suspensor 
(6) In oot., the filament or chain of cells at the extremity 
of which the developing embryo is situated. Also called 
proembryo. (c) In anat., the suspensory ligament of the 
attached to, as if suspended from, the diaphragm, (d) In 
zo'-jl., a suspensorium. 
suspensorial (sus-pen-so'ri-al), a. [< swtpen- 
xori-um + -al.] Serving to suspend; of the 
nature or having the function of a suspensor; 
specifically, of or pertaining to the suspensori- 
um of the lower jaw: as, the hyomandibular or 
xuK/iensorial cartilage. Huxley, Anat. Invert., 
p. 557. 
suspensorium (sus-pen-so'ri-um), n. ; pi. gus- 
/H-nsoriti (-a). [NL., neut. of '"suspensorius, 
suspensory : see suspensory.] That which sus- 
pends ; a suspensor or suspender. Specifically 
(a) The bone or bones forming the means by which 
the lower jaw is indirectly articulated with the skull in 
vertebrates below mammals. It is morphologically the 
proximal bone or proximal element of the mandibular 
arch, and includes the representative of the malleus of 
Mammalia. In Sauropsida (birds and reptiles) it is a 
single bone, the quadrate ; in lower vertebrates it may 
consist of a series of bones, or be cartilaginous or liga- 
mentous. (See cuts under quadrate, Rana, Pylhonidse, and 
Crotalus.) In fishes the hyomandibular bone is the princi- 
pal suspensorium. (See cuts under palatoquadrate, Spatu- 
laria, and teleost.) (b) The suspensory ligament in the 
Acanthocephula (Echinorhynchus), a cord traversing the 
anenterous body-cavity, supporting the organs of genera- 
tion in either sex. Also called Kgamentum suspensorium. 
See cut under Acanthocephala. 
suspensorius (sus-pen-so'ri-us), . ; pi. suspen- 
sorii (-1). [NL. : see suspensory.'] A suspen- 
sory muscle Suspensorius duodeni, a band of 
plain muscular fibers connecting the lower end of the 
duodenum with the connective tissue about the celiac 
axis. 
suspensory (sus-pen'so-ri), . and . [= F. sus- 
pensoir. suspensoire ='Sp. Pg. suspensorio = It. 
sospensorio, < NL. * suspensorius, < L. suspen- 
dere, pp. suspensitf/, suspend: see stispense, sus- 
pend/] I. a. 1. In anat. and zool., adapted or 
serving to suspend a part or organ ; suspend- 
ing; suspensorial: as, the creinaster is a sus- 
pensory muscle; the quadrate is a suspensory 
bone. 2. In surg., forming a special kind of 
sling, in which an injured or diseased part is 
suspended : as, a suspensory bandage or belt for 
the scrotum in orchitis. 3. Suspending; caus- 
ing interruption or delay ; staying effect or op- 
eration: as, a suspensory proposal Suspensory 
bandage, in surg., a bag attached to a strap or belt, 
used to support the scrotum. Suspensory ligament. 
See ligament. Suspensory ligament of the axis, liga- 
mentous fibers which pass from the summit of the odon- 
toid process to the margin of the foramen magnum. Also 
called middle odontoid lifja ment. Suspensory ligament 
of the Incus, a delicate ligament descending from the roof 
of the tympanum to the upper part of the incus. Suspen- 
sory ligament of the lens, the annular ligament, a dif- 
ferentiated section of the hyaline membrane of the vitre- 
ous body, which passes from the ciliary processes to the 
capsule of the lens. Also called zone or zonule of Zinn. 
Suspensory ligament of the malleus, a delicate liga- 
ment descending from the roof of the tympanum to the 
head of the malleus. 
II. n. ; pi. suspensories (-riz). A suspensory 
muscle, ligament, bone, or bandage ; a suspen- 
sorium. 
SUS. per coll. [An abbr. of L. suspensio per col- 
lum, hanging by the neck : see suspension, per, 
collar.] Hanging by the neck. 
suspercollate (sus-per-kol'at), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. suspereollated, ppr. suspercollating. [< gits, 
per coll. + -ate 2 .] To hang by the neck. 
[Ludicrous.] 
None of us Duvals have been suspereollated to my know- 
ledge. Thackeray, Denis Duval, i. 
SUSpicabilityt (sus"pi-ka-biri-ti), n. [< suspi- 
cable + -ity (see -bility).] The quality or state 
of being suspicable. Dr. H. More. (Encyc.Dict.) 
suspicablet (sus'pi-ka-bl), a. [< LL. siispicabi- 
lis, conjectural, < L. suspicari, mistrust, sus- 
pect, < mspieere, suspect: see suspect."] That 
may be suspected ; liable to suspicion. 
* Mpl ~ 
suspects; the sentiment or passion which is 
excited by signs of evil, danger, or the like. 
the existence of something, especially some- 
thing wrong, without proof or with but slight 
proof. 
Alle saf Gawein and Elizer, thei wolde not slepe, but 
were euer in susspecion of the saisnes that were so many 
in the londe. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 539. 
Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind ; 
The thief doth fear each bush an officer. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., v. 6. 11. 
