_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.

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