Su*sur"rous (?), a. [L. susurrus.] Whispering; rustling; full of
whispering sounds. [R.]
||Su*sur"rus (?), n. [L.] The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur.
||De Quincey.
The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
Longfellow.
Su"tile (?), a. [L. sutilis, fr. suere to sew: cf. F. sutile.] Done by
stitching. [R.] Boswell.
Sut"ler (?), n. [D. zoetelaar, OD. soetelaar, a small trader,
especially in camps, fr. soetelen to undertake low offices; cf. G.
sudeln to do dirty work, to sully, soil, E. suds.] A person who follows
an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.
Sut"ler*ship, n. The condition or occupation of a sutler.
Sut"ling (?), a. Belonging to sutlers; engaged in the occupation of a
sutler. Addison.
Su"tor (?), n. A kind of sirup made by the Indians of Arizona from the
fruit of some cactaceous plant (probably the Cereus giganteus).
||Su"tra (?), n.; pl. Sutras (#). [Skr. s&?;tra a thread, a string of
||rules; an aphorism; fr. siv to sew.] 1. (a) A precept; an aphorism; a
||brief rule. (b) A collection of such aphorisms.
2. pl. A body of Hindoo literature containing aphorisms on grammar,
meter, law, and philosophy, and forming a connecting link between the
Vedic and later Sanscrit literature. Balfour (Cyc. of India).
Sut*tee" (?), n. [Skr. sat a faithful wife, fem. of sant existing,
real, true, good, p. pr. of as to be. Cf. Sooth.] 1. A Hindoo widow who
immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband;
-- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as
envincing excellence of wifely character. [India]
2. The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.
[India]
The practice, though abolished in British India law in 1829, is not
wholly prevented.
Sut*tee"ism (?), n. The practice of self-immolation of widows in
Hindostan.
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Sut"tle (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Com.) The weight when the tare
has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. M&?;Culloch.
Sut"tle, v. i. [See Sutler.] To act as sutler; to supply provisions and
other articles to troops.
Su"tur*al (?), a. [Cf. F. sutural, NL. suturals.] 1. Of or pertaining
to a suture, or seam.