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Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity.
The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.
To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city.
Aid; help; assistance; esp., assistance that relieves and delivers from difficulty, want, or distress.
The person or thing that brings relief.
Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.
of Succor
One who affords succor; a helper.
of Succor
Destitute of succor.
A plant of the genus Cichorium. See Chicory.
Green maize and beans boiled together. The dish is borrowed from the native Indians.
The squeteague.
A female demon or fiend. See Succubus.
of Succuba
of Succubus
Of or pertaining to succuba.
Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila.
A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus.
The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2.