In the decimal table, the subdivision of the cubit, as span, palm,
and digit, are deduced from the shorter cubit.
Arbuthnot.
Sub"do*lous (?), a. [L. subdolus, sub + dolus deceit.] Sly; crafty;
cunning; artful. [R.]
Sub*dom"i*nant (?), n. (Mus.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below,
the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant.
Sub*du"a*ble (?), a. Able to be subdued.
Sub*du"al (?), n. Act of subduing. Bp. Warburton.
{ Sub*duce" (?), Sub*duct" (?), } v. t. [L. subducere, subductum; sub
under + ducere to lead, to draw. See Duke, and cf. Subdue.] 1. To
withdraw; to take away. Milton.