*succu*

a. Of or pertaining to succuba. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Succuba. ] (Bot.) Having the leaves so placed that the upper part of each one is covered by the base of the next higher leaf, as in hepatic mosses of the genus Plagiochila. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Succubi [ See Succuba. ] 1. A demon or fiend; especially, a lascivious spirit supposed to have sexual intercourse with the men by night; a succuba. Cf. Incubus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sucula a winch, windlass, capstan. ] (Mach.) A bare axis or cylinder with staves or levers in it to turn it round, but without any drum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Succulent. ] The quality or condition of being succulent; juiciness; as, the succulence of a peach. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. succulentus, suculentus, fr. succus, sucus, juice; perhaps akin to E. suck: cf. F. succulent. ] Full of juice; juicy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Succulent plants (Bot.), plants which have soft and juicy leaves or stems, as the houseleek, the live forever, and the species of Mesembryanthemum. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a succulent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Succulent; juicy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Succumbed p. pr. & vb. n. Succumbing. ] [ L. succumbere; sub under + cumbere (in comp.), akin to cubare to lie down. See Incumbent, Cubit. ] To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. succumbens, p. pr. ] Submissive; yielding. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. succursale. See Succor, n. & v. t. ] Serving to aid or help; serving as a chapel of ease; tributary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not a city was without its cathedral, surrounded by its succursal churches, its monasteries, and convents. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Succi (Med.) The expressed juice of a plant, for medicinal use. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Succus entericus [ NL., literally, juice of the intestines. ] (Physiol.) A fluid secreted in small by certain glands (probably the glands of Lieberkühn) of the small intestines. Its exact action is somewhat doubtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. succussare to jolt, v. intens. fr. succutere, succussum, to fling up from below, to toss up; sub under + quatere to shake. ] 1. A trot or trotting. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shaking; succussion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. succussio, from succutere: cf. F. succussion. See Succussation. ] The act of shaking; a shake; esp. (Med.), a shaking of the body to ascertain if there be a liquid in the thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]