Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 200
Surety (n.) Hence, a substitute; a hostage. -- Cowper.
Surety (n.) Evidence; confirmation; warrant. [Obs.]
She called the saints to surety, That she would never put it from her finger, Unless she gave it to yourself. -- Shak.
Surety (v. t.) To act as surety for. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Surety (n.) Something clearly established.
Surety (n.) Property that your creditor can claim in case you default on your obligation; "bankers are reluctant to lend without good security" [syn: security, surety].
Surety (n.) A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms [syn: hostage, surety].
Surety (n.) One who provides a warrant or guarantee to another [syn: guarantor, surety, warrantor, warranter].
Surety (n.) A guarantee that an obligation will be met [syn: security, surety].
Surety () One who becomes responsible for another. Christ is the surety of the better covenant (Heb. 7:22). In him we have the assurance that all its provisions will be fully and faithfully carried out. Solomon warns against incautiously becoming security for another (Prov. 6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18; 20:16).
Surety, () contracts. A person who binds himself for the payment of a sum of money or for the performance of something else, for another, who is already bound for the same. A surety differs from a guarantor, and the latter cannot be sued until after a suit against the principal. 10 Watts, 258.
Surety, () The surety differs from bail in this, that the latter actually has, or is by law presumed to have, the custody of his principal, while the former has no control over him. The bail may surrender his principal in discharge of his obligation; the surety cannot be discharged by such surrender.
Surety, () In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the creditor is bound to sue the principal when requested by the surety, and the debt is due; and that when proper notice is given by the surety that unless the principal be sued, be will consider himself discharged, he will be so considered, unless the principal be sued. 8 Serg. & Rawle, 116; 15 Serg. & Rawle, 29, 30; S. P. in Alabama, 9 Porter, R. 409. But in general a creditor may resort to the surety for the payment of his debt in the first place, without applying to the principal. 1 Watts, 28O; 7 Ham. part 1, 223. Vide Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Contribution; Contracts; Suretyship.
Suretyship (n.) The state of being surety; the obligation of a person to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another. -- Bouvier.
Suretyship, () contracts. An accessory agreement by which a person binds himself for another already bound, either in whole or in part, as for his debt, default or miscarriage.
Suretyship, () The person undertaken for must be liable as well as the person giving the promise, for otherwise the promise would be a principal and not a collateral agreement, and the prommissor would be liable in the first instance; for example, a married woman would. Not be liable upon her contract, and the person who should become surety for her that she would perform it would be responsible as a principal and not as a surety. Pitm. on P. & S. 13; Burge on Sur. 6; Poth. Ob. n. 306. If a Person undertakes as a surety when he knows the obligation, of the principal is void, he becomes a principal: 2 Id. Raym. 1066; 1 Burr. 373.
Suretyship, () As the contract of suretyship must relate to the same subject as the principal obligation, it follows that it must not be of greater extent or more onerous' either in its amount, or in the time or manner, or place of performance, than such principal obligation; and if it so exceed, ii will be void, as to such excess. But the obligation of the surety may be less onerous, both in its amount, and in the time, place and manner of its performance, that of the principal debtor; it may be for a less amount, or the time may be more protracted. Burge, on Sur. 4, 5.
Suretyship, () The contract of suretyship may be entered into by all persons who are sui juris, and capable of entering into other contracts. See Parties to contracts.
Suretyship, () It must be made upon a sufficient consideration. See Consideration.
Suretyship, () The contract of suretyship or guaranty, requires a present agreement between the contracting parties; and care must be taken to observe the distinction between an actual guaranty, and an offer to guaranty at a future time; when an offer is made, it must be accepted before it becomes binding. 1 M. & S. 557; 2 Stark. 371; Cr. M. & Ros. 692.
Suretyship, () Where the statute of frauds, 29 Car. II., c. 3, is in force, or its principles have been adopted, the contract of suretyship "to answer for the debt, default or miscarriage of another person," must be in writing, &c.
Suretyship, () The contract of suretyship is discharged and becomes extinct, 1st. Either by the terms of the contract itself. 2d. By the acts to which both the creditor and principal alone are parties. 3d. By the acts of the creditor and sureties. 4th. By fraud. 5th. By operation of law.
