That thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to
thyself.
Milton.
3. The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at
such time as the enemy landed. "[It] hath such senses as we have."
Shak.
4. Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in
terms which are not mentioned.
In rushed one and tells him such a knight Is new arrived.
Daniel.
To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there
a year.
James iv. 13.
Such is used pronominally. "He was the father of such as dwell in
tents." Gen. iv. 20. "Such as I are free in spirit when our limbs are
chained." Sir W. Scott. Such is also used before adjectives joined to
substantives; as, the fleet encountered such a terrible storm that it
put back. "Everything was managed with so much care, and such excellent
order was observed." De Foe.
Temple sprung from a family which . . . long after his death
produced so many eminent men, and formed such distinguished
alliances, that, etc.
Macaulay.
Such is used emphatically, without the correlative.
Now will he be mocking: I shall have such a life.
Shak.
Such was formerly used with numerals in the sense of times as much or
as many; as, such ten, or ten times as many.
Such and such, or Such or such, certain; some; -- used to represent the
object indefinitely, as already particularized in one way or another,
or as being of one kind or another. "In such and such a place shall be
my camp." 2 Kings vi. 8. "Sovereign authority may enact a law
commanding such and such an action." South. -- Such like or character,
of the like kind.
And many other such like things ye do.
Mark vii. 8.
Su`cho*spon"dy*lous (?), a. [Gr. &?; a crocodile + &?; a vertebra.]
(Zoöl.) Having dorsal vertebræ with long and divided transverse
processes; -- applied to certain reptiles.
Such"wise` (?), adv. In a such a manner; so.
Suck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.]
[OE. suken, souken, AS. s&?;can, s&?;gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen,
OHG. s&?;gan, Icel. s&?;ga, sj&?;ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere.
Cf. Honeysuckle, Soak, Succulent, Suction.] 1. To draw, as a liquid, by
the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum,
and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or
apply force to, by exhausting the air.
2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an
orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.)
with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an
infant sucks the breast.
3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale;
to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the
ground.