below 
the surface, as of the sea: as, a sunken rock. 
Sunken battery. See battery. Sunken block, In geol., 
a mass of rock which occupies a position between two 
parallel or nearly parallel faults, and which ia relatively 
lower than the masses on each side, having been either 
Itself depressed by crust-movements, or made to appear 
as if such a depression had taken place by an uplift of 
both of the adjacent blocks. 
sunket (sung'ket), n. [Also Sc. suncate (as if < 
.vim 1 + cate); prob. a var. (conformed to junket, 
jit nc(itc1)ot sucket, succade.] A dainty. [Prov. 
Eng. and Scotch.] 
There 's thirty hearts there that wad hae wanted bread 
ere ye had wanted mnMn. Scott, Guy Mannerlug, \ lii. 
sunkie (sung'ki), 11. [Dim. of sunk*.] A low 
stool. Scott, Guy Mannering, xxii. [Scotch.] 
sunless (sun'les), a. [< sun? + -less.] Desti- 
tute of the sun or of its direct rays; dark; 
shadowed. 
Down to a suiilrM sea. Coleridge, Kubla Khan. 
sunlessness(suu'les-nes), n. The state of being 
sunless; shade. 
sunlight (sun'lit), H. 1. The light of the sun. 
2. Same as sun-burner. [In this sense usual- 
ly written HM-Kffftfc] 
sunlighted (Hun'll'ted), n. Lighted by the sun ; 
sunlit. Itimkin, Elements of Drawing, i., note. 
SUnlike (sun'lik), a. Like the sun ; resembling 
the sun in brilliancy. Channing, Perfect Life, 
p. 2i"). 
sunlit (sun'lit), . Lighted by the sun. 
sun-myth (sun'mith), H. A solar myth. See 
under solar 1 . 
St George, the favorite medteval bearer of the great 
Sun'tnyth. 
K B. Tylor, Early Hist. Mankind (ed. 1870), p. 363. 
sunn (sun), H. [More prop, sun; < Hind. Beng. 
xti H, < Skt. sana.'] 1. A valuable East Indian 
fiber resembling 
hemp, obtained 
from the inner bark 
of Crotnlariii junccii. 
It Is made chiefly into 
ropes and cables, in In 
dla also into cordage, 
nets, sacking, etc. fine- 
ly dressed it can be made 
into a very durable can- 
vas. A similar fiber, 
said to be equal to the 
best St. Petersburg 
hemp, ia the Jublmlpore 
hemp, derived from a 
variety of the same plant 
sometlniesdistinjruishcd 
asa species, C. tenuifotia. 
Also called sunn-hemp. 
Native names are taaij 
anAjanapum. 
2. The plant Crota- 
luriti jiineea, a stiff 
. , J - ci 
shrub from 5 to 8 
or even 12 feet high, with slender wand-like 
rigid branches, yielding the sunn-hemp. Also 
Sunna, Sunnah (sun'ii). H. [< Ar. sunna, sun- 
init (> Pers. Hind, siiniKit), tradition, usage.] 
The traditionary part of the Moslem law, which 
was not, like the Koran, committed to writing 
by Mohammed, but preserved from his lips by 
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his immediate disciples, or founded on the au- 
thority of his actions. The orthodox Muhmmncdana 
who receive the Sunna call themselves SunniUx, in dis- 
tinriiiin from tin- various sects compn-ln-mli >l uniii-r tin- 
Halm; of ,S7m;/iK. See Sftiah. Also Sunn'i. 
sunnaget, . (< *' + -"</''] Sunning; sun- 
niness. [Rare.] 
SUaifft [.], gunnage or sunnlness. Cotyraoe. 
Sunnee, . See >'/. 
sunn-hemp, n. Same as . I. 
Sunni, Sunnee (sun'e). . ( Also >//,/, . Sunnee; 
< Ar. Miiinii, < miniia, tradition : see Sininii.] An 
orthodox Moslem; a Sunnite. 
sunniness (sun'i-nes). . The state of being 
sunny. Lamlor, Southey and Landor, ii. 
sunnish (sun'ish), a. [< ME. mini.ih. nnnnyxti; 
< sun 1 + -I*/* 1 .] Of the color or brilliancy of 
the sun ; golden and radiant. 
Hire ownded here that tannyih wf of hewe. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iT. 735. 