Suretyship, () When by his contract the surety limits the period of time for which he is willing to be responsible, it is clear he cannot be held liable for a longer period; as when he engages that an officer who is elected annually shall faithfully perform his duty during his continuance in office; his obligation does not extend for the performance of his duty by the same officer who may be elected for a second year. Burge on Sur. 63, 113; 1 McCord, 41; 2 Campb. 39; 3 Ad. & Ell. N. S. 276; 2 Saund. 411 a; 6 East, 512; 2 M. & S. 370; New R. (5 B. & P.) 180; 2 M. & S. 363; 9 Moore, 102.
Suretyship, () The contract of suretyship becomes extinct or discharged by the acts of the principal and of the creditor without any act of the surety. This may be done, 1. By payment, by the principal. 2. By release of the principal. 3. By tender made by principal to the creditor. 4. By compromise. 5. By accord and satisfaction. 6. By novation. 7. By delegation. 8. By set-off. 9. By alteration of the contract.
Suretyship, () When the principal makes payment, the sureties are immediately discharged, because the obligation no longer exists. But as payment is the act of two parties, the party tendering the debt and the party receiving it, the money or thing due must be accepted. 7 Pick 88; 4 Pick. 83; 8 Pick. 122. See Payment.
Suretyship, () As the release of the principal discharges the obligation, the surety is also discharged by it.
Suretyship, () A lawful tender made by the principal or his authorized agent, to the creditor or his authorized agent, will discharge the surety. See. 2 Blackf. 87; 1 Rawle, 408; 2 Fairf. 475; 13 Pet. 136.
Suretyship, () When the creditor and principal make a compromise by which the principal is discharged, the surety is also discharged. 11 Ves. 420; 3 Bro. C. C. 1; Addis. on Contr. 443.
Suretyship, () Accord and satisfaction between the principal and the creditor will discharge the surety, as by that the whole obligation becomes extinct. See Accord and satisfaction.
Suretyship, () It is evident that a simple novation, or the making a new contract and annulling the old, must, by the destruction of the obligation, discharge the surety.
Suretyship, () An absolute delegation, where the principal procures another person to assume the payment upon condition that he shall be discharged, will have the effect to discharge the surety. See Delegation.
Suretyship, () When the principal has a just set-off to the whole claim of the creditor, the surety is discharged.
Suretyship, () If the principal and creditor change the nature of the contract, so that it is no longer the same, the surety will be discharged; and even extending the time of payment, without the consent of the surety, when the agreement to give time is founded upon a valuable consideration, is such an alteration of the contract as discharges the surety. See Giving Time.
Suretyship, () The contract is discharged by the acts of the creditor and surety, 1. By payment made by the surety. 2. By release of the surety by the creditor. 3. By compromise between them. 4. By accord and satisfaction. 5. By set off.
Suretyship, () Fraud by the creditor in relation to the obligation of the surety, or by the debtor with the knowledge or assent of the creditor, will discharge the liability of the surety. 3 B. & C. 605; S. C. 6 Dowl. & Ry. 505; 6 Bing. N. C. 142.
Suretyship, () The contract of suretyship is discharged by operation of law, 1. By confusion. 2. prescription, or the act of limitations. 3. By bankruptcy.
Suretyship, () The contract of suretyship is discharged by confusion or merger of rights; as, where the obligee marries the obligor. Burge on Sur. 256; 2 Ves. p. 264; 1 Salk. 306; Cro. Car. 551.
Suretyship, () The act of limitations or prescription is a perfect bar to a recovery against a surety, after a sufficient lapse of time, when the creditor was sui juris and of a capacity to sue.
Suretyship, () The discharge of the surety under the bankrupt laws, will put an end to his liability, unless otherwise provided for in the law.
Suretyship, () The surety has the right to pay and discharge the obligation the moment the principal is in default, and have immediate recourse to his principal. He need not wait for the commencement of an action, or the issue of legal process, but he cannot accelerate the liability of the principal, and if he pays money voluntarily before the time of payment arrives, he will have no cause of action until such time, or if he pays after the principal obligation has been discharged, when he was under no obligation to pay, he has no ground of action.
