Lambs that did frisk in the sun.
Shak.
4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any
source of light, warmth, or animation.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
Ps. lxxiv. 11.
I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to
posterity.
Eikon Basilike.
Sun and planet wheels (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting
reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine,
into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun
wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another
wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a connecting rod.
By the motion of the connecting rod, the planet wheel is made to
circulate round the central wheel on the shaft, communicating to this
latter a velocity of revolution the double of its own. G. Francis. --
Sun angel (Zoöl.), a South American humming bird of the genus
Heliangelos, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of
the feathers of its throat. -- Sun animalcute. (Zoöl.) See Heliozoa. --
Sun bath (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation.
-- Sun bear (Zoöl.), a species of bear (Helarctos Malayanus) native of
Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine
short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily
tamed. Called also bruang, and Malayan bear. -- Sun beetle (Zoöl.), any
small lustrous beetle of the genus Amara. -- Sun bittern (Zoöl.), a
singular South American bird (Eurypyga helias), in some respects
related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with
white, brown, and black. Called also sunbird, and tiger bittern. -- Sun
fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun stroke. -- Sun gem
(Zoöl.), a Brazilian humming bird (Heliactin cornutus). Its head is
ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at
the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also Horned hummer. --
Sun grebe (Zoöl.), the finfoot. -- Sun picture, a picture taken by the
agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. -- Sun spots (Astron.), dark
spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black
central portion with a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually
seen only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye. They are
very changeable in their figure and dimensions, and vary in size from
mere apparent points to spaces of 50,000 miles in diameter. The term
sun spots is often used to include bright spaces (called faculæ) as
well as dark spaces (called maculæ). Called also solar spots. See
Illustration in Appendix. -- Sun star (Zoöl.), any one of several
species of starfishes belonging to Solaster, Crossaster, and allied
genera, having numerous rays. -- Sun trout (Zoöl.), the squeteague. --
Sun wheel. (Mach.) See Sun and planet wheels, above. -- Under the sun,
in the world; on earth. "There is no new thing under the sun." Eccl. i.
9.
Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious
meaning; as, sun-bright, sun- dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-
scorched, and the like.
Sun, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sunned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sunning.] To
expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth;
to sun grain.
Then to sun thyself in open air.
Dryden.
Sun"beam` (?), n. [AS. sunnebeam.] A beam or ray of the sun. "Evening
sunbeams." Keble.
Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even On a sunbeam.
Milton.
Sun"bird` (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of small
brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidæ, native of Africa,
Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external appearance
and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true
singing birds (Oscines). (b) The sun bittern.
Sun"blink` (?), n. A glimpse or flash of the sun. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Sun"bon"net (?), n. A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light
fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn
by women as a protection against the sun.
Sun"bow` (?), n. A rainbow; an iris. Byron.
Sun"burn` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sunburned (?) or Sunburnt (&?;); p.
pr. & vb. n. Sunburning.] To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan.
Sunburnt and swarthy though she be.
Dryden.
Sun"burn`, n. The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the
heat of the sun; tan.
Sun"-burn`er (?), n. A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting
and ventilating public buildings.
Sun"burn`ing, n. Sunburn; tan. Boyle.
Sun"burst` (?), n. A burst of sunlight.
Sun"dart` (?), n. Sunbeam. [R.] Mrs. Hemans.
Sun"day (?), n. [AS. sunnandæg; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + dæg day;
akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was
anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See Sun, and Day.]
The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from
secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath;
the Lord's Day.
Advent Sunday, Low Sunday, Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low,
etc.
Syn. -- See Sabbath.
Sun"day, a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath.
Sunday letter. See Dominical letter, under Dominical. -- Sunday school.
See under School.
Sun"der (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sundered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sundering.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in sundrain, gesundrain), from
sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without,
G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG. suntar
separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. sönder, Goth. sundr alone,
separately.] To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending,
cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to
divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder
friends.
It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain.
Carew.
Sun"der, v. i. To part; to separate. [R.] Shak.
Sun"der, n. [See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder.] A separation into
parts; a division or severance.
In sunder, into parts. "He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in
sunder." Ps. xlvi. 9.
Sun"der, v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Sun"dew` (?), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants
whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid
fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects.
After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and
the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort.
Sun"di`al (?), n. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the
shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate.
Sundial shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium.
Sun"dog` (?), n. (Meteorol.) A luminous spot occasionally seen a few
degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two
or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos.
Sun"down` (?), n. 1. The setting of the sun; sunset. "When sundown
skirts the moor." Tennyson.