Chapter Succorless to Sudation of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Suction
(Suc"tion) n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See Suck, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. — Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. — Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump.

Suctoria
(||Suc*to"ri*a) n. pl. [NL. See Suction.] (Zoöl.)

1. An order of Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are usually stalked.

2. Same as Rhizocephala.

Suctorial
(Suc*to"ri*al) a. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck.]

1. (Zoöl.) Adapted for sucking; living by sucking; as, the humming birds are suctorial birds.

2. (Zoöl.) Capable of adhering by suction; as, the suctorial fishes.

Suctorian
(Suc*to"ri*an) n.

1. (Zoöl.) A cartilaginous fish with a mouth adapted for suction, as the lampery.

2. (Zoöl.) One of the Suctoria.

Suctorious
(Suc*to"ri*ous) a. Suctorial. [R.]

Sudamina
(||Su*dam"i*na) n. pl, sing. Sudamen [NL. sudamen, - inis, fr. sudare to sweat. See Sweat.] (Med.) Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating.

Sudarium
(||Su*da"ri*um) n. [L., a handkerchief.] (Eccl.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion.

Sudary
(Su"da*ry) n. [L. sudarium, fr. sudare to sweat. See Sweat.] A napkin or handkerchief. [Obs. or R.] Wyclif. R. Browning.

Sudation
(Su*da"tion) n. [L. sudatio, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudation.] A sweating. [Obs.]