Suretyship, () Co-sureties are in general bound in solido to pay the debt, when the principal fails, and if one be compelled to pay the whole, he may demand contribution from the rest, and recover from them their several proportions of their common liability in an action for money paid by him to their use. 6 Ves. 807; 12 M. & W. 421 8 M. & W. 589; 4 Scott, N. S. 429. See, generally, 15 East, R. 617; Yelv. 47 n.; 20 Vin. Ab. 101; 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 220, 498, 9; Ayliffe's Pand. 559; Poth. Obl. part 2, c. 6; 1 Bell's Com. 350, 5th ed.; Giting time; Principal; Surety.
Surf (n.) The bottom of a drain. [Prov. Eng.]
Surf (n.) The swell of the sea which breaks upon the shore, esp. upon a sloping beach.
Surf bird (Zool.), A ploverlike bird of the genus Aphriza, allied to the turnstone.
Surf clam (Zool.), A large clam living on the open coast, especially Mactra solidissima (syn. Spisula solidissima). See Mactra.
Surf duck (Zool.), Any one of several species of sea ducks of the genus Oidemia, especially Oidemia percpicillata; -- called also surf scoter. See the Note under Scoter.
Surf fish (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of California embiotocoid fishes. See Embiotocoid.
Surf smelt. (Zool.) See Smelt.
Surf whiting. (Zool.) See under Whiting.
Surf (n.) Waves breaking on the shore [syn: surf, breaker, breakers].
Surf (v.) Ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf" [syn: surfboard, surf].
Surf (v.) Look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" [syn: browse, surf].
Surf (v.) Switch channels, on television [syn: surf, channel-surf].
SURF, () System Utilization Reporting Facility.
Surf (v.) To traverse the Internet in search of interesting stuff, used esp. if one is doing so with a World Wide Web browser. It is also common to speak of surfing in to a particular resource.
Hackers adopted this term early, but many have stopped using it since it went completely mainstream around 1995. The passive, couch-potato connotations that go with TV channel surfing were never pleasant, and hearing non-hackers wax enthusiastic about ?surfing the net? tends to make hackers feel a bit as though their home is being overrun by ignorami.
Surface (n.) The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
The bright surface of this ethereous mold. -- Milton.
Surface (n.) Hence, outward or external appearance.
Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. -- V. Knox.
Surface (n.) (Geom.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
Surface (n.) (Fort.) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion. -- Stocqueler.
Caustic surface, Heating surface, etc. See under Caustic, Heating, etc.
Surface condensation, Surface condenser. See under Condensation, and Condenser.
Surface gauge (Mach.), An instrument consisting of a standard having a flat base and carrying an adjustable pointer, for gauging the evenness of a surface or its height, or for marking a line parallel with a surface.
Surface grub (Zool.), The larva of the great yellow underwing moth ({Triphoena pronuba). It is often destructive to the roots of grasses and other plants.
Surface plate (Mach.), A plate having an accurately dressed flat surface, used as a standard of flatness by which to test other surfaces.
Surface printing, Printing from a surface in relief, as from type, in distinction from plate printing, in which the ink is contained in engraved lines.
Surfaced (imp. & p. p.) of Surface.
Surfacing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surface.
Surface (v. t.) To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
Surface (v. t.) To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
Surface (v. i.) To rise from the depths of a liquid to the surface; as, the submarine surfaced to recharge its batteries.
Surface (v. i.) To become known or public; -- said of information.
Surface (v. i.) To show up, as a person who was in hiding; as, he absconded with the payroll and surfaced in Argentina.
Surface (a.) On the surface; "surface materials of the moon" [ant: overhead, subsurface].
Surface (n.) The outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface."
Surface (n.) The extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface."
Surface (n.) The outermost level of the land or sea; "earthquakes originate far below the surface"; "three quarters of the Earth's surface is covered by water" [syn: surface, Earth's surface].
Surface (n.) A superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something; "it was not what it appeared to be on the surface."
Surface (n.) Information that has become public; "all the reports were out in the open"; "the facts had been brought to the surface" [syn: open, surface].
Surface (n.) A device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight [syn: airfoil, aerofoil, control surface, surface].
Surface (v.) Come to the surface [syn: surface, come up, rise up, rise].
