n. [ L. desudatio, fr. desudare to sweat greatly; de + sudare to sweat. ] (Med.) A sweating; a profuse or morbid sweating, often succeeded by an eruption of small pimples. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Exudation. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. causing little foam to form; -- used of e.g. detergents. Contrasted with
n. [ L. resudare to sweat again. See Sudation. ] Act of sweating again. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. Suds made with soap. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl.,
‖n. [ L., a handkerchief. ] (Eccl.) The handkerchief upon which the Savior is said to have impressed his own portrait miraculously, when wiping his face with it, as he passed to the crucifixion. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. sudarium, fr. sudare to sweat. See Sweat. ] A napkin or handkerchief. [ Obs. or R. ] Wyclif. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. sudatio, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudation. ] A sweating. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. [ L. sudatorius, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudatoire. See Sweat. ] Sweating; perspiring. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ar. sadd barrier. ] A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation. [ Central Africa ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. [ OE. sodian, sodein, OF. sodain, sudain, F. soudain, L. subitaneus, fr. subitus sudden, that has come unexpectedly, p. p. of subire to come on, to steal upon; sub under, secretly + ire to go. See Issue, and cf. Subitaneous. ]
Sudden fear troubleth thee. Job xxii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
Never was such a sudden scholar made. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The apples of Asphaltis, appearing goodly to the sudden eye. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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adv. Suddenly; unexpectedly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Herbs of every leaf that sudden flowered. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An unexpected occurrence; a surprise. [ 1913 Webster ]
All of a sudden,
On a sudden,
Of a sudden
How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. soudaineté. ] Suddenness; a sudden. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
On a suddenty,
a. [ L. sudor. ] Of or pertaining to sweat;
a. [ L. sudor sweat + -ferous. ] (Physiol.) Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sudoriferous glands (Anat.),
a. [ L. sudor sweat (akin to E. sweat) + facere to make. ] Causing sweat;
a. [ L. sudor sweat + parere to produce. ] (Physiol.) Same as Sudoriferous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sudorus, fr. sudor sweat. ] Consisting of sweat. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Skr. çūdra. ] The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste.
n. pl. [ Akin to sodden, seethe. See Seethe. ] Water impregnated with soap, esp. when worked up into bubbles and froth. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the suds,
n. [ Cf. F. transsudation. ]
a. Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.