Sul"phur*ing, n. Exposure to the fumes of burning sulphur, as in
bleaching; the process of bleaching by exposure to the fumes of
sulphur.
Sul"phur*ize (?), v. t. (Chem.) To combine or impregnate with sulphur
or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing.
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Sul"phur*ous (?), a. [L. sulphurosus, sulfurosus: cf. F. sulfureux.] 1.
Of or pertaining to sulphur.
2. (Chem.) (a) Derived from, or containing, sulphur; specifically,
designating those compounds in which the element has a lower valence as
contrasted with the sulphuric compounds. (b) Having the characteristic
odor of sulphur dioxide, or of hydrogen sulphide, or of other sulphur
compounds.
Sulphurous acid. (a) Sulphur dioxide. See under Sulphur. [Obs.] (b) An
acid, H2SO3, not known in the free state except as a solution of
sulphur dioxide in water, but forming a well- known series of salts
(the sulphites). -- Sulphurous anhydride (Chem.), sulphur dioxide. See
under Sulphur.
Sul"phur*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) The hog's fennel. See under Fennel.
Sul"phur*y (?), a. Resembling, or partaking of the nature of, sulphur;
having the qualities of sulphur.
Sul"phur*yl (?), n. [Sulphur + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical
SO2; -- called also sulphon.
Sulphuryl chloride, a chloride, pungent, fuming liquid, SO2.Cl2,
obtained by the action of phosphorus pentachloride on sulphur trioxide.
On treatment with water it decomposes into sulphuric and hydrochloric
acids, and is hence called also sulphuric chloranhydride.
Sul*phy"drate (?), n. (Chem.) A compound, analogous to a hydrate,
regarded as a salt of sulphydric acid, or as a derivative of hydrogen
sulphide in which one half of the hydrogen is replaced by a base (as
potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has
been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.
Sul*phy"dric (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating,
hydrogen sulphide, which is regarded as an acid, especially when in
solution.
Sul*pi"cian (?), n. [So called after the parish of St. Sulpice in
Paris, of which the founder, Jean Jacques Olier, was pastor in 1643.]
(R. C. Ch.) One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to
educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards
into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States. [Written also
Sulpitian.]
Sul"tan (?), n. [F. sultan (cf. Sp. soldan, It. sultano, soldano), Ar.
sultn sultan, dominion. Cf. Soldan.] A ruler, or sovereign, of a
Mohammedan state; specifically, the ruler of the Turks; the Padishah,
or Grand Seignior; -- officially so called.
Sultan flower. (Bot.) See Sweet sultan, under Sweet.
Sul*ta"na (?), n. [It.] 1. The wife of a sultan; a sultaness.
2. pl. A kind of seedless raisin produced near Smyrna in Asiatic
Turkey.
Sultana bird (Zoöl.), the hyacinthine, or purple, gallinule. See
Illust. under Gallinule.
Sul"tan*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. sultanat.] The rule or dominion of a
sultan; sultanship.
Sul"tan*ess (?), n. A sultana.
Sul*tan"ic (?), a. Pertaining to a sultan.
Sul"tan-red` (?), a. Having a deep red color.
Sul"tan*ry (?), n. The dominions of a sultan. Bacon.
Sul"tan*ship, n. The office or dignity of a sultan.
Sul"tan*y (?), n. Sultanry. [Obs.] Fuller.
Sul"tri*ly (?), adv. In a sultry manner.
Sul"tri*ness, n. The quality or state of being sultry.
Sul"try (-tr), a. [Compar. Sultrier (?); superl. Sultriest.] [From
Sweltry.] 1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry
deserts.
Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the
tropics lie.
Dryden.