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SUn1, f\ SSION, in SeolS laIV. S~e L AIV. Ti!. xx xii I, .
S U130 R J)10i ,\ T ION , a rd ative ,erm, exprclling ,he de–
gn:c oí' infe riority uctwcen one thi ng and another.
·SU I30R N :\TIO N or PER¡URY , in Seo" l. ",. So<
L .\ .w, T ic xx xiii. 35.
SUIl PO ENA, in lalV, a writ whercby all eommon perrons,
oc Ihofe undee lhe degree of pecrage . may be called in·
10 chancery, in any cafe where rhe Jaw canoor ;¡fford a
rerr.coy.
"SU IlRJ::PTlQN, ,he aa of ob ' aining a f. vour from a fu–
perior. by fll rprife oc a falfe rej're(ent:u ion.
SU I3 R E l'1"IT IOU S, a ' erm .pplied ' o a letler, lieenee,
patenr , or otlier aa, fraudulently obtail?cd of . fupt:'rior.
by conceaJir.g (ome truth, which, haJ it been known,
\Von ld h:4\ Te prevented lhe coneclllon oc grant.
SUBROG.'\.TION, in ,he eivillaw, ,he .a of [ubfli,u,ing
a perron iD (he place. and enlitling him tO the rights of
another.
SUBSC:\PUL ARIS, in anatomy. See A. ATOMY, p. 196.
SU I3SC RI PTION , ia general, figni6es ,he fignature put
a l the bottom of a leuer, writ ing, or inítrument .
S VBS EQY E NT. fome,hin~ th.. comes af,er ano,her,
pa rt,cll~;¡rl y with regard to lhe arder of time.
SUBS IDY, in law, fignifies an aid or u x gr:llDted to the
k¡og, by parliament, f~r the necdrary occafions of th e
kingdom ; and is lO be I..ied on every rubjeél of abili,y,
accordiDg to lhe rate or value of his lands or goods: but
this word, in Come of 'our llatutes, is confounded with
that of culloms ,
SUl!S IST ENCE, in ,he miliury arr, i. ,he money paid
ro the foldiers weckJ y, not amounting tOtheir full pay ;
becauCe their cl oaths, aCCO\lUemeDts, tenlS, bread, (:;/.'.
are to be paid .
S UBSTANCE , fome,hiog ,ha, \Ve eoaeeive lo (ubfi fl of
¡tfelf, independcntly of any created being, or aDy patti-
cu)ar mode or accident. See MSTAPHYS ICS.
S UBSTANTIAL , in ,he fehools, fome'hing belongi ng to
the natu re of Cubllance.
SUBSTANT IVE, in ·grammar. See GU MMA<.
SUl!STITUTE, a perfoa appoi n,ed ' o olli,.iate lor ano–
ther, in caCe of abCence or other legal impediment o
SUBSTITUTION , in ,he eivil-Iaw, a dofpofilton of a 'e–
{lament, whereby the lefiator fubHitutes one heir fur ¡,
nOther, who has only lhe ufufruít, and not lhe property
¡,f ,he ,hing lef, him.
SUGSTRACTIO N, in arilh llleliek. See A " TH MET' CK ,
p. 37°·
S UB STRA CTION, in algcbra. See AL C¡ BR A, p. 8 r.
SU BTENSE, in geornetry, ,he (ame w"h ' he chord of an
arch. See C HoR O,
SUBTERRANEOUS , wba,ever is under·ground : thus,
naluraliO s fpeak of lu bterraoeous tires, damps. 6c.
S UBT I L E , in phyfies. an appell.,ion eiven 'o whatevcr
is extremely (mall , fine, and delicate ; Ctlch as ~he ani–
mal (pirits. ,he eRluvi. of odorous bodies, ¿'c. are (up–
pored 10 be.
SUHULAR IA, in botany, a genu. of ,he te"adynamia
filiculofa ciar!! . Tbe pod is entire, oval , ',<ith ov.!! con–
cave vtllvcs ; and lhe rlyll15 is (borter th;¡n th~ podo
T here is bUl one fpecies, viz. lhe aC)uatica, oc awl-wort ,
:a n;u ivc of Brit;,¡jn.
S BU L \ TED . (omething in ,he Ih' pe of an . IVI.
