. [ F. sur over, above, contr. fr. L. super, supra. See Super-. ] A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar., a step, a degree. ] One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Something added or appended, as to a name. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sura the calf of the leg: cf. F. sural. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the calf of the leg; as, the sural arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Assurance. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sur- + angular. ] (Anat.) Above the angular bone; supra-angular; -- applied to a bone of the lower jaw in many reptiles and birds. -- n. The surangular bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. sur- + base. ] 1. (Arch.) A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Arch.) (a) Having a surbase, or molding above the base. (b) [ F. surbaissé. ] Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased. [ 1913 Webster ]