SUTURE, s[=u]'t[=u]r, _n._ the mode of connection between the various bones
of the cranium and face--_serrated_, when formed by the union of two edges
of bone with projections and indentations fitting into one
another--_squamous_, when formed by the overlapping of the bevelled edges
of two contiguous bones: (_surg._) the sewing up of a wound by one or other
mode, so as to maintain the opposed surfaces in contact: (_bot._) the seam
at the union of two margins in a plant.--_adj._ S[=U]'T[=U]RAL, relating to
a suture.--_adv._ S[=U]'T[=U]RALLY.--_n._ S[=U]T[=U]R[=A]'TION.--_adj._
S[=U]'T[=U]RED, having, or united by, sutures. [L. _sutura_--_su[)e]re_, to
sew.]
SUVERSED, su-verst', _adj._ versed and belonging to the supplement.
SUZERAIN, s[=u]'ze-r[=a]n, _n._ a feudal lord: supreme or paramount
ruler.--_n._ S[=U]'ZERAINTY, the dominion of a suzerain: paramount
authority. [O. Fr.,--_sus_--Late L. _susum_, for _sursum_=_sub-versum_,
above; the termination in imitation of Fr. _souverain_, Eng. _sovereign_.]