Sunnite (s,un'K), . [Also Sonnite; = F. - 
n iff : < .*>'nia + -ite 2 .] One of the so-called or- 
thodox Mohammedans who receive the Sunna 
as of equal importance with the Koran. See 
XUHIIH and Shiah. 
sunnud (sun'ud), . [< Hind. sanad,<. Ar. mm ml. 
a warrant, voucher.] In India, a patent, char- 
ter, or written authority. 
sunny 1 (sun'i), a. [= D. zonnig = G. sonnig; as 
sun'i -I- -yi.] 1. Like the sun; shining or daz- 
zling with light, luster, or splendor; radiant; 
bright. 
Her rinnnii locks 
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. 
Shak., M. of V.,l. 1. 169. 
2. Proceeding from the sun: as, sunny beams. 
3. Exposed to the rays of the sun ; lighted 
up, brightened, or warmed by the direct rays of 
the sun : as, the sunny side of a hill or building. 
Her blooming mountains and her tunny shores. 
Addison. Letter from Italy to Lord Halifax. 
4. Figuratively, bright ; cheerful; cheery: as, 
a sunny disposition Sunny side, the bright or hope- 
ful aspect or part of anything. 
sunny 2 (sun'i), .; pi. gunnies (-iz). [Dim. of 
suiiMish).] A familiar name of the common 
sunnsh, or pumpkin-seed, Pomotis (Eupomotis) 
gibbosus, and related species. See cut under 
sunfish. 
sunny-sweet (sun'i-swet), a. Rendered sweet 
or pleasantly bright by the sun . Tennyson, The 
Daisy. [Rare.] 
sunny-warm (sun'i-warm), a. Warmed with 
sunsnine; sunny and warm. Tennyson, Palace 
of Art. [Rare.] 
sun-opal (sun'o'pal), . Same as fire-opal. 
sun-perch (sun'perch), . Same as sunfish, 1 (). 
sun-picture (sun'pik'tur), n. A picture made 
by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. 
sun-plane (sun'plan), n. A coopers' hand-plane 
with a short curved stock, used for leveling the 
ends of the staves of barrels. E. H. Knight. 
sun-plant 1 (sun'plant), . [< sun 1 + plan ft.] 
See Portulaca. 
SUn-plant 2 (sun'plant), H. [< sun 2 , sunn, + 
plant 1 .] Same as sunn. 
sun-proof (sun'prof), n. Impervious to the rays 
of the sun. Marston, Sophonisba, iv. 1. [Rare.] 
sun-ray (sun'ra), n. A ray of the sun ; a sun- 
beam. 
sunrise (sun'riz), H. [Early mod. E. also sunne- 
rise, sonneryse, < late ME. sunne ryse; < sun 1 + 
rise 1 . Cf. sunrising, sunrist.] 1. The rise or 
first appearance of the upper limb of the sun 
above the horizon in the morning; also, the at- 
mospheric phenomena accompanying the ris- 
ing of the sun; the time of such appearance, 
whether in fair or cloudy weather; morning. 
Sunne ryte, or rysynge of the sunne (suane ryst or ryslng 
of the sunne . . .). Ortus. Prompt, fan., p. 484. 
2. The region or place where the sun rises; the 
east : as, to travel toward the sunrise. 
sunrising (sun'ri'zing), w. [< ME. sunnerysyngt; 
< sun + rising.] 1. The rising or first appear- 
ance of the sun above the horizon; sunrise. 
Bid him bring his power 
Before mnriiiing. Shak., Elch. III., v. 3. 61. 
2. The place or quarter where the sun rises ; 
the east. 
Then ye shall return unto the land . . . which Moses 
. . . gave you on this side Jordan toward the lunririita. 
Josh. i. 15. 
The giants of Llbanns mastered all nations, from the 
ring to the sunset. Raleigh, Hist. World. 
sunshine 
sun-rose (sun'roz), n. Therock-rosp. 
iii a in. 
sun-scald (sun'skald), . Same as prnr-bliyht 
(which see. nii.ler liliijlit). 
sunset (sun'set). n. [Early mod. K. .< .//. 
< .vllrtl + wM. Cf. xiit/.li Hull/. Cf. leel. .//-. /;'. 
sunset and sunrise.] 1. The deseent of tin- 
upper limb of the sun below the horizon in the 
evening: the atmospheric phenomena accom- 
panying the setting of the sun; the time when 
the sun sets; evening. 
The twilight of such day 
As after titiuet fudeth in tin- west. 
Shale., Sonneta, Ixxlll. 
