Sustentacle
(Sus*ten"ta*cle) n. [L. sustentaculum. See Sustentation.] Sustenance. [Obs.] Dr. H.
More.
Sustentacular
(Sus`ten*tac"u*lar) a. [See Sustenance.] (Anat.) Supporting; sustaining; as, a sustentacular
tissue.
Sustentate
(Sus"ten*tate) v. t. To sustain. [R.] C. Reade.
Sustentation
(Sus`ten*ta"tion) n. [L. sustentatio sustenance, maintenance, fr. sustentare to support,
maintain, v. intens. fr. sustinere to sustain: cf. F. sustentation. See Sustain.]
1. The act of sustaining, or the state of being sustained; preservation from falling; support; sustenance; maintenance.
2. (Physiol.) The aggregate of the functions by which a living organism is maintained in a normal condition
of weight and growth.
Sustentation fund (Eccl.),
a fund of a religious body for support of its ministers, chapels, etc.; as, the
sustentation fund of the Free Church of Scotland.
Sustentative
(Sus"ten*ta*tive) a. Adapted to sustain, strengthen, or corroborate; as, sustentative citations
or quotations.
Sustentative functions (Physiol.),
those functions of the body which affect its material composition
and thus determine its mass.
Sustention
(Sus*ten"tion) n. Sustentation. [R. or Colloq.]
In fine images, in sustention, in irony, they surpass anything that Burke ever wrote.
J. Morley. Suster
(Sus"ter, Sus"tre) , n.; pl. Susters Sustres, or Sustren Sister. [Obs.] Chaucer.
There are seven sustren, that serve truth ever.
Piers Plowman. Susu
(Su"su) n. (Zoöl.) See Soosoo.
Susurrant
(Su*sur"rant) a. [L. susurrans, p. pr. from susurrare to whisper.] Whispering. [R.] "The
soft susurrant sigh." Poetry of Anti-Jacobin.
Susurration
(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.
Susurringly
(Su*sur"ring*ly) adv. In the manner of a whisper. [Obs.]
Susurrous
(Su*sur"rous) a. [L. susurrus.] Whispering; rustling; full of whispering sounds. [R.]
Susurrus
(||Su*sur"rus) n. [L.] The act of whispering; a whisper; a murmur. De Quincey.
The soft susurrus and sighs of the branches.
Longfellow. Sutile
(Su"tile) a. [L. sutilis, fr. suere to sew: cf. F. sutile.] Done by stitching. [R.] Boswell.
Sutler
(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.
Sutlership
(Sut"ler*ship), n. The condition or occupation of a sutler.