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 high-sudsing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. resudare to sweat again. See Sudation. ] Act of sweating again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Suds made with soap. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl., sing. Sudamen /sing>. [ NL. sudamen, -inis, fr. sudare to sweat. See Sweat. ] (Med.) Minute vesicles surrounded by an area of reddened skin, produced by excessive sweating. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖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.; pl. Sudatoria [ L. ] A sudatory. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sudatorius, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudatoire. See Sweat. ] Sweating; perspiring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Sudatories [ L. sudatorium. ] A bagnio; a sweating bath; a vapor bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] 1. Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy. “O sudden wo!” Chaucer. “For fear of sudden death.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sudden fear troubleth thee. Job xxii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hastly prepared or employed; quick; rapid. [ 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 ]

3. Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Unexpected; unusual; abrupt; unlooked-for. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sud"den*ly, adv. -- Sud"den*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, sooner than was expected; without the usual preparation; suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, on a sudden. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sudor. ] Of or pertaining to sweat; as, sudoral eruptions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sudor sweat + -ferous. ] (Physiol.) Producing, or secreting, sweat; sudoriparous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sudoriferous glands (Anat.), small convoluted tubular glands which are situated in the subcutaneous tissues and discharge by minute orifices in the surface of the skin; the sweat glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sudor sweat (akin to E. sweat) + facere to make. ] Causing sweat; as, sudorific herbs. -- n. A sudorific medicine. Cf. Diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Written also Soorah, Soodra, and Sooder. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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, in turmoil or difficulty. [ Colloq. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. transsudation. ] 1. The act or process of transuding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physics) Same as Exosmose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to transudation; passing by transudation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Transuded; p. pr. & vb. n. Transuding. ] [ Pref. trans- + L. sudare to sweat: cf. F. transsuder. ] To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood. [ 1913 Webster ]