Sus*ten"tion (?), n. Sustentation. [R. or Colloq.]

In fine images, in sustention, in irony, they surpass anything that

Burke ever wrote.

J. Morley.

{ Sus"ter, Sus"tre (?) }, n.; pl. Susters (&?;), Sustres, or Sustren

(&?;). Sister. [Obs.] Chaucer.

There are seven sustren, that serve truth ever.

Piers Plowman.

Su"su (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Soosoo.

Su*sur"rant (?), a. [L. susurrans, p. pr. from susurrare to whisper.]

Whispering. [R.] "The soft susurrant sigh." Poetry of Anti-Jacobin.

Su`sur*ra"tion (?), n. [L. susurratio, fr. susurrare to whisper: cf. F.

susurration.] A whispering; a soft murmur. "Soft susurrations of the

trees." Howell.

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