Surface (v.) Put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate" [syn: coat, surface].
Surface (v.) Appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again" [syn: come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up].
Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.
Surfboat (n.) (Naut.) A boat intended for use in heavy surf. It is built with a pronounced sheer, and with a view to resist the shock of waves and of contact with the beach.
Surfboat (n.) A boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf.
Surfeit (n.) Excess in eating and drinking.
Let not Sir Surfeit sit at thy board. -- Piers Plowman.
Now comes the sick hour that his surfeit made. -- Shak.
Surfeit (n.) Fullness and oppression of the system, occasioned often by excessive eating and drinking.
To prevent surfeit and other diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by travels. -- Bunyan.
Surfeit (n.) Disgust caused by excess; satiety. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Matter and argument have been supplied abundantly, and even to surfeit. -- Burke.
Surfeit (v. i.) To load the stomach with food, so that sickness or uneasiness ensues; to eat to excess.
They are as sick that surfeit with too much as they that starve with nothing. -- Shak.
Surfeit (v. i.) To indulge to satiety in any gratification.
Surfeited (imp. & p. p.) of Surfeit.
Surfeiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surfeit.
Surfeit (v. t.) To feed so as to oppress the stomach and derange the function of the system; to overfeed, and produce satiety, sickness, or uneasiness; -- often reflexive; as, to surfeit one's self with sweets.
Surfeit (v. t.) To fill to satiety and disgust; to cloy; as, he surfeits us with compliments. -- V. Knox.
Surfeit (n.) The state of being more than full [syn: surfeit, excess, overabundance].
Surfeit (n.) The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall [syn: glut, oversupply, surfeit].
Surfeit (n.) Eating until excessively full [syn: repletion, surfeit].
Surfeit (v.) Supply or feed to surfeit [syn: surfeit, cloy].
Surfeit (v.) Indulge (one's appetite) to satiety.
Surfeiter (n.) One who surfeits. -- Shak.
Surfeit-water (n.) Water for the cure of surfeits. [Obs.] -- Locke. Surfel
Surfel (v. t.) Alt. of Surfle.
Surfle (v. t.) To wash, as the face, with a cosmetic water, said by some to be prepared from the sulphur. [Obs.]
She shall no oftener powder her hair, [or] surfel her cheeks, . . . but she shall as often gaze on my picture. -- Ford.
Surfer (n.) (Zool.) The surf duck. [U. S.]
Surfer (n.) Someone who engages in surfboarding [syn: surfer, surfboarder].
Surmen (n. pl. ) of Surfman.
Surfman (n.) One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.
Surfoot (a.) Tired or sore of foot from travel; lamed. [Obs.] -- Nares.
Surfy (a.) Consisting of, abounding in, or resembling, surf; as, a surfy shore.
Scarce had they cleared the surfy waves That foam around those frightful caves. -- Moore.
Surged (imp. & p. p.) of Surge.
Surging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surge.
Surge (v. t.) (Naut.) 急放 To let go or slacken suddenly, as a rope; as, to surge a hawser or messenger; also, to slacken the rope about (a capstan).
Surge (n.) 巨湧，洶湧，澎湃 A spring; a fountain. [Obs.] "Divers surges and springs of water." -- Ld. Berners.
Surge (n.) A large wave or billow; a great, rolling swell of water, produced generally by a high wind.
He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. -- James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.)
He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar,
Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. -- Dryden.
Surge (n.) The motion of, or produced by, a great wave.
Surge (n.) The tapered part of a windlass barrel or a capstan, upon which the cable surges, or slips.
Surge (v. i.) 洶湧，澎湃，振蕩，滑脫，放鬆 To swell; to rise hifg and roll.
The surging waters like a mountain rise. -- Spenser.
Surge (v. i.) (Naut.) To slip along a windlass.
Surge (n.) A sudden forceful flow [syn: rush, spate, surge, upsurge].
Surge (n.) A sudden or abrupt strong increase; "stimulated a surge of speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in violent crime" [syn: surge, upsurge].
Surge (n.) A large sea wave [syn: billow, surge].
Surge (v.) Rise and move, as in waves or billows; "The army surged forward" [syn: billow, surge, heave].
