suture 
or with sutures; sew up, <n- sew together; con- 
nect MS if united I iv a .suture. 
According to 1'irk. I lit- pic.-cat text of Ilid wliirli rests 
oil UN Attic nrrn-l.'tl 1 1 :lt i lltf Hllort ly lifter fOO, \H fltttlTf <t 
tou'rtlii-r mil MI tli<' following pieces. 
ZMT. Jour. PhUiil., VII. 233. 
SUVersed (su-verst'). <i. [< h. KH- for sub- + 
ri -rxnx, turned, + -nl'-. <'t'. xnlii-i -1:11 .} Vi r~cd 
ami belonging to (In 1 impairment: only in the 
pliriise sun -rxi-il xiiii; whicli is the versed sine of 
the supplement of the angle. Also xubrersril. 
suwarrow (su-war'6), n. A corruption of ga- 
ifiiiirn. 
suwarrow-nut (su-war'6-nul ), n. Same BB but- 
!i null, '2. 
suwet, i'. A Middle Knglish variant otgve 1 . 
Suya (su'yft), ii. [NL. (Hodgson, 1836), from 
a native name.] A gonuH of warblers, having a 
strongly graduated tail of only ten fen I hero, a 
short thick-set bill, and very stout rictal vibris- 
sas. Five species Inhabit the Himalayan regions from 
Sliul to Tcnasserlm, and Sumatra, of whicli S. eriniger Is 
tin- hfst-kniiwn. The genus is also called Dfcvni* and 
Blanl'iirtliur. Its Mlmil ir* :i|i|':u to In- with Sihnuraciu. 
*l>lnn:ini, HII'l Sti/>,(ir /-//>. Src tllt'Kc words. 
Suzerain (su'/.e-ran), H. [< OF. (and F.) MM 
ruin, sovereign but not supreme; KI i 1/11111 r XH- 
:eriiin. a lord who holds a fief of which other 
net's are held, or who has exclusive jurisdic- 
tion (Ko<|iiefort); iippai-. formed, in imitation 
of sin-inn n, xnn-i < in, etc., sovereign (with which 
Roquefort in fact identifies it), with term. 
-cr-ain (as if < ML. "xnwranmi, "surseraiius), < 
< )!'. x.s. < Jj. snrxii m, above, for "sitvorsuni^ sub, 
under, from under, + mrxitx, nrxiis, pp. of rer- 
li-i'i-, turn (cf. retrorse, introme): see nub- and 
m s-c, and cf. subvert.'} A feudal lord or baron ; 
a lord paramount. Also used attributively. 
" My lord," she replied, still undismayed, " I am before 
my Suzerain, and, I trust, a just one." 
Scott, Quentln Dtirward. xxxv. 
This prince, whether led by border enmity, by loyalty 
to his suzerain, or by preference to one domestic tie over 
another, had joined the call of King Henry to an Invasion. 
B. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, III. '.n. 
In i i.vi the illegitimate pretender, James II., did hom- 
age to the Sultan of Egypt as suzerain of Cyprus. 
StuUis, Medieval aud Modern Hist., p. 164. 
Certain institutions of a primitive people, their corpo- 
rations and village communities, will always be preserved 
by a suzerain state governing them, on account of the fa- 
cilities which they afford to civil and fiscal administration. 
Miiiiu; Village Communities, p. 236. 
suzerainty (su'ze-ran-ti), n. [< OP. suzerainetc, 
F. suzeraiitetc, the office or jurisdiction of a su- 
zerain, <. suzerain, suzerain: see suzerain."} The 
office or dignity of a suzerain ; feudal suprem- 
acy ; superior authority or command. 
When Philip Augustus began his reign, his dominions 
were much less extensive than those of the English king, 
over whom his suzerainty was merely nominal. 
Brauyham. 
No one would think of dignifying the heterogeneous 
mass of Arabs, Kopts, Kurds, Slavs, and Oreeks who ac- 
knowledge the suzerainty of the Sultan with the name of 
a nation. Contemporary Ren., LIII. 86. 
80 its [the sovereign power's) character of nominal su- 
zerainty is exchanged for that of absolute sovereignty. 
Stubbs, Const. Hist., i 2. 
