English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Sweetening (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Sweeten

Sweetening (n.)

The act of making sweet.

Sweetening (n.)

That which sweetens.

Sweetheart (n.)

A lover of mistress.

Sweethearting (n.)

Making love.

Sweeting (n.)

A sweet apple.

Sweeting (n.)

A darling; -- a word of endearment.

Sweetish (a.)

Somewhat sweet.

Sweetly (adv.)

In a sweet manner.

Sweetmeat (n.)

Fruit preserved with sugar, as peaches, pears, melons, nuts, orange peel, etc.; -- usually in the plural; a confect; a confection.

Sweetmeat (n.)

The paint used in making patent leather.

Sweetmeat (n.)

A boat shell (Crepidula fornicata) of the American coast.

Sweetness (n.)

The quality or state of being sweet (in any sense of the adjective); gratefulness to the taste or to the smell; agreeableness.

Sweetroot (n.)

Licorice.

Sweetwater (n.)

A variety of white grape, having a sweet watery juice; -- also called white sweetwater, and white muscadine.

Sweetweed (n.)

A name for two tropical American weeds (Capraria biflora, and Scoparia dulcis) of the Figwort family.

Sweetwood (n.)

The true laurel (Laurus nobilis.)

Sweetwood (n.)

The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees.

Sweetwort (n.)

Any plant of a sweet taste.

Sweigh (n.)

Sway; movement.