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‖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 ]
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n.;
These sudatories are much in request for many infirmities. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. sudatorius, fr. sudare to sweat: cf. F. sudatoire. See Sweat. ] Sweating; perspiring. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Ar. sadd barrier. ] A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation. [ Central Africa ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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
How art thou lost! how on a sudden lost! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
He withdrew his opposition all of a sudden. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]