. (Eccl.) The first Sunday after Easter Sunday, properly Albless Sunday, because in the early church those who had been baptized on Easter eve laid aside on the following Saturday their white albs which had been put on after baptism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Paraguay. Population (2000) = 502, 426. [ PJC ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + sunder. ] Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places. [ 1913 Webster ]

I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder. Zech. xi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

As wide asunder as pole and pole. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen; a contraction of boatswain. [ Also spelled bo'sun. ]
Syn. -- boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bo'sun, boson. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. & a. from Countersink. 1. Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dissundered p. pr. & vb. n. Dissundering. ] [ Pref. dis- (intens) + sunder. ] To separate; to sunder; to destroy. [ R. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not uniform. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + union: cf. F. désunion. ] 1. The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A breach of concord and its effect; alienation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such a disunion between the two houses as might much clou&unr_; the happiness of this kingdom. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The termination or disruption of the union of the States forming the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of disunion, specifically, of disunion of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disunited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disuniting. ] 1. To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To alienate in spirit; to break the concord of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go on both in hand, O nations, never be disunited, be the praise . . . of all posterity! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To part; to fall asunder; to become separated. [ 1913 Webster ]

The joints of the body politic do separate and disunite. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of separation or disunion; want of unity. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The dhole. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. The fourth Sunday of Lent; -- so named from the Latin word Lætare (rejoice), the first word in the antiphone of the introit sung that day in the Roman Catholic service. [ 1913 Webster ]

. The sun shining at midnight in the arctic or antarctic summer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Misunderstood p. pr. & vb. n. Misunderstanding. ] To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who misunderstands. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel. “Misunderstandings among friends.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Eccl.) The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of the triumphal entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way. The event is commemorated in Christian churches by distribution of blessed palm leaves. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Bot.) See Sunn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. √297. Cf. Solar, South. ] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92, 500, 000 miles, and its diameter about 860, 000. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is 32′ 4″, and it revolves on its own axis once in 251/3 days. Its mean density is about one fourth of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or streams of light which are visible only at the time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lambs that did frisk in the sun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the Lord God is a sun and shield. Ps. lxxiv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity. Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sun and planet wheels (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of revolution the double of its own. G. Francis. --
Sun angel (Zool.), a South American humming bird of the genus Heliangelos, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. --
Sun animalcute. (Zool.) See Heliozoa. --
Sun bath (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. --
Sun bear (Zool.), a species of bear (Helarctos Malayanus) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also bruang, and Malayan bear. --
Sun beetle (Zool.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus Amara. --
Sun bittern (Zool.), a singular South American bird (Eurypyga helias), in some respects related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white, brown, and black. Called also sunbird, and tiger bittern. --
Sun fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun stroke. --
Sun gem (Zool.), a Brazilian humming bird (Heliactin cornutus). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also Horned hummer. --
Sun grebe (Zool.), the finfoot. --
Sun picture, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. --
Sun spots (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye. They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions, and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of 50, 000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used to include bright spaces (called faculae) as well as dark spaces (called maculae). Called also solar spots. See Illustration in Appendix. --
Sun star (Zool.), any one of several species of starfishes belonging to Solaster, Crossaster, and allied genera, having numerous rays. --
Sun trout (Zool.), the squeteague. --
Sun wheel. (Mach.) See Sun and planet wheels, above. --
Under the sun, in the world; on earth. “There is no new thing under the sun.” Eccl. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright, sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sunned p. pr. & vb. n. Sunning. ] To expose to the sun's rays; to warm or dry in the sun; as, to sun cloth; to sun grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then to sun thyself in open air. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sunnebeam. ] A beam or ray of the sun. “Evening sunbeams.” Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thither came Uriel, gliding through the even
On a sunbeam. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) Any one of numerous species of small brilliantly colored birds of the family Nectariniidae, native of Africa, Southern Asia, the East Indies, and Australia. In external appearance and habits they somewhat resemble humming birds, but they are true singing birds (Oscines). (b) The sun bittern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A glimpse or flash of the sun. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bonnet, generally made of some thin or light fabric, projecting beyond the face, and commonly having a cape, -- worn by women as a protection against the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rainbow; an iris. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The burning or discoloration produced on the skin by the heat of the sun; tan. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sunburned r Sunburnt p. pr. & vb. n. Sunburning. ] To burn or discolor by the sun; to tan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunburnt and swarthy though she be. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A circle or cluster of gas-burners for lighting and ventilating public buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Sunburn; tan. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A burst of sunlight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A yellow flowered evening primrose (Taraxia ovata, syn. Oenothera ovata) native of California. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Sunbeam. [ R. ] Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sunnandaeg; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + daeg day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See Sun, and Day. ] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

Advent Sunday,
Low Sunday,
Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunday letter. See Dominical letter, under Dominical. --
Sunday school. See under School. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sundered p. pr. & vb. n. Sundering. ] [ OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in āsundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. sönder, Goth. sundrō alone, separately. ] To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To part; to separate. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder. ] A separation into parts; a division or severance. [ 1913 Webster ]

In sunder, into parts. “He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.” Ps. xlvi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sundial shell (Zool.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteorol.) 1. A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called also dog and weathergaw. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The setting of the sun; sunset. “When sundown skirts the moor.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of broad-brimmed sun hat worn by women. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tramp or vagabond in the Australian bush; -- so called from his coming to sheep stations at sunset of ask for supper and a bed, when it is too late to work; -- called also traveler and swagman (but not all swagmen are sundowners).

Sundowners, -- men who loaf about till sunset, and then come in with the demand for unrefusable rations. Francis Adams. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Dried by the heat of the sun; as, sun-dried tomatoes. “Sun-dried brick.” Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Many different or small things; sundry things. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In sundry ways; variously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sun + drop. ] (Bot.) Any one of the several species of Kneiffia, esp. Kneiffia fruticosa (syn. Oenothera fruticosa), of the Evening-primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]