Index of English words, starting with "su"

(1) - Surbase (n.) A board or group of moldings running round a room on a level with the tops of the chair backs.
(2) - Surbase (n.) A cornice, or series of moldings, on the top of the base of a pedestal, podium, etc. See Illust. of Column.

(1) - Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased.
(2) - Surbased (a.) Having a surbase, or molding above the base.

(1) - Surcease (v. i.) To cease.
(2) - Surcease (v. t.) To cause to cease; to end.
(3) - Surcease (n.) Cessation; stop; end.

(1) - Surcharge (n.) The showing an omission, as in an account, for which credit ought to have been given.
(2) - Surcharge (n.) The putting, by a commoner, of more beasts on the common than he has a right to.
(3) - Surcharge (n.) An overcharge; an excessive load or burden; a load greater than can well be borne.
(4) - Surcharge (v. t.) To show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given.
(5) - Surcharge (v. t.) To overstock; especially, to put more cattle into, as a common, than the person has a right to do, or more than the herbage will sustain. Blackstone.
(6) - Surcharge (v. t.) To overload; to overburden; to overmatch; to overcharge; as, to surcharge a beast or a ship; to surcharge a cannon.