Chapter Survey to Sweet-scabious of S by Soule's Synonymes

4. Joy, blessing, enjoyment.

Sweet-bay, n.

1. Laurel, sweet-wood (Laurus nobilis).

2. Swamp-sassafras (Magnolia glauca).

Sweet-bread, n. Pancreas.

Sweet-brier, n. Eglantine (Rosa rubiginosa).

Sweet-calamus, Sweet-cane, n. Lemon-grass (Calamus aromaticus).

Sweeten, v. a.

1. Make sweet.

2. Soften, make mild, make tender, make kind, mollify.

3. Give zest to, give a relish to.

4. Soothe, relieve.

5. Freshen, disinfect, ventilate, fumigate, deodorize.

Sweeten, v. n. Grow sweet, become sweet.

Sweet-flag, n. Sweet-rush, calamus (Acorus calamus).

Sweet-gale, n. See Sweet-willow.

Sweet-gum, n. Liquidambar (Liquidambar styraciflua).

Sweetheart, n.

1. Lover, beau, wooer, admirer, suitor, follower, adorer, swain, flame, love, spark, true-love, inamorato, cicisbeo.

2. Flame, mistress, lady-love, dulcinea, inamorata, dear, darling, cara sposa.

Sweet-leaf, n. (Bot.) Horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria).

Sweetly, ad. Gratefully, pleasantly, agreeably.

Sweetmeat, n. Confection, comfit, junket, sugarplum.

Sweetmeats, n. pl. Preserves, preserved fruits, sweet stuff.