n. Sunbeam. [ R. ] Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sunday letter.
Sunday school.
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
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,
v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew. [ 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
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.),
n. (Meteorol.)