Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUS-PI'CIOUS-NESS, n.

1. The quality of being liable to suspicion, or liable to be suspected; as, the suspiciousness of a man's appearance, of his weapons or of his actions.
2. The quality or state of being apt to suspect; as, the suspiciousness of a man's temper or mind.

SUS-PI'RAL, n. [L. suspiro, to breathe; sub and spiro.]

1. A breathing-hole; a vent or ventiduct. – Rees.
2. A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit. [Local.] – Rees.

SUS-PI-RA'TION, n. [L. suspiratio, suspiro, to sigh; sub and spiro, to breathe.]

The act of sighing or fetching a long and deep breath; a sigh. More.

SUS-PIRE, v.i. [supra.]

To sigh; to fetch a long deep breath; to breathe. [Little used.] – Shak.

SUS-PIR-ED, pp. [or adj.]

Wished for; desired. [Not in use.]

SUS-TAIN, n.

That which upholds. [Not in use.] – Milton.

SUS-TAIN, v.t. [L. sustineo; sub and teneo, to hold under; Fr. soutenir; It. sostenere; Sp. sostener, sustentar.]

1. To bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; pillars sustain an edifice; a beast sustains a load.
2. To hold; to keep from falling; as, a rope sustains a weight.
3. To support; to keep from sinking in despondence. The hope of a better life sustains the afflicted amidst all their sorrow.
4. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; as, provisions to sustain a family or an army.
5. To support in any condition by aid; to assist or relieve. His sons who seek the tyrant to sustain. – Dryden.
6. To bear; to endure without failing or yielding. The mind stands collected and sustains the shock. Shall Turnus then such endless toil sustain? – Dryden.
7. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. You shall sustain more new disgraces. – Shak.
8. To maintain; to support; not to dismiss or abate. Notwithstanding the plea in bar or in abatement, the court sustained the action or suit.
9. To maintain as a sufficient ground. The testimony or the evidence is not sufficient to sustain the action, the accusation, the charges, or the impeachment.
10. In music, to continue, as the sound of notes through their whole length. – Busby.

SUS-TAIN-A-BLE, a.

That may be sustained or maintained. The action is not sustainable.

SUS-TAIN-ED, pp.

Borne; upheld; maintained; supported; subsisted; suffered.

SUS-TAIN-ER, n.

He or that which sustains, upholds or suffers.

SUS-TAIN-ING, ppr.

Bearing; upholding; maintaining; suffering; subsisting.

SUS-TAIN-MENT, n.

The act of sustaining; support.

SUS-TAL'TIC, a. [Gr. συσταλτικος.]

Mournful; affecting; an epithet given to a species of music by the Greeks. – Busby.

SUS'TE-NANCE, n. [Norm. Fr.; from sustain.]

1. Support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
2. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions. This city has ample sustenance.

SUS-TEN'TA-CLE, n. [L. sustentaculum.]

Support. [Not in use.] – More.

SUS-TEN-TA'TION, n. [Fr. from L. sustentatio, sustento.]

1. Support; preservation from falling. – Boyle.
2. Use of food. – Brown.
3. Maintenance; support of life. – Bacon.

SU-SUR-RA'TION, n. [L. susurratio; susurro, to whisper.]

A whispering; a soft murmur.

SU'TILE, a. [L. sutilis, from suo, to sew.]

Done by stitching. [Not in use.] – Boswell.

SUT'LER, n. [D. zoetelaar, as if from zoet, sweet. But in German, sudelkoch is a paltry victualer, as if from sudeln, to soil; sudler, a dirty fellow. In Danish, sudelkock is a pastry-cook, from the same root; sudler, to soil. The Danish may be the original signification.]

A person who follows an army and sells to the troops provisions and liquors.

SUT'LING, a.

Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the preparation of a sutler. – Tatler.

SUT-TEE', n.

1. In the Sanscrit, or sacred language of the Hindoos, a female deity.
2. A widow who immolates herself on the funeral pile of her husband.
3. The sacrifice of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

SUT'TLE, a.

Suttle weight, in commerce, is when tret is allowed; neat weight. – Dict.

SU-TU'RAL, a. [L. sutura, a seam.]

Relating to a suture or seam. In botany, the dehiscence of a pericarp is sutural, when it takes place at a suture.

SU'TUR-A-TED, a.

Stitched; sewed or knit together. – Smith.

SU'TURE, n.¹ [L. sutura, from suo, to sew.]

1. Literally, a sewing; hence the uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. – Coxe.
2. The seam or joint which unites the bones of the skull; or the peculiar articulation or connection of those bones; as, the coronal suture; the sagittal suture.