English English Dictionary

A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum.

Alt. of Succulency

The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach.

Full of juice; juicy.

In a succulent manner.

Succulent; juicy.

To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease.

of Succumb

Submissive; yielding.

of Succumb

Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary.

The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use.

A trot or trotting.

A shaking; succussion.

The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax.

Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes.

Of that kind; of the like kind; like; resembling; similar; as, we never saw such a day; -- followed by that or as introducing the word or proposition which defines the similarity, or the standard of comparison; as, the books are not such that I can recommend them, or, not such as I can recommend; these apples are not such as those we saw yesterday; give your children such precepts as tend to make them better.

Having the particular quality or character specified.

The same that; -- with as; as, this was the state of the kingdom at such time as the enemy landed.

Certain; -- representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.