Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2

Page 1868

5 S U 8§ U *Twere pit That could refufe a boon to fuch a fuitrefs Y' have got a noble friend to be your advocate A vile eonceit in pompous words exprefs'd Pope Is like a clown in regal purple drefs'd It is as great an abfurdity to fuppofe holy prayer Rowe and divine petitions without an holinefs 0(‘: l.it fuitable to them, as to fuppofe an holy and divin Law Tife without prayers Su'LcaTED. adj. [ fulcus, Lat.] Furrowed SurTABLENESS. 2./i [from fuitable.] Fitnefs; agreeablenefs lain expofed on the top of the clay to the weather and to the erofion of the vitriolick matter mixe With ordinary minds, it is the fuitablenefs, no evidence of a truth'that makes it to be yielde th it any thing practicall feldo 1 it 1 t eonvinces a man that does not pleafe him firft choppe Woodward Ainfworth Suvvr. 7. /. A plough SU'LLEN. adj. [Of this word the etymology is abfcure. . Gloomily angry ; {luggifhly difcontented Wilmot continue Confider the laws themfelves, and thei nefs or unfuitablenef given to thof to who Lillot Sui'taBLY. adv. [from fuitable.] Agreeably ;5 according to Whefoever {peaks upon an occafion may tak any text fuitable thereto 5 and ought to fpeak fuitably to that text South Some rank deity, whofe filthy fac We fuitably o'er ftinking ftables place Dryden Svir Coverant n.f. [Inlaw. Is wher the anceftor of one man covenanted wit the anceftor of another to fue at his court Bailey Svi Court. n. /. [Inlaw. Is the cour in which tenants owe attendance to thei Tord Suir Serwice. n./. [In law. Bailey Attendanc which tenants owe to the court of thei lord Sur'TER Bailey }n.f 1. One that fues [from fuit. a petitioner ; a fuppli cant As humility is in fuiters a decent virtue, fo th teftification thereof, by fuch effetual acknowledgments, not only argueth a found apprehenfion o his fupereminent glory and majefty before whom w ftand, but putteth alfo into his hands a kind o pledge or bond for fecurity againft our unthankfulnefs Hooker She hath been a fuitor to me for her brother Cut off by courfe of juttice. Shak. Meaf. for Meaf My piteous foul began the wretchednef OFf [uitors at court to mourn Donne Not only bind thine own hands, but bind th hand of fuitors alfo from offering Bacon Yet their por Not of mean fuitors ; nor important lef Seem'd their petition, than when the ancient pair Deucalion and chafte Pyrrha, to reftor ‘The race of mankind drown'd, before the fhrin Of Themjis ftood devout Milton's Paradife L I challenge nothing But I'm an humble fuitor for thefe prifoners. Denb My lord, I come an humble fuitor to you. Rowve 2. A wooer; one who courts a miftrefs I would I could find in_my heart thatI had no ahard heart; for trulyI love none A dear happinefs to wolnen ! they would elf have been troubled with a pernicious fuitor. Shak Ie paffed a year under the counfels of his mother, and then became a fuitor to fir Roger Afhton' daughter W oatton By many fuitors fought, the mocks their pains And ftill her vow'd virginity maintains. Dryden He deew his feat, familiar, to her fide Far from the fuitor train, a brutal crowd Pope's Odyfey SvirrEss. #. /£ [from fuiter.] A femal fupplicant and fulcated by havin amongft the clay In words and ftyles, fwitablencfs makes them acGlanwille ceptable and efteétive All are muc ftill fu/len and perverfe, an Clarendon every day grew more infolent A man in a jail is fu/len and out of humour a L'Eftrange hig firft coming in Forc'd by my pride, T my concern fupprefs'd Pretended drowfinefs, and with of reft Prior And fullen 1 forfook th' imperfect feaft If we fit down fu/len and ina&ive, in expectatio that God fhould do all, we fhall find ourfelves miRogers ferably deceived 2. Mifchievous ; malignant 3. Intra&table ; obftinate Things are as fu/len as we are, and will be wha Tillotfon they are, whatever we think of them 4. Gloomy ; dark ; cloudy ; difmal Gazing at that which feems to dim thy fight Shakefpeare's Henry V1 Night with her fullen wings to double fhade The defart fowls in their clay nefts were couch'd And now wild beafts came forth the woods to roam Milton A glimpfe of moon-thine, ftreak'd with red A fhuflled, fullen, and uncertain light That dances through the clouds, and thuts again Dryden No cheerful breeze this fu/len region knows The dreaded eaft is all the wind that blowss Pope dull; forrowful Be thou the trumpet of our wrath And fullen prefage of your own decay Shakefpeare's King Fobn Sv'LLENLY. adv. [from fullen.] Gloomily; malignantly; intractably To fay they are framed without the afliftance o fome principle that has wifdom in it, and come t pafs from chance, is fu//enly to affert a thing becaufe we will affert it He in chains demande More mor Than he impos'd in vi€tory before He fullenly reply'd, he could not mak Thefe ofters now Dryden's Indian Emperor And fullenly to his revenge he fails So glides fome trodden ferpent on the grafs And long behind his wounded volume trails Dryden SU'LLENWESS. 