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_To_ SULE, _v. a._ To soil.
V. ~Suddill~.
SULE, _s._ A ring with a _swivel_, S. B.
Isl. _sweif_, volva, Su. G. _soelia_, a ring into which a thong is put.
SULE, _s._ Perhaps for _scule_, school.
_Kennedy._
SULFITCH, _adj._ Suffocating, applied to smell, Ang.
Isl. _swael-a_, fumigare, suffocare.
SULYE, SOILYIE, _s._ Soil, ground, country; O. Fr. _soille_.
_Douglas._
SULYEART, _adj._ Clear, bright.
_Doug._
Fr. _soilier_, splendens, rutilus.
SUM, a termination of adjectives.
1. Denoting conjunction; as, _threesum_, three together, S.
_Compl. S._
Su. G. _sam_, plurium unitas.
2. Signifying similitude; as, _lufsum_, amiable, S.
A. S. _sum_, id., _sibsum_, pacificus, paci similis.
3. In some degree, S.
A. S. _sum_, Su. G. _sam_, id., _lang-sum_, diuturnus aliquantum.
SUM, _adj._ Some; used distributively, A. S. id.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
SUMDELL, SUMDELE, _adv._
1. Somewhat, in some degree.
_Barbour._
2. Respecting quant.i.ty or number.
_Barbour._
A. S. _sum daele_, aliqua parte, partim.
SUMER, _s._ A sumpter-horse.
_Barbour._
O. Fland. Fr. _sommier_, id.
SUMMER-BLINK, _s._
1. A transient gleam of sunshine, S.
2. Used metaph. in relation to religious feelings.
V. ~Blenk~.
_Rutherford._
SUMMER-COUTS, SIMMER-COUTS, _s. pl._ The exhalations, seen to ascend from the ground in a warm day, S. B.
_Ross._
Perhaps q. _summer-colts_, in allusion to the frisking of young horses.
SUMMER-SOB, _s._ A summer storm, Ang.
_Ross._
Teut. _soeff-en_, flare; Gael. _siob-am_, id.; _siob-an_, drift, blast.