S.UCCEDANEUM , iD ph¡rmac)', denotes ¡ drug (ublli-
s U G
{uled in the place of another, in medical compo(jtion:
S UCCCS~ ION, in philorophy, an ide. whieh we g<' by
refktbog 0 11 thu traio of ideas confiand1 fo1lowln 6 one
aO'Hller lOO:Jr Olinds when aw~ke .
S UCCE. SSIf'!N, In SCOtS law. See L aw, T it. xxvii . 1,
Or. xx vIii . 1, O r .
SU CC ESSOR, in ·laIV, one ,h al fu eeeeds, or <OOles in the
pl .lce of i.4.outher .
SU CC INUM, in nalUral hiflory . See A" ....
SUCC ISA, in bo,.ny. Se. SC A.'O • • .
SUCCORY, in botany. See C<C HORl UM .
SUCCU I3US, a term ured by fome wri,ers, for
a docmon \Vho a{fun}!;:s the Chape of a woman. ,and as fu ch
lies wilh a ",:ln; in which (enfe, jt fiands oppofed to in–
cubos , which \Vas a dzmoo in forOl of aman, thu they
fl!Ppofed 10 lie Wilh a woman.
1 BUI ~he truth is, che fuccubus is ooly a fpeciu of lhe
¡ncubus, or nig·ht-mare. See MIDI C1N ¡ . p. 157.
SUCCUL I\ . io m::chani(s, abare , or cylinder. with
llaves to move it rouad j but without aAy lym panum or
peritrochium. .
SUCCU L E NT nA NTS, tho« who(e leaves ~re ,hiei< . aod
¡.bounJ with ju:ce.
SUC HUE N, a provinee of China, bounded by ,ha, of
X enfi on lhe north , by Honam and Huquam on lhe cafi,
by ~eeheu ano Yonam on ,he (ou,h. • r.d by ,he moun–
taios of India on the wc:O: its chlcf [own is Chiogttl.
SUCK E RS, in gardening, ,he (ame wl.h off-(elS. See
O rF-SEl' s.
SU CT ION , the aa of (ueking or drawing up a /luid, as
air, w1ter, milk, or lhe l,ke, by means of the meUln
and Iungs. Sec PNE UMAT ICS, and HYDROSTATJ CS.
SUD ATORY, a namegiTCn by the ancienr Romans to tbdr
hot or fweatiog_rooms; fom~timcs al fo called laconic! .
SUDHUR Y , • borough-town of Suffolk, ,hirle.. miles
fourh of Hury. lt fendl two mem\'ers to p2rliament.
SUDORlflC . an appell. tion giYen '0 aoy medieiae Ihat
c:nfCcs or oromates fweat.
SUEZ, a p·Orl-IOWD pf Egypl, fi ,uated at ,he boltolD of
,he"Red·(ea, (ev<n,y mile. ean of Cairo: i, is from ,his
town lha! lhe ifl hmus of Suez. which joias Africa tO
Afia, ukes its oame.
SUFFOCAT IO N, in medicine, the prin,ion of re(pira-–
tion, or breathing; which IS Cometimes occafioDed by a
congeOion of blood in lhe lungs, Co as to preveot tbe iQ·
grds of the airo
SU FFOLK, a coun'y of E o:land, bounded by Norfolk
on ,he nOrlh, by ,he G ermao·fea on ,he eafl , by Effex,
from which it is fep"rated by the riTer l\oIaningtree, OA
,he (ou,h, and by C ¡ mbridgdhire on ,h. ",eU ; being
lixty two miles lone, and twenty-eight broad.
SUFFRAGAN, an appell..ion ei. en 'o fimple biOlOps. wi,h
rdptét tO crchbiO\Ops, on whC'm thcy depend, Olod tO
whom appeals lie from lhe bifhops courts .
SUF FlL \ GE, deno,es a vO'e givea ia aDaff<mbly, where
• Comething is dcliberated 0 0, or whcre a perfoo is d c
to ¡m C'lffice or benefice.
SU FFR UTEX , among bOlanin. , deno,es an under.lhrllb,
Or Ihe- 10weHkind or woooy phnts, as lavender, rue, Ó~-.
SUG:\R. in n"u,,1 h,flory, "properly the eff<n,i. 1 r.1t of
Ihe rugar-c~ne-, as UrtOlr is of Ihe grape. St'c CH Ef\II -
STRV, p. 16 1. ~,J SAC CHARl'M ,
Thís pl anl riCes to c:ightJ Dice, or more feet hith i lhe
1l. lk,