S. V. An abbreviation of sub roce, under the 
word: used in referring to articles in glossaries 
and dictionaries. 
svanbergite (s van 'berg-it), . [Named afte'r 
L. F. Svaiibcr;/, a Swedish chemist.] A miner- 
al occurring in rhombohedral crystals of a yel- 
low, red, or brown color. It consists of sulphate 
and phosphate of aluminium and calcium. 
swat, adr. and e<ij. A Middle English form of 
XII I . 
swab 1 (swob), r. I. ; pret. and pp. sirabbed, ppr. 
xirabbiii;/. [Also sicob ; appar. first in the noun 
mrabber, < MD. "mcabber, < "stcabben = G. 
xchwappcn, splash. = Norw. si'abba, subba, 
splash; otherwise in freq. form: Sw. srabla = 
Dan. srabre, swab, = D. :icabliercn, drudge. Cf. 
xirnlihlr and IMIP^.] To clean with water and 
a swab, especially the decks of ships. 
So he pick'd up the lad, mcabbed aud dry-mbb'd and mopp'd 
him. Barham, Ingolosby Legends, I. 292. 
After we had finished, mrabbed down decks, and coiled 
up the rigging, I sat on the spars, waiting for . . . thesig- 
nal for breakfast. It. II. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 8. 
swab 1 (swob), H. [Also sicob ; < swab 1 , r. Cf. 
Sw. xfiib. a swab, fire-brush ; Norw. srabb, srab- 
ba, a careless person.] 1. A utensil for clean- 
ing, (a) A large mop used on shipboard for cleaning 
decks, etc. (6) A cleaner for the bore of a cannon. s-e 
spumie, 4. 
2. The epaulet of a naval officer. [Colloq. and 
jocose.] 3. A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like 
fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth 
of the sick, or for giving them nourishment. 
HII95 
Compare iirobnnt/. 4. In fnumlinn, a smull 
tapering tuft of hemp, charired with water, for 
touching up the edges of molds. 5. An awk- 
ward, clumsy fellow. [Ninit. slang.] 
He swore accordingly at the lieutenant, and called him 
. . . mrali :ni'l hilil.,ii il. 
N/iin/Mf, Roderick Uandom, xxlv. (linnet.) 
swab-t, '' Same as *-/i'-'. 
SWab :! (swoli), //. Same as xirail 1 . [Prov.Kng.] 
swabber (swob'er). n. [Also ximlibi-r; < Ml). 
'swabber, I), :n-alil-r, a swabber, the drudge of 
a ship, = G. schwabber, a swabber; an mmlii 
+ -!.] 1. One who uses a swab; hence, in 
contempt, a fellow fit only to use a swab. 
Go and reform thyself : prithee, be tweeter ; 
And know my lady speaks with no such sicabbers. 
beau, and AY., Scornful Lady, ill. I 
Jolly gentleman : 
More lit to be a mutter to the Flemish 
After a drunken surfeit. 
i'erkin Warbeck, I. 1. 
I am his nrabber, his chamberlain, his footman, his clerk, 
his butler, his book-keeper, his brawl, his errand boy. 
X. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, p. 42. 
2. A bakers' implement for cleaning the oven. 
It consists of a punch of netting on the end of 
a long pole, and is wetted for use. 3. pi. Cer- 
tain cards at whist the holder of which appears 
formerly to have been entitled to a part of the 
stakes. According to Grose (Dictionary of the Vulgar 
Tongue, 1786X they were the "ace of hearts, knave of clubs, 
ace and duce of trumps." 
At the commencement of last century, according to 
Swift, it u hist 1 was a favourite pastime with clergymen, 
who played the game with swabbers; these were certain 
cards by which the holder was entitled to part of the stake, 
in the same manner that the claim is made for the aces at 
quadrille. Strutt, Sports and Pastimes, p. 436. 
Whisk and swabbers, nu old form of whist. 
I suppose . . . the society of half a dozen of clowns to 
play at irhidt and ncabber* would give her more pleasure 
than If Ariosto himself were to awake from the dead. 
Scott, Hob Roy, xiv. 
Fielding . . . records that . . . the Count beguiled the 
tedium of his In-dour existence by playing at Whuk-ann- 
Sieabbern, "the game then in the chief vogue." 