The normal runtet consists chiefly of a scries of l>:m<l> 
of colour parallel to the horizon In the west in the i ml. i. 
fniiii below upwards, red, orange, yellow, green, blue 
together with a purplish glow In the east over the earth's 
shadow, called the "counter-glow. " Xalure, XXXIX. 340. 
Hence 2. Figuratively, the close or decline. 
Til the tunnel of life give* me mystical lore. 
C'ampMl, Lochiel's Warning. 
3. The region or quarter where the sun sets: 
the west. Compare sunrising, 2. 
sunset-shell (sun'set-shel), 11. A bivalve mol- 
lusk of the genus Psammobia : so called from 
the radiation of the color-marks of the shell, 
suggesting the rays of the setting sun. p. net- 
pertina, whose specific designation reflects the English 
sunristt, w. [ME. sunneryst; < sunne, sun, + 
rist, ryst, < AS. *rist (in ierist: see arist), rising, 
< rison, rise: see rise 1 .] Sunrise. See the 
quotation under sunrise, 1. 
tf 
Sunset-shell (Prammobt 
/, foot ; bi, branchial siphon ; ts. anal siphon. 
name, and P. ferroentit are good examples. The genus 
is one of several leading forms of the family TeltiiMtr 
(sometimes giving name to a family I'sammobiiilfr). The 
shell Is sinupalliate, and more or less truncate posteriorly ; 
the animal has very long separate siphons and a stout foot. 
Also called tettiny-min (which see). 
sunsetting (sun'set'ing), . [< ME. sonneset- 
tijnye; < sun" 1 + setting.] Sunset. 
Sunne tettynge. . . . Occasus. Prompt. Pan., p. 484. 
sunshade (sun'shad), , [< sun 1 + shade 1 . Cf. 
AS.sunsceadu,& shadow cast by the sun.] Some- 
thing used as a protection from the rays of the 
sun. Specifically (a) A parasol; in particular, a form, 
fashionable about 1850 and later, the handle of which was 
hinged so that the opened top could be held in a vertical 
position between the face and the sun. 
Forth . . . from the portal of the old house stepped 
Phoebe, putting up her small green sunshade. 
Hawthorne, Seven Gables, xl. 
CO A hood or front- piece made of silk shirred upon whale- 
bones, worn over the front of a bonnet as a protection 
from sun or wind. Such hoods were in fashion about 1850. 
Compare ii'jly, n. 
I ... asked her ... to buy me a railway wrapper, and 
a nmthade, commonly called an ugly. 
Jean Ingetoie, Off the Skelligs, vlll. 
(c) A kind of awning projecting from the top of a shop- 
window. (<() A dark or colored glass used upon a sextant 
or telescope to diminish the intensity of the light in ob- 
serving the sun. (e) A tube projecting beyond the objec- 
tive of a telescope to cut off strong light. (/) A shade- 
hat [Rare.] 
sunshine (sun'shin), N. and a. [< ME. "sunne- 
schine, sunncsine (cf. AS. sunscin, a mirror, 
speculum) = MD. sonnenschijn. D. zonnesehijii 
= G. sonnenschein (cf. Icel. solskin, Sw. sotsteii, 
Dan. solskin); < aunl + s/11'ne 1 , .] I. n. 1. 
The light of the sun, or the space on which it 
shines; the direct rays of the sun, or the place 
where they fall. 
It malt at the sunne-sine. 
Genetit and W<(E. E. T. S.), 1. 3337. 
Ne'er yet did I behold so glorious Weather 
As this Suu-shine and Bain together. 
Coidey, The Mistress Weeping. 
2. Figuratively, the state of being cheered by 
an influence acting like the rays of the sun; 
anything having a genial or beneficial influ- 
ence; brightness; cheerfulness. 
That man that site within a monarch's heart, 
And ripens in the mtuhiiie of his favour. 
Shot., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 2. 12. 
A sketch of my character, all written by that pen which 
had the power of turning every thing Into tuiithint. and 
joy. Lady Holland, Sydney Smith, rill. 
To be in the sunshine, to have taken too much drink ; 
be drunk. Georye Eliot, Janet's Repentance, I. (Dane*.) 
[Slang. | 
II. a. 1. Sunny; sunshiny; hence, prosper- 
ous; untroubled. 
Send him many years of sunshine days ! 
Shale., Rich. II., iv. 1. 221. 
2. Of or pertaining to the sunshine ; of a fair- 
weather sort. [Rare.] 
Summon thy tiiiuhinr bravery back, 
O wretched sprite ! 
ITAittwr, My Soul and 1. 