Surge (v.) Rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom].
Surge (v.) Rise or move forward; "surging waves" [syn: tide, surge] [ant: ebb, ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out].
Surge (v.) Rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged" [syn: scend, surge].
Surge (v.) See one's performance improve; "He levelled the score and then surged ahead."
SURGE, () Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc. IBM 704, 1959. Sammet 1969, p. 8.
Surgeful (a.) Abounding in surges; surgy. "Tossing the surgeful tides." -- Drayton.
Surgeless (a.) Free from surges; smooth; calm.
Surgent (a.) Rising; swelling, as a flood. [R.] -- Robert Greene.
Surgeon (n.) One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment.
Surgeon (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of chaetodont fishes of the family Teuthidae, or Acanthuridae, which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon.
Surgeon apothecary, One who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. -- Dunglison.
Surgeon dentist, A dental surgeon; a dentist.
Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above.
Surgeon general. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department.
Surgeon general. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department.
Surgeon (n.) A physician who specializes in surgery [syn: surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones].
Surgeoncy (n.) The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service.
Surgeonry (n.) Surgery. [Obs.]
Surgery (n.) The art of healing by manual operation; that branch of medical science which treats of manual operations for the healing of diseases or injuries of the body; that branch of medical science which has for its object the cure of local injuries or diseases, as wounds or fractures, tumors, etc., whether by manual operation or by medicines and constitutional treatment.
Surgery (n.) A surgeon's operating room or laboratory.
Surgery (n.) The branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures; "he is professor of surgery at the Harvard Medical School."
Surgery (n.)
A room where a doctor or dentist can be consulted; "he read the
warning in the doctor's surgery."
Surgery (n.) A room in a hospital equipped
for the performance of surgical operations; "great care is
taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic" [syn:
operating room, OR, operating theater, operating theatre, surgery].
Surgery (n.) A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" [syn: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process].
Surgery, () med. jur. That part of the healing art which relates to external diseases; their treatment; and, specially, to the manual operations adopted for their cure.
Surgery, () Every lawyer should have some acquaintance with surgery; his knowledge on this subject will be found useful in cases of homicide and wounds.
Surgical (a.) Of or pertaining to surgeons or surgery; done by means of surgery; used in surgery; as, a surgical operation; surgical instruments.
Surgical fever. (Med.) (a) Pyaemia.
Surgical fever. (Med.) (b) Traumatic fever, or the fever accompanying inflammation.
Surgical (a.) Of or relating to or involving or used in surgery; "surgical instruments"; "surgical intervention" [ant: nonsurgical].
Surgical (a.) Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine; "a surgical appendix"; "a surgical procedure"; "operative dentistry" [syn: surgical, operative] [ant: medical].
Surgical (a.) Performed with great precision; "a surgical air strike."
Surgically (adv.) By means of surgery.
Surgically (adv.) In a surgical manner; by means of surgery; "surgically removed."
Surgy (a.) Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling. "Over the surgy main." -- Pope. suricat
Suricat (n.) Same as Zenick.
Suricat, suricate (n.) (Zool.) A South African mongooselike viverrine ({Suricata suricatta or Suricata tetradactyla) having a lemurlike face and only four toes; called also mierkat, yellow mongoose and zenick. [Also spelled surikate.]
Note: The animal called zenick seems also to be related to or identical to the mierkat, but no reference can be found on the internet.
Syn: Meerkat.
Compare: Zenick
Zenick (n.) (Zool.) A South African burrowing mammal ({Suricata tetradactyla), allied to the civets. It is grayish brown, with yellowish transverse stripes on the back. Called also suricat. [obsolete]
Note: This term is not found on the internet. It probably refers to the meerkat, also called suricate.
Surinam toad () (Zool.) A species of toad native of Surinam. See Pipa.
Compare: Toad
Toad (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of batrachians belonging to the genus Bufo and allied genera, especially those of the family Bufonidae. Toads are generally terrestrial in their habits except during the breeding season, when they seek the water. Most of the species burrow beneath the earth in the daytime and come forth to feed on insects at night. Most toads have a rough, warty skin in which are glands that secrete an acrid fluid.
