Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SU-PREME-LY, adv.

1. With the highest authority. He rules supremely.
2. In the highest degree; to the utmost extent; as, supremely blest. – Pope.

SUR, prep. [SUR-.]

A prefix, from the French, contracted from L. super, supra, signifies over, above, beyond, upon.

SUR-AD-DI'TION, n. [Fr. sur, on or upon, and addition.]

Something added to the name. [Not used.] – Shak.

SU'RAL, n. [L. sura.]

Being in or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural artery. – Wiseman.

SU'RANCE, n.

for Assurance, not used. – Shak.

SUR'BASE, n. [sur and base.]

A border or molding above the base. – Pennant.

SUR-BAS-ED, a.

Having a surbase, or molding above the base.

SUR-BASE-MENT, n.

The trait of any arch or vault which describes a portion of an ellipsis. – Elmes.

SUR-BATE, v.t. [It. sobattere; either L. sub and battere, or solea, sole, and battere, to beat the sole or hoof.]

1. To bruise or batter the feet by travel. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. – Mortimer.
2. To harass; to fatigue. – Clarendon.

SUR-BAT-ED, pp.

Bruised in the feet; harassed; fatigued.

SUR-BAT-ING, ppr.

Bruising the feet of; fatigued.

SUR-BEAT, or SUR'BET, v. [for Surbate, not in use.]

SUR-BED', v.t. [sur and bed.]

To set edgewise, as a stone; that is, in a position different from that which it had in the quarry. – Plot.

SUR-BED'DED, pp.

Set edgewise.

SUR-BED'DING, ppr.

Setting edgewise.

SUR-CEASE, n.

Cessation; stop. [Obs.]

SUR-CEASE, v.i. [Fr. sur and cesser, to cease.]

1. To cease; to stop; to be at an end. – Donne.
2. To leave off; to practice no longer; to refrain finally. So pray'd he, whilst an angel's voice from high, / Bade surcease to importune the sky. – Harte. [This word is entirely useless, being precisely synonymous with cease, and it is nearly obsolete.]

SUR-CEASE, v.t.

To stop; to cause to cease. [Obs.]

SUR-CHARGE, n.

An excessive load or burden; a load greater than can be well borne. – Bacon.

SUR-CHARGE, v.t. [Fr. surcharger; sur and charge.]

1. To overload; to overburden; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon. Your head reclin'd, as hiding grief from view, / Droops like a rose surcharg'd with morning dew. – Dryden.
2. In law, to overstock; to put more cattle into a common than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. – Blackstone.

SUR-CHARG-ED, pp.

Overloaded; overstocked.

SUR-CHARG-ER, n.

One that overloads or overstocks.

SUR-CHARG-ING, ppr.

Overloading; burdening to excess; overstocking with cattle or beasts.

SUR'CIN-GLE, n. [Fr. sur, upon, and L. cingulum, a belt.]

1. A belt, band or girth which passes over a saddle, or over anything laid on a horse's back, to bind it fast.
2. The girdle of a cassoc. – Marvel.

SUR'CIN-GLED, a.

Girt; bound with a surcingle. – Hall.