Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUN'LESS, a. [sun and less.]

Destitute of the sun or its rays; shaded. – Thomson.

SUN'-LIGHT, n.

The light of the sun.

SUN'LIKE, a. [sun and like.]

Resembling the sun. – Cheyne.

SUN'LIT, a.

Lighted by the sun. – Todd.

SUN'NED, pp.

Exposed to the sun's rays.

SUN'NING, ppr.

Exposing to the sun's rays; warming in the light of the sun.

SUN'NY, a. [from sun.]

1. Like the sun; bright. – Spenser.
2. Proceeding from the sun; as, sunny beams. – Spenser.
3. Exposed to the rays of the sun; warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, the sunny side of a hill or building. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores. – Addison.
4. Colored by the sun. Her sunny locks, / Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. – Shak.

SUN'PROOF, a. [sun and proof.]

Impervious to the rays of the sun. – Peele.

SUN'RISE, or SUN'RIS-ING, n. [sun and rise.]

1. The first appearance of the sun above the horizon in the morning; or more generally, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather.
2. The east. – Ralegh.

SUN-SCORCH'ED, a.

Scorched by the sun. – Coleridge.

SUN'SET, or SUN'SET-TING, n. [sun and set.]

The descent of the sun below the horizon; or the time when the sun sets; evening. – Ralegh. Dryden.

SUN'SHINE, or SUN'SHIN-Y, a.

1. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear warm or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day; sunshiny weather. – Boyle.
2. Bright like the sun. Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield. – Spenser.

SUN'SHINE, n. [sun and shine.]

1. The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, or the place where they fall. But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon / Culminate from th' equator. – Milton.
2. A place warmed and illuminated; warmth; illumination. The man that sits within a monarch's heart, / And ripens in the sunshine of his favor. – Shak.

SUN'-STROKE, n.

A stroke of the sun or his heat.

SUO-MARTE, adv. [Suo marte; L.]

By his own strength or exertion.

SUP, n.

A small mouthful, as of liquor or broth; a little taken with the lips; a sip. Tom Thumb got a little sup. – Drayton.

SUP, v.i.

To eat the evening meal. When they had supped, they brought Tobias in. – Tobit.

SUP, v.t.¹ [Sax. supan; D. zuipen; Fr. souper. See Soup and Sip.]

To take into the mouth with the lips, as a liquid; to take or drink by a little at a time; to sip. There I'll sup / Balm and nectar in my cup. – Crashaw.

SUP, v.t.²

To treat with supper. Sup them well. [Not in use.] Shak.

SU'PER, prep. [A Latin preposition, Gr. ὑπερ, signifies above, over, excess. It is much used in composition.]

SU'PER-A-BLE, a. [L. superabilis, from supero, to overcome.]

That may be overcome or conquered. These are superable difficulties.

SU'PER-A-BLE-NESS, n.

The quality of being conquerable or surmountable.

SU'PER-A-BLY, adv.

So as may be overcome.

SU-PER-A-BOUND', v.i. [super and abound.]

To be very abundant or exuberant; to be more than sufficient. The country superabounds with corn.

SU-PER-A-BOUND'ING, ppr.

Abounding beyond want or necessity; abundant to excess or a great degree.