Caeendish, Laws and Principles of Wliist, p. 39. 
swabble ' (swob'l), v. i. ; pret. and pp. swabbled, 
ppr. sirabbling. [< ME. swab/en = G. sclncab- 
beln, roll to and fro, as liquids ; drink often ; cf . 
iftcai 1 .] To sway; wabble. 
Swablynge or swaggynge. Prompt. Part., p. 481. 
swabble 1 (swob'l), H. [< sicabblel, r.] A tall, 
thin person. [Scotch.] 
swabble- (swob'l), r. .; pvet. and pp. irtibble<l, 
ppT.stcabblinf/. [A dial, form of squabble."} To 
squabble. Halliicell. 
Swabian (swa'bi-an), a. and H. [Also Suabiaii; 
< Steabia, tiuabia, F. Souabe, G. Hcliwaben, < L. 
Suet'i, Suebij a people of northeastern Germany.] 
1. a. Pertaining to Swabia or the Bwabians. 
Swabian emperors, the German- Roman emperors who 
reigned from 1138 to 1254 (the Hohenstaufen line): so 
called because the founder was Duke of Swabia. 
H. n. An inhabitant of Swabia, an early 
duchy of Germany, corresponding nearly to the 
greater part of modern Wtirtemberg and south- 
western Bavaria. The Swabian dialect is one 
of the principal High German idioms, 
swab-pot (swob'pot), n. In founding, an iron 
pot in which a founder keeps his swab in water. 
E. H. Knit/Jit. 
swab-stick (swob'stik), n. See the quotation. 
If the powder is loose, the miner carefully wipes down 
the sides of the hole with a wet nroft ttick (a wooden rod 
with the fibres frayed at one end). 
Kncyc. Brit., XVI. 445. 
swad 1 (swod), . [< late ME. xwad, swade; cf. 
Norw. svad, smooth, slippery, svada, slice off, 
flake off: see xtcath. Cf . .vwaaf 2 , swab 3 .'} Apod, 
as of beans or peas. Also swab. [Prov. Eng.j 
swad 2 (swod), n. [A var. of squat : see squati.] 
If. A short, fat person. 
There was one busy fellow was their leader, 
A blunt squat twaa, but lower than yourself. 
B. Jontnn, Tale of a Tub, ii. 1. 
2. A rude, coarse fellow; a clown; a country 
bumpkin. 
Let country swains and silly ncadt be still. 
Greene, Madrigal. 
3. A soldier. See swaMy*. [Slang.] 
swad 3 (swod), . [A dial. var. of sqita<F>."} I. 
A crowd; a squad. [Local, U. S.] 2. A lump, 
mass, or bunch. [Vulgar.] Imp. Diet. 
swad 4 (swod), n. [Origin obscure.] In eoal- 
iniiiiiK/, sooty or worthless coal. (Irmln/. 
[North. Eng.] 
swaddert (swod'er), M. One who hawks goods ; 
.1 peddler. [Slang.] 
These Sicaiider* and Pedlars be not all evil, but of an In- 
different behaviour. Harmon, Caveat for Curseturs, p. 72. 
swag 
swaddle (swod'l), . [Karly mod. K. 
xii-iiilil, xiniilill : OIK. 'xtradi'l, sirallirl. xin-tlii I. 
sin l/nl. < AS. .vir< tin I, mnlliil. a MMi'Mlin^-liainl 
(= ML), mcaiti'l), < xirrthinn, bind, swathe: se. 
.-irathe.] A bandage or lone strip of cloth useil 
for wrapping a child, or for bandaging in any 
similar manlier: a swaddlin^'-lianil. 
O sacred Place, which wert the Cradle 
lit tli' only Man-God, and his happy flwailk. 
SyleeAer, tr. of l)u liartas's Weeks, II., TheCaptaineK. 
They . . . ordered me to be carried to one of tin n 
houses, and put to bed in all my nraddlet. 
Adduon, Spectator, No. fle.. 
swaddle (swod'l), r. t.; pret. and pp. xir/niilirti. 
ppr. sinidilliiiit. [Formerly also xinitlilr : < M K. 
xirntliiliii, sin thl/ n. xiit ili-lea; < stcaddte, .] 1. 