2f. Thought. 
Cordeilla, out of meer love, without the suspicion of ex- 
pected reward, at the message only of her Father in dis- 
tress, powrs forth true filial tears. Milton, Hist. Eng., i. 
3. Suggestion ; hint ; small quantity ; slight 
degree. [Colloq.] 
He was engaged in brushing a suspicion of dust from his 
black gaiters. Trollope, Last Chron. of Barset, xlix. 
A mere spice or suspicion of austerity, which made it 
[the weather) all the more enjoyable. 
Hawthorne, Our Old Home, near Oxford. 
= Syn. 1. Jealousy, distrust, mistrust, doubt, fear, mis- 
giving^ 
suspicion (sus-pish'on), v. t. [< suspicion, .] 
To regard with suspicion; suspect; mistrust; 
doubt. [Chiefly colloq.] 
The folks yereabouts didn't never like him 'cause he 
didn't preach enough about hell, and the weepin' and 
wailin' and gnashin' b' teeth. They somehow suspicioned 
he wasn't quite sound on hell. 
Harper's May., LXXX. 349. 
suspicional (sus-pish'on-al), a. [< suspicion + 
-al.] Of or pertaining to suspicion ; especially, 
characterized by morbid or insane suspicions : 
as, a suspicional delusion. [Recent.] 
She displayed the same emotional mobility and sm- 
picional tendencies which characterized hef gifted son. 
Alien, and Neural., XI. 347. 
suspicious (sus-pish'us), a. [< F. suspicieux = 
Sp. sospeehoso = It. sospizioso, < L. sunpiriosux, 
suspitiosus, full of suspicion, < suspicio(n-), sus- 
picion: see suspicion.] 1. Inclined to suspect ; 
apt to imagine without proof; entertaining sus- 
picion or distrust; distrustful; mistrustful. 
The Chinians are very suspitious, and doe not trust 
strangers. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 2B3. 
Many mischievous insects are daily at work to make 
men of merit suspicious of each other. Pope. 
2. Indicating suspicion, mistrust, or fear. 
A wise man will find us to be rogues by our faces ; we 
have a suspicious, fearful, constrained countenance. Su-ifl. 
3. Liable to cause suspicion; adapted to raise 
suspicion ; questionable : as, suspicious innova- 
tions ; a person met under suspicious circum- 
stances. 
And for that we shall not seeme that we speake at large, 
and doe recouute an historic verie suspicious, briefely we 
will louche who were they that bought this horse, and did 
possesse him. 
Gueoara, Letters (tr. by Hellowes, 1577), p. 128. 
I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., v. 3. 4. 
In fact, Uncle Bill was Aunt Lois's weak point, and the 
corners of her own mouth were observed to twitch in such 
a suspicious manner that the whole moral force of her ad- 
monition was destroyed. H. B. Stmiie, Oldtown, p. 349. 
= Syn. 1. Jealous. 3. Doubtful, dubious, 
suspiciously (sus-pish'us-li), ante. 1. In a sus- 
picious manner; with suspicion. 
Methought I spied two fellows 
That through two streets together walk'd aloof, 
And wore their eyes suspiciously upon us. 
Fletcher and Rmoley, Maid in the Mill, iv. S. 
2. So as to excite suspicion. 
I should have thought the finished tense neither very 
common in the independent jussive nor suspiciously rare 
in the dependent. Ainer. Jour. Philol., IX. 161. 
suspiciousness (sus-pish'us-nes), . The state 
character of being suspicious, in any sense. 
and pp. suspired, 
't; F. soupirer = 
SUSpiciencyt (sus-pish'en-si), n. 
eien(t) (< L. 
suspect) + -ci 
[Rare.] 
The want of it [perfect obedience] should not deject us 
with a suspiciency of the want of grace. 
Bp. Hopkins, Sermons, xiv. 
suspicion (sus-pish'on), n. [< ME. suspicion, 
suspecioun, susspecion, < OF. suspicion, also sus- 
pecon, soupeson, souppeehon, soupgon, F. suspi- 
cion, soup f on (> E. soupcon) = OSp. suspicion = 
Pg. suspeiyao = It. sospezione, sospieione, < L. 
suspieio(n-), suspitio(n-), mistrust, distrust, sus- 
piracnlmn, a breathing-hole, a vent, < L. sus- 
pirare, breathe out: see suspire. Cf. spiracle.] 
1. A breathing-hole ; a spiracle; a vent. 
No man shall hurt, cut, or destroy any pipes, sesperals, 
or windvents pertaining to the conduit, under pain of im- 
prisonment. Calthrop's Reports (1670). (ffares.) 
Suspyral of a cundyte, spiraculum, suspiraculum. 
MS. Harl. 221, f. 168. (Hallimll.) 
2. A spring of water passing under ground to- 
ward a cistern or conduit. Bailey, 1731. [Rare 
in both senses.] 
suspiration (sus-pi-ra'shon), n. [< L. suspira- 
tio(n-), a sighing, a deep breath, < suspirare, 
. -, --, , breathe out, sigh: see gugpire.] The act of 
Picion, < suspiccre, suspect: see suspect.] 1. sighing, or fetching a long and deep breath; a 
Ihe act of suspecting; the feeling of one who deep respiration ; a sigh. 
sustain . 