7. /. [from fullen.] Gloominefs ; morofenefs ; fluggifh anger; ma lignity; intraability Speechbeing as rare as precious, her filence without fullennefs, her modefty without affetation, an Sidney To fit my fullennefs He to anothe key his ftyle doth drefs I Donne thofe vernal feafons, when the air is cal and pleafant, it were an injury and fu/lennefs againf nature, not to go out and fee her riches Milton Quit not the world out of any hypocrify, fullennefs, or fuperftition, butout of a fincere love of tru knowledge and virtue Let them die that age and fullens have, Spa Sv'LL1AGE.: n /. [ fonillage, Fr.] Poll{lx' tion ; filth; ftain of dirt ; foulnefs, No in ufe Require it to make fome reftitution to hisneigh- bour fo what it has detracted from it, by wipi off that fulliage it has caft upon his fame Gowernment of the Tongue Calumniate ftoutly5 for though we wipe awa with never fo much care the dirt thrown at y there will be left fome fulliage behind Decay of Piety ZoSu'LLY. @. a. [ fouiller, Fr.] yToffoin to tarnifh ; to dirt te {pot Silvering will fx//y and canker more than gilding Bacon The falling temples which the gods provoke And ftatues fully'd yet with facrilegious fmoke Rofeonmon An made you emprefs of the world in vain. Dyy Lab'ring years fhall weep their deftin'd race Charg'd with ill omens, fu/ly'd with difgrace Prior Publick juftice may be done to thofe virtues thej humility took care to conceal, which were fullie by the calumnies and flanders of malicious men Nelfon Let there be no fpots to fu/ly the brightnefs o i « thisfolemnity Atterbury valkers too, that youthful colours wear The little chimney-{weeper fkulks along And marks with footy ftains the heedlefs throng. Gay Sv'LLy. 7 f [from the verb.] Soil; tarnith ; {pot You laying thefe light fu//ies on my fon As "twere a thing a little foil'd i° th" working Shakefpeare A noble and triumphant merit breaks throug little fpots and fullies in his reputation Addifor's SpeBatirs ; SU'LPHUR. n. /. [Latin.] Brimftone In his womb was hid metallick ore The work of fulphur Milten Sulpbur is produced by incorporating an oil or bituminous matter with the foffil falt, Poodw SULPHUREOUS. ] adj. [ fulpbureus, La- . SU'LPHUROUS. ¢ tin.] Made of brim- ftone ; having the qualities of brim- ftone ; containing fulphur ; impregnate with fulphur My hour is almoft come When I to fulphurous and tormenting flame Shakefpeare''s Hamlete Muft render up myfelf Dart and javelin, ftones and fulphurous fire Milton The gen'ral mends his weary pace her thamefacednefs without ignorance rofe temper ; gloominefs of mind burlefque word Nf([; Three fullying trades avoid with equal care are thine eyes fixt to the ful/en earth 5. Heavy Su'LLENS. 7. /. [without fingular. He's dead, whofe love had fu//y'd all your reign Such fullen planets at my birth did thine They threaten every fortune mixt with mine Dryden The fullen fiend her founding wings difplay'd Unwilling left the night, and fought the nethe Dryden thade Wh enough to ufe no remedy, Zulichem came to foe me T More With thefe comforts about me, and fullennef Is not the ftrength and vigour of the actio between light and fulphurcous bodies, obferve above, one reafon why fulphureous bodies take fir more readily, and burn more vehemently, t.h: other bodies do Nezvton's Opticks The fury heard, while on Cocytus' l?x'ixx Her fnakes unty'd fulpbureous waters drink. Pofpes No fulphureous gloom Swell'd in the fky, and fent the lightning forth T homfotte m p z m r [ / 7 S E S O R H L S ous. The ftate of being fulphureous t L m n d c e [ / 7 R W U P ' S The fame with HoGSFENNEL SU'LPHURY.ad ing of fulphur SU'LTAN emperour = / [fi‘omfit/p/mr. Partak [ Arabick.