- 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.