The Supreme, the Almighty; God.
Su*preme"ly, adv. In a supreme manner.
Su*prem"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. LL. supremitas.] Supremacy. [Obs.] Fuller.
Sur-. [F. sur over, above, contr. fr. L. super, supra. See Super-.] A
prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.
||Su"ra (?), n. [Ar., a step, a degree.] One of the sections or
||chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number.
Su`ra*dan"ni (?), n. A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of
the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails,
naves and fellies of wheels, and the like.
Sur`ad*di"tion (?), n. [F.] Something added or appended, as to a name.
[Obs.] Shak.
Su"rah (?), n. A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's
dresses; -- called also surah silk.
Su"ral (?), a. [L. sura the calf of the leg: cf. F. sural.] (Anat.) Of
or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries.
Sur"ance (?), n. Assurance. [Obs.] Shak.
Sur*an"gu*lar (?), a. [Pref. sur- + angular.] (Anat.) Above the angular
bone; supra- angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many
reptiles and birds. -- n. The surangular bone.
Sur"base` (?), n. [Pref. sur- + base.] 1. (Arch.) A cornice, or series
of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See
Illust. of Column.
2. A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with
the tops of the chair backs. Knight.
Sur"based` (?), a. (Arch.) (a) Having a surbase, or molding above the
base. (b) [F. surbaissé.] Having the vertical height from springing
line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a
segmental arch is surbased.
Sur*bate" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Surbating.] [F. solbatu, p. p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole
a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p. p. of battre to beat.] 1. To
make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.]
Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender
feet upon the stony ground.
Spenser.
Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet.
Mortimer.