Windy suspiration of forced breath. 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 2. 79. 
suspire (sus-pir'), c.; pret. 
ppr. suspiring. [< OF. souspirer, 
Sp. Pg. suspirar = It. sospirare, < L. suspirare, 
breathe out, draw a deep breath, sigh, < sus-. 
subs-, for mo-, under, + spirare, breathe, blow: 
see spire 3 .] I. iiitrans. 1. To fetch a long, deep 
breath: sigh. 
Earth turned in her sleep with pain, 
Sultrily suspired for proof. 
Bromiiny, Serenade at the Villa. 
2f. To breathe. 
For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, 
To him that did but yesterday suspire, 
There was not such a gracious creature born. 
Shak., K. John, iii. 4. 80. 
II. t trans. To sigh or long for. 
glorious morning, wherein was born the expectation 
of nations, and wherein the long suspired Redeemer of the 
world did, as his prophets had cryed, rend the heavens, 
and come down in the vesture of humanity ! 
Sir H. Wotton, Reliquia;, p. 289. 
SUSpiret (sus-pir'), . [= F. soujiir = Pr. sos- 
pir, sospire = Sp. Pg. suspiro = It. sospiro, a 
sigh (cf. L. suspiriiim, a sigh, deep breathing, 
asthma); from the verb.] A deep breath; a 
sigh. 
Or if you cannot spare one sad suspire, 
It doth not bid you laugh them to their graves. 
Middleton, Massinger, and Rowley, Old Law, v. 1. 
suspirious (sus-pir'i-us), a. [< ML. suspiriosus, 
breathing hard, asthmatic, < L. suspirimn, a 
sigh, deep breathing, asthma: see suspire, n.] 
Sighing. [Rare.] 
That condition of breathing called suspirious. 
Reynolds, Epidemic Meningitis, I. 507. 
SUSS (sus), it. and r. A variant of soss 1 . 
SUSSapinet, A kind of silk. Fairholt. 
I'll deck my Alvida 
In sendal, and in costly sussapine. 
Greene, Looking Glass for London and England. 
SUSSarara, w. Same as sisemry. Goldsmith, 
Vicar, xxi. 
Sussex marble. In geol., a marble composed 
almost entirely of two or more species of Pal- 
udina, and forming thin beds intercalated in 
the so-called Wealden clay (see Wealden) in 
Kent and Sussex, England: it was formerly 
used to considerable extent, especially in eccle- 
siastical buildings, for slender shafts to support 
the triforia, as at Canterbury and Chichester. 
Both these varieties of maMe [the Purbeck and Sussex] 
have now generally fallen into disuse, being inferior, both 
in richness of colouring and durability, to the more an- 
cient and crystalline marbles of the British Isles. 
Hull, Building and Ornamental Stones, p. 119. 
Sussex pig. See pig 1 . 
sustain (sus-tan'), r. [< ME. susteiiieii, sui-teunen. 
sustenen, susteenen, < OF. sustener, sustenir, sos- 
tenir, soustenir, F. soutenir = Pr. sostencr = Sp. 
sostener = Pg. soster = It. sostenere, < L. sitsti- 
nere, hold up, uphold, keep up, support, endure, 
sustain, < sus-, subs-, for sub-, under, + tenere, 
hold: see tenant. Cf. attain, contain, detain, 
pertain, retain, etc., and sustinent, sustenance, 
sustentate, etc.] I. trans. 1. To hold up; bear 
up; uphold; support. 
You take my house when you do take the prop 
That doth sustain my house. 
Shak., M. of V., iv. 1.376. 
Foure very high marble pillars which sustain a very lofty 
vault. Coryat, Crudities, I. 154. 
2. To hold suspended; keep from falling or 
sinking: as, a rope sustains a weight; to sus- 
tain one in the water. 3. To keep from sink- 
ing in despondency; support. 
But longe thei myght not this endure ; but than com 
Bretell, and hem sustencd, and moche he hem comforted. 
Merlin (E. E. T. B.), ii. 155. 
If he have no comfortable expectations of another life 
to sustain him under the evils in this world, he is of all 
creatures the most miserable. Tillotson. 
4. To maintain; keep up; especially, to keep 
alive; support; subsist; nourish: as, provi- 
sions to sustain a family or an army; food 
insufficient to sustain life. 
If you think gods but feigned, and virtue painted, 
Know we sustain an actual residence. 
B. Jnnson, Poetaster, iv. 8. 
O sacred Simples that our life sustain, 
And, when it flies vs, call it back again ! 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 3. 
The Lord of all, himself through all diffus'd, 
Sustains and is the life of all that lives. 
Cowper, Task, vi. 222. 
5. To support in any condition by aid; vindi- 
cate, comfort, assist, or relieve ; favor. 
No man may serue tweyn lordis; for ethir he schal hate 
the toon, and loue the tother, ethir he shal msteyne the 
toon, and dispise the tothir. Wyclif, Mat. vi. 24. 