To bind with long and narrow bandages, or as 
if with bandages; swathe: said especially of 
young children, who are still bandaged in lhi> 
manner in many parts of Europe to prevent 
them from using their limbs freely, owing to a 
fancy that those who are left free in infancy be- 
come deformed. 
Their feet to this end so straitly twadled in their Infan- 
cle that they grow but little. Pwrchat, Pilgrimage, p. 440. 
I got on my best straw-coloured stockings, 
And nraitdltil them over to zave charges, I. 
U. Jniuuin, Tale of a Tub, I. 2. 
2f. To beat; cudgel. 
You are both, believe me, 
Two arrant knaves ; and, were it not for taking 
So just an execution from his hands 
You have belled thus. I would ncaddlc ye 
! ill I could draw off both your skins like scabbards. 
Menu, and Ft., Captain, IL 2. 
swaddleband (swod'1-band), n. [< ME. stcethel- 
banil; < swaddle + band 1 ."} Same as swaddliny- 
band. Mavringer, Unnatural Combat, iv. 2. 
swaddlebillt (swod'1-bil), H. The shoveler- 
duck, fijtatnla elypeata. J. /.airson, 1709; T. 
I'liniiint, 1785. 
SWaddler (swod'ler), i. [<. straddle + -cr* .] A 
contemptuous name applied by Roman Catho- 
lics in Ireland to the early Methodists: said to 
have originated from a sermon preached on the 
infant Christ " wrapped in swaddling-clothes." 
[Slang.] 
To revive Sir W. Petty's colony by Importing northern 
Presbyterians and Cornish Swadiilers. 
The Academy, May 11, 1889, p. 317. 
swaddling (swod'ling), M. [Early mod. E. also 
xtcadlina ; < ME. sicadiling, sieatheling ; verbal 
n. of swaddle, r."} 1. The act of wrapping in a 
swaddle. 2. Swaddling-clothes: also in plu- 
ral. 
There he in clothes is wrapp'd, In manger laid. 
To whom too narrow nradlimj* are our spheres. 
Drummond, Flowers of 8lon. 
swaddling-band (swod'Hng-band), . [< ME. 
swadiliiig-band, xiratheliHg-bonde ; < straddling 
+ baiul 1 ."} A band or bandage, as of linen, 
for swaddling a young child. 
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick 
darkness a sicaildlingband for it. Job xxxvlii. 9. 
One (People] from their nradling Bands 
Releas'd their Infant's Feet and Hands. 
.Prior, Alma, Ii. 
swaddling-clothes (swod'ling-kloTHz), n. /,/. 
Swaddling-bands. 
She brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him 
In straddling clothes. Luke IL 7. 
The duomo of Zara, if it were only stripped of its ncad- 
dling clothes, would be no contemptible specimen of its 
own style. B. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 131. 
swaddling-clout (swod'ling-klout), . Same 
as swaddling-band. Sliak,. Hamlet, ii. 2. 401. 
swaddy 1 (swod'i), <i. [<fnd 1 + -yi.] Full of 
swads or pods. Cotgrave, under noussu. 
swaddy 2 (swod'i), w. [Prob. dim. of strarP.] 
A soldier; especially, a soldier in the militia; 
originally, a discharged soldier. Hotten. [Col- 
loq., Eng.] 
swadet, r. See sttade. 
swaff 1 ! (swof), r. i. [Perhaps a var. of sicoitglil 
(cf. guff 1 , var. of sough 1 for swough 1 ).] 'To 
roar (f ) ; beat over, like waves (T). 
Drench'd with the ncaffing waves, and atew'd in sweat. 
Scarce able with a cane our boat to set. 
Jnhn Taylor, Works (1630). (Kara.) 
swaff-t, . A dialectal variant of strati^. 
swag (swag), t'. '. [Early mod. E. swagge; < 
Norw. sraga, sway : see sway, and cf . swagger! ."} 
If. To sink down by its weight ; lean ; sag. 
Ill lie in wait for every glance she gives, 
And poise her words i' th' balance of suspect; 
If she but rwag, she 's gone. 
Middletm, Mad World, Hi. 1. 
For now these pounds are (as I feel them nra-j) 
Light at my heart, tho* heavy in the bag. 
Brome, Jovial Crew, Ii. 
