Dydd Sul, Sunday Sulgwyn, n. Whitsuntide Sulw, n. observation, remark Sum, magnitude, size; sum Sumio, v. to deduce the size Sumiol, a. relating to size Suo, v. to buzz; to lull, to hush Sur, n. an acid: a. acid; stale Suran, n. a sour plant, sorrel Surder, n. sourness, acidity Surdoes, n. leaven Surdoesi, v. to leaven Surian, n. a cherry Surig, n. silk Surni, n. sourness; staleness Suro, v. to sour; to turn sour Suryn, n. anything acid Sut, n. manner, shape; plight Sutiad, n. a shaping; a suiting Sutio, v. to adapt; to suit Sûwr, n. one who hushes Sw, n. what remains; what is on Swb, n. a pressed heap; a bundle Swba, n. a small bundle Swbach, n. what is shrunk up Swbachiad, n. a shrinking up Swbachu, v. to shrink up Swci, n. what is soaked Swch, sychod, n. a snout; a plough-share Swchio, v. to search without the snout Swd, n. manner, shape; plight Swdd, n. frame work; a frame Swdden, n. a beam, a raft Swf, n. a spot, a space Swg, n. a soak, an imbibing Swgiad, n. a soaking, a drenching Swil, a. bashful Swl, n. flat space; ground Swll, n. a scene, prospect Swllt, n. a treasure; a shilling Swm, n. state of being together Swmer, n. a supporter, a beam Swmeriad, n. a propping up Swmeru, v. to prop up Swmio, v. to sum up Swmwl, n. a goad Swn, n. a noise, a sound Swniad, n. a sounding Swnio, v. to noise, to sound Swp, n. pressed mass; a cluster Swr, n. what is surly or sullen Swrn, n. a small space; a little, somewhat; a fetlock Swrnach, n. a snarl, a grin Swrth, n. what is imminent Swrth, a sudden; falling, fell, unwieldy; slothful; drowsy Swrthlyd, a. apt to be drowsy Swrth, n. a clumsy one Swrw, a. surly sullen; snarling Swrwd, n. shreds; dress; fragment Swta, what is volatile soot Swtan, n. whiting Swtrach, n. dross, dregs Swtrws, n. bruised mass Swth, n. a frame; a pile Swy, n. what is on or over Swyd, n. what extends over Swydo, v. to intimidate Swydd, n. employ, office, duty, service; a suit; a shire a county Swyddfa, n. place of business Swyddog, a. having office officer Swyddogaeth, n. office, duty Swyddogi, v. to hold office Swyddwr, n. an officer Swyf, n. scum; yeast; suet Swyfedd, n. what is scummed, suet Swyfen, n. scum; froth, or top Swyfi, n. scum; froth, or top Swyfo, v. to cast a scum; to yeld Swylo, v. to save, to put by Swyn, n. a preservative; a charm Swyna, v. to deal in charms Swyn-gynfaredd, n. amulet