Note: The common toad ({Bufo vulgaris) and the natterjack are familiar European species. The common American toad ({Bufo lentiginosus) is similar to the European toad, but is less warty and is more active, moving chiefly by leaping.
Obstetrical
toad. (Zool.)
See under Obstetrical.
Surinam toad. (Zool.) See Pita.
Toad lizard (Zool.), A horned toad.
Toad pipe (Bot.), A hollow-stemmed plant ({Equisetum limosum) growing in muddy places. -- Dr. Prior.
Toad rush (Bot.), A low-growing kind of rush ({Juncus bufonius).
Toad snatcher (Zool.), The reed bunting. [Prov. Eng.]
Toad spittle. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Tree toad. (Zool.) See under Tree.
Surinam toad (n.) A South American toad; incubates its young in pits in the skin of its back [syn: Surinam toad, Pipa pipa, Pipa americana].
Surintendant (n.) Superintendent. [R.]
Surlily (adv.) In a surly manner.
Surlily (adv.) In a churlish manner; "the store owner treated his customers churlishly" [syn: churlishly, surlily].
Surliness (n.) The quality or state of being surly.
Surliness (n.) A disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger; "his temper was well known to all his employees" [syn: temper, biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness].
Surling (n.) A sour, morose fellow. [Obs.] -- Camden.
Sirloin (n.) A loin of beef, or a part of a loin. [Written also surloin.]
Surloin (n.) A loin of beef, or the upper part of the loin. See Sirloin, the more usual, but not etymologically preferable, orthography. [Also spelled sirloin.]
Surly (a.) Arrogant; haughty. [Obs.] -- Cotgrave.
Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look. "That surly spirit, melancholy." -- Shak.
Surly (a.) Rough; dark; tempestuous.
Now softened into joy the surly storm. -- Thomson.
Surly (a.) Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" [syn: surly, ugly].
Surmark (n.) (Shipbuilding) A mark made on the molds of a ship, when building, to show where the angles of the timbers are to be placed. [Written also sirmark.]
Surmisable (a.) Capable of being surmised; as, a surmisable result.
Surmisable (a.) Capable of being inferred on slight grounds [syn: presumable, supposable, surmisable].
Surmisal (n.) Surmise. [R.] -- Milton.
Surmisal (n.) A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis].
Surmised (imp. & p. p.) of Surmise.
Surmising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surmise.
Surmise (v. t.) To imagine without certain knowledge; to infer on slight grounds; to suppose, conjecture, or suspect; to guess.
It wafted nearer yet, and then she knew That what before she but surmised, was true. -- Dryden.
This change was not wrought by altering the form or position of the earth, as was surmised by a very learned man, but by dissolving it. -- Woodward.
Surmise (n.) A thought, imagination, or conjecture, which is based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess; as, the surmisses of jealousy or of envy.
[We] double honor gain From his surmise proved false. -- Milton.
No man ought to be charged with principles he actually disowns, unless his practicies contradict his profession; not upon small surmises. -- Swift.
Surmise (n.) Reflection; thought. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Syn: Conjecture; supposition; suspicion; doubt.
Surmise (n.) A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence [syn: guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis].
Surmise (v.) Infer from incomplete evidence
Surmise (v.) Imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" [syn: suspect, surmise].
Surmiser (n.) One who surmises.
Surmising () a. & n. from Surmise, v.
Surmounted (imp. & p. p.) of Surmount.
Surmounting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surmount.
Surmount (v. t.) 克服；越過；登上；在……頂上；高於；覆蓋在……頂上；裝在……頂上 [H]；【舊】優於，勝過；超過 To rise above; to be higher than; to overtop.
The mountains of Olympus, Athos, and Atlas, overreach and surmount all winds and clouds. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Surmount (v. t.) To conquer; to overcome; as, to surmount difficulties or obstacles. -- Macaulay.
Surmount (v. t.) To surpass; to exceed. -- Spenser.
What surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate. -- Milton.
Syn: To conquer; overcome; vanquish; subdue; surpass; exceed.
Surmount (v.) Get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" [syn: overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master].
Surmount (v.) Be on top of; "The scarf surmounted the gown."
Surmount (v.) Reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" [syn: scale, surmount].
Surmount (v.) Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform].
Surmountable (a.) 可克服的；可超越的 [Z] Capable of being surmounted or overcome; superable. -- Sur*mount"a*ble*ness, n.
Surmountable (a.) Capable of being surmounted or overcome; "situations of measurable and surmountable danger" [ant: insurmountable, unsurmountable].
Surmountable (a.) Capable of being surmounted [syn: surmountable, climbable].
Surmounted (a.) (Arch.) Having its vertical height greater than the half span; -- said of an arch.
Surmounted (a.) (Her.) Partly covered by another charge; -- said of an ordinary or other bearing.
Surmounted (a.) Having something on top; "columns surmounted by statues."
Surmounter (n.) One who, or that which, surmounts.
Surmounter (n.) Someone who overcomes and establishes ascendancy and control by force or persuasion [syn: subduer, surmounter, overcomer].
Compare: Mullet
Mullet (n.) (Zool.) Any one of numerous fishes of the genus Mugil; -- called also gray mullets. They are found on the coasts of both continents, and are highly esteemed as food. Among the most valuable species are Mugil capito of Europe, and Mugil cephalus which occurs both on the European and American coasts.
Mullet (n.) (Zool.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet ({Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet ({Mullus surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet.
French mullet. See Ladyfish (a).
Surmullet (n.) (Zool.) Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidae, esp. the European species ({Millus surmulletus"> Millidae, esp. the European species ({Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.
Surmullet (n.) Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels [syn: goatfish, red mullet, surmullet, Mullus surmuletus].
Surmulot (n.) [F.] (Zool.) The brown, or Norway, rat.
Surname (n.) A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.
Note: Surnames originally designated occupation, estate, place of residence, or some particular thing or event that related to the person; thus, Edmund Ironsides; Robert Smith, or the smith; William Turner. Surnames are often also patronymics; as, John Johnson.
Surname (n.) An appellation added to the original name; an agnomen. "My surname, Coriolanus." -- Shak.
Note: This word has been sometimes written sirname, as if it signified sire-name, or the name derived from one's father.
Surnamed (imp. & p. p.) of Surname.
Surnaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surname.
Surname (v. t.) To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to.
Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. -- Isa. xliv. 5.
And Simon he surnamed Peter. -- Mark iii. 16.
Surname (n.) The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname, family name, cognomen, last name].
Surname. () A name which is added to the christian name, and which, in modern times, have become family names.
Surname. () They are called surnames, because originally they were written over the name in judicial writings and contracts. They were and are still used for the purpose of distinguishing persons of the same name. They were taken from something attached to the persons assuming them, as John Carpenter, Joseph Black, Samuel Little, &c. See Name.
Surnominal (a.) Of or pertaining to a surname or surnames.
Suroxidate (v. t.) (Chem.) To combine with oxygen so as to form a suroxide or peroxide. [Obs.]
Suroxide (n.) (Chem.) A peroxide. [Obs.]
Surpassed (imp. & p. p.) of Surpass.
Surpassing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Surpass.
Surpass (v. t.) 勝過；優於；大於；多於 [（+in）]；非……所能辦到（或理解） To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel.
This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. -- Milton.
Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
Surpass (v.) Distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" [syn: excel, stand out, surpass].
Surpass (v.) Be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" [syn: surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform].
Surpass (v.) Move past; "A black limousine passed by when she looked out the window"; "He passed his professor in the hall"; "One line of soldiers surpassed the other" [syn: travel by, pass by, surpass, go past, go by, pass].
Surpass (v.) Be greater in scope or size than some standard; "Their loyalty exceeds their national bonds" [syn: exceed, transcend, surpass].
Surpassable (a.) 可超過的，可勝過的 That may be surpassed.
Surpassing (a. & adv.) 非凡的（地）；卓越的（地）；出眾的（地）；surpass 的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory crowned." -- Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
Surpassing (a.) Exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence [syn: transcendent, surpassing].
Surpassing (a.) Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding, exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing].
Surpassing (a.) [ Before noun ] (Literary) 出色的，卓越的 Extremely great.
// A face of surpassing beauty.
Surphul (v. t.) To surfel. [Obs.] -- Marston.