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‖n. [ L., a trumpeter, fr. bucinare to sound the trumpet. ] (Anat.) A muscle of the cheek; -- so called from its use in blowing wind instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Buccinum + -oid. ] (Zool.) Resembling the genus Buccinum, or pertaining to the Buccinidæ, a family of marine univalve shells. See Whelk, and Prosobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ L., a trumpet, a trumpet shell. ] (Zool.) A genus of large univalve mollusks abundant in the arctic seas. It includes the common whelk (Buccinum undatum). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. cappucio. See Capoch. ] A capoch or hood. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A small genus sometimes included in genus Onoclea; in some classifications both genera are placed in Polypodiaceae.
Syn. -- genus Matteuccia, Pteretis, genus Pteretis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. succiduus, fr. succidere to fall under. ] Ready to fall; falling. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. succus, sucus, juice, sap + -ferous. ] Producing or conveying sap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of succinamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide derivative of succinic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, and forming a series of salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. succinum, sucinum, amber, from succus, sucus, juice, sap: cf. F. succinate. ] (Chem.) A salt of succinic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. succinctus, p. p. of succingere to gird below or from below, to tuck up; sub + cingere to gird. Cf. Cincture. ] 1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. [ 1913 Webster ]

His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Suc*cinct"ly, adv. -- Suc*cinct"ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. succinique. See Succinate. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C&unr_;H&unr_;.(CO&unr_;H)&unr_;, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. succinite. ] (Min.) (a) Amber. (b) A garnet of an amber color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. succinum amber. ] Succinic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of succinuric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid amide, analogous to succinamic acid, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance by heating urea with succinic anhydride. It is known also in its salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Succinic + -yl. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Succision. ] (Bot.) Appearing as if a part were cut off at the extremity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. succisio, fr. succidere, succisum, to cut away below, sub under + caedere to cut. ] The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]