sure 
7. Out of (hinder: >eciirc; >:il'c. 
Whan thel vndirstode tills, tliel tokc levc of the queue 
Klein ami drpartril fro theiiH jill armeit, (or the rontn- tli:i! 
thi-i nhoMe paHsr though was not *ttrc, for men of werre 
that ran thourgh (he londc. Merlin (E. E. T. St.), I. is;,. 
If ... In' conn: to church, take Iioly water, hear mass 
devoutly, and take altcl [altar] holy-bread, he Is ntrr 
enough, say the papists. 
lini'lfiird. Writings (Parker Soc.), II. 314. 
Fear not ; the forest U not three leagues olf ; 
If we recover that, we are mire enough. 
Shot., T. 0. of V., . 1. 12. 
8f. Kngaged to marry ; betrothed. 
The king was turr to liann- l.li/nlietli Lucy, tinil her hut- 
hand before Owl. Sir T. More, Hist. Rich. 111. (Trench.) 
I uin but newly sure yet to the widow, 
And what a rend might this discredit make! 
Middleton, Trick to Catch the Old One, Ui. 1. 
Aa sure as a gun. See gun 1 .- Be sure, (a) Be certain ; 
do not fall ; see to It : as, be rare to go. [Colloq.] 
Carry back again this package, and be sure that you are 
spry ! W. Cartoon, Little Ulack-eyed Kebel. 
(4) See to be sure, below. Sure enough, certainly ; with- 
out doubt : often used expletivcly. [Oolloq. I 
Sho nuf, Hrcr Fox look over de bank, he did, en dar wuz 
n'er Fox lookln' at 'im outer de water. 
J. C. Harris, Uncle Remus, xlv. 
To be sure, or be sure, without doubt; certainly: at. 
arc yon going? To be mre I am. [Colloq.) 
To be sure, what you say is very reasonable. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, IT. 8. 
To have a sure tiling, to have a certainty ; be beyond 
the possibility of failure. [Slang. 1 To make sure. () 
To make certain ; secure so that there can be no failure of 
the purpose or oliject. 
Give diligence to mate your calling and election ntre. 
2 Pet. i. 10. 
(6t) To make fast by betrothal ; betroth. 
Accordailles, I. The betrothing, or mating sure of a 
man and woman together. Cotgraee. 
She that 's made sure to him she loves not well, 
.Her banes are asked here, but she weds in hell. 
J. Cotgrave, Wits Interpreter (1671), p. 177. (Nares.) 
To make sure Of. See /.'. Syn. 1 and 2. Certain, 
Pnritive, etc. See confident. 
sure (sli6r), atlr. [< sure, a.] 1 . Certainly ; with- 
out doubt; doubtless; surely. 
Nay, there 's no rousing him ; he is bewitch'd, mre. 
Fletcher (and another), False One, 111. 2. 
As mure as they were borne. 
Rubin Hood and the Tanner t Daughter (Child's Ballads 
(V. 838). 
Second-hand vice, sure, of all is the most nauseous. 
Steele, Tatler, No. 27. 
2t. Firmly; securely. 
Yo will gayne mykell greme er we ground haue : 
And ay the ser that we sit our sore be the harder. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.)> 1. 5627. 
suret (shor), f. t. [< ME. sureii ; < sure, a., or 
by apheresis for assure.] To assure; make 
certain. 
Than the! tnired theire f eithes be-twene hem two to holde 
these covenauntes. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), HL 62S. 
For ever blinded of our clearest light ; 
For ever lamed of our sured might. 
Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, p. 443. (Danes.) 
suredlyt (nhor'ed-li), <ulr. Assuredly ; securely. 
sure-enough (shor'e-nuf), . [< sure enough, 
phrase under sure, <i.~\ Genuine; real. [Col- 
loq., U. S.] 
It was at once agreed that he " wasn't the mre^tunigh 
bronco-buster he thought himself." 
T. Roosevelt, The Century, XXXVI. 887. 
sure-footed (shor'fut'ed), a. 1. Not liable to 
stumble, slide, or fall; having a firm, secure 
tread. 
Our party sets out, behind two of the small but strong 
and mire-footed horses of the country, to get a glimpse of 
what, to two at least of their number, were the hitherto 
unknown lands of Payntmrie. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 262. 
2. Figuratively, not apt to err; not liable to 
make a slip; trustworthy. 
Thus that safe and surefooted interpreter, Alex. Aphro- 
dlsius, expounds bis master's meaning. 
Cudwvrth, Intellectual System, p. 170. 
sure-footedly (shiir'fut'ed-li), atlr. In a sure- 
footed manner; without stumbling. Uiuclii/, 
sure-footedness(sh8r'fut'ed-nes), . The char- 
acter of being sure-footed. 
The sure-foottdness of the rope-walker. 
Pop. Sci. Mo., XIII. 449. 
surefullyt (shor'ful-i), ml-. [< sure + -fid + 
-///-.] Securely; safely; carefully. [Rare.] 
To leve quietly and surefuUij to the plesure of God and 
according to his lawes. 
Laws of Hen. VII., quoted In Ribton-Turner's Vagrants 
(and Vagrancy, p. 67. 
surely (shor'li). <t<ir. [< ME. utterly, senrly; < 
xurc + -ty2.] 1. Certainly; infallibly; un- 
doubtedly; assuredly: often used, like doultt- 
Irxx, iii a manner implying doubt or question. 
382 
SO8 i 
They were fully Accordld nil In one 
That Aufi riii- mrrlii nhuld be tin r kyng. 
<inurii,lr*(V.. E. T. s.), 1. 1:117. 
In the day that thon eatest thereof, thuu shall surely 
die. li.-n. ii. 17. 
Surely I think you have charms. 
Shot., If. W. of W., II. 2. 107. 
"Surely," thought Rip, "I have not slcjit here all night.' 
Irving, Sketch-Book, p. 1C. 
2. Firmly; stably; safely; securely. 
And that makethe hem flee before hem, because of the 
snielle ; and than thel gadren It nfiirlii ynow. 
Mnmleriilf. Travels, p. 160. 
He that walketh uprightly wulketh surely. Prov. x, 9. 
SUrementt ishor'meiil i. . [ME., also si-iin- 
ment; < siirr + -went.] Surety; security for 
payment. 
I yow release, madame. Into your hond 
Ojiyt every ntrement and every bond 
That ye han maad to me as heerblforn. 
Chaucer, Franklin's Tale, L 806. 
soreness (sho'r'nes), . The state of being sure 
or certain; certainty. Woodward. 
surepelt, . A cover. 
The sexte hade a sawtcre semllche bowndene 
W ith a surepel of sllke sewede fulle falre. 
Morte Art him (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3318. 
suresbyt (shorz'bi), n. [\\nosureby; <snre + 
-s-by; cf. rudestty.] One who may be surely 
depended on. 
The Swltzen doe weare It [the codpiece] as a significant 
symbole of the assured service they are to doe to the 
French King, ... as old suresbyes to serve for all turns. 
Coryal, Crudities, I. 42, slg. E. 
suretishipt, n. An old spelling of suretyship. 
surette (su-ret'), w. [Prob. go called in ref. to 
the acid berries; < F. suret, dim. of sur, sour: 
strong and good, but not durable In contact with moisture, 
and an astringent bark which is exported to England for 
tanning purposes. The tree Is also valued for shade In 
West Indian coffee-plantations, and it bears yellow acid 
berries which are edible. 
surety (shor'ti), n. ; pi. sureties (-tiz). [< ME. 
nuertee, seitrte, < OF. seurtf, surrte, F. siirete, 
< L. securita(t-')8, freedom from care or from 
danger, safety, security; LL. security for a 
debt, etc.: see security, of which surety is a 
doublet, as sure is of secure.'] 1. Certainty; 
indubitableness: especially in the phrase of a 
surety, certainly, indubitably. 
Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger In a 
land that Is not their's. (Jen. xv. 13. 
2f. Security; safety. 
Never yet thy grace no wight sente 
So blisful cause as me my lyf to lede 
In idle joy mul-seurte out of drede. 
Chaucer, Troll us, ii. 833. 
He hath great expenses, and many occasions to spend 
much for the defence ana surety of his realms and sub- 
jects. Latimer, 1st Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. 
3. That which makes sure, firm, or certain; 
foundation of stability ; ground of security. 
Myself and all the angelic host . . . our happy state 
Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds ; 
On other surety none. Milton, f. L., v. S38. 
4. Security against loss or damage; security 
for payment or for the performance of some 
act. 
To this thei acorded, bothe the kyuge and the lady and 
her frendes and the parentes of the Duke, and maden gode 
ntertff, bothe on that oon part and the tother. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.\ I. 84. 
There remains unpaid 
A hundred thousand more ; In narety of the which 
One part of Aquitalne Is bound to us. 
Shot., L. L. L, II. 1. 1S5. 
5. One who has made himself responsible for 
another ; specifically, in /<iir, one who has bound 
himself with or for another who remains pri- 
marily liable ; one who has contracted with the 
creditor or claimant that he will be answerable 
for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another ; 
one who enters into a bond or recognizance or 
other obligation to answer for another's appear- 
ance in court, or for his payment of a debt or 
his performance of some act, and who, in case 
of the principal's failure, can be compelled to 
pay the debt or damages ; a bondsman ; a bail. 
The essential elements of the relation are that the surety 
is liable to the demandant, either directly or in the con- 
tingency of non performance by the principal, and that 
the principal is liable to indemnify the surety against 
loss or damage by reason of the engagement of the surety. 
.See note under guarantor. 
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. 
Prov. xi. 15. 
That yon may well perceive I have not wrong'd you, 
One of the greatest In the Christian world 
Shall ho my nirety. Shalr., All's Well, Iv. 4. 3. 
surface 
"m h ns love yon 
stand mrrlif* for your hom-My ami truth. 
I-'"T,I, I'elkin Uail.eek, i. :<. 
Hence 6. A spoiiMM-. 
This child hath promised by you his sureties to rei 
the devil and all his works. 
Bonk oj Commim I'rayfr, Public Baptism of Infant* 
Surety of the peace, a bond to t he people or sov. 
taken by a justice, for keeping the peace. 
Suretyt 'Hh(ir'ti), r. r [< sun lit, i.] To act ax 
surety for; guarantee; be bail or security for. 
The jeweller that owes the ring is sent for 
And he shall surety me. Shot., All's Well, v. :<. 21*4 
Suretyship (shiir'li-ship), w. [Formerly also 
M//V//.X//I/I. xin-rtixlii/i : < xurrty + -ship.'] The 
state of being surety ; the obligation of a per- 
son to answer for the debt, fault, or conduct of 
another. 
The truth was that the man was bound In a perlllons 
mertuhipp, and could not be merrle. 
(Juecara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577\ p. 804. 
He that hateth suretyship is sure. Prov. xl. K> 
By suretyship and borrowing they will willingly undo 
all their associates and allies. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 181. 
surf ' ( serf), H. [An altered form (scarcely found 
before the 18th century, and prob. simulating 
xiiriji-) of .vi/.(P (early mod. E. safe, Sc. sotif). 
a phonetic spelling of sough, orig. a rushing 
sound: see sought. The proposed derivation 
from OF. surftot, the rising of billow upon bil- 
low, is untenable. Cf. surf* for sough?.] The 
swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, 
or upon banks or rocks. 
My Raft was now strong enough ; ... my next care was 
. . . how to preserve what I laid upon it from the Surf of 
the Sea. Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (ed. 1719\ I. (Skeat.) 
As o'er the ur/the bending main-mast hung, 
Still on the rigging thirty seamen clung. 
Falconer, The Shipwreck, ill. (1762). 
It Is right precious to behold 
The first long rar/of climbing light 
Flood all the thirsty east with gold. 
Lnir<-u, Above and Below, fi. 
= 8yn. See irorrl. 
BUTI '* (serf), n. [An altered form of suff? for 
sough*: seexouf/A 2 . Cf. xurfl for sought.] The 
bottom or conduit of a drain. Imp. Diet. 
surface (ser'fas), H. and a. [< OF. (and F.) 
surface, < sur- + faee, face ; taking the place 
of *surfice, < L. superficies, the upper side, the 
top, surface: see superficies,'} I. M. 1. The 
bounding or limiting parts of a body ; the parts 
of a body which are immediately adjacent to 
another body or to empty space (or the air); 
superficies; outside: distinguished as a physi- 
cal surface. 
The whole architecture of the house [In Pompeii] was 
coloured, but even this was not considered so important 
as the paintings which covered the flat surfaces of the 
walls. J. Feryuston, Hist. Arch., I. 870. 
2. The boundary bet ween two solid spaces not 
adjacent to a third: distinguished as a mntlif- 
nmtical surface. A surface Is a geometrical locus de- 
fined by a single general and continuous condition. This 
condition reduces the points of the surface to a two- 
dimensional continuum, its enveloping planes to a two- 
dimensional continuum, and its enveloping straight lines 
to a three-dimensional continuum. A ruled surface ap- 
pears to be enveloped by a one dimensional series of 
lines; but when imaginary points are considered, this is 
seen not to be so. A true one-dimensional continuum of 
lines requires for Its determination a threefold condition, 
and can contain but a finite number (or discrete infinity) 
of points and of planes. The number of points or planes 
of a surface which satisfy a twofold additional condition, 
as that the points shall lie upon a given line, or that the 
planes shall contain a given line, and the number of lines 
of the surface which satisfy a threefold additional condi- 
tion, as that they shall belong to a given plane pencil, 
are either finite or only discrete infinity. In the former 
case the surface la said to be algebraical. In the latter 
transcendental. If the imaginary elements are taken Into 
account, the numbers are constant whatever the special 
lines or pencils to which they refer may lie. The number 
of points of an algebraical surface which lie upon a given 
straight line is called the order of the surface : the num- 
ber of tangent planes which contain a given line is oiled 
the doss of the surface ; and the number of tangent lines 
which belong to a given plane pencil is called the rank of 
the surface. 
3. Outward or external appearance ; what ap- 
pears on a slight view or without examination. 
If we look below the surface of controversy, we shall 
commonly find more agreement and less disagreement 
than we had expected. J R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 4. 
4. In fort., that part of the side which is ter- 
minated by the flank prolonged and the an- 
gle of the nearest bastion Adjunct surface, a 
surface applicable to another with corresponding ele- 
ments orthogonal. The two surfaces are associated min- 
imal surf aces. Algebraic surface, a surface which is 
represented In analytical geometry- by an algebraic equa- 
tion. If imaginary parts of the locus are Included, ft is 
characterized by having a finite order, class, and rant 
Alysseid surface, a surface generated by the rotation 
of the catenary about its base. It is the only surface of 
revolution for which the principal radii of curvature are 
everywhere equal and opposite. Anallagmatlc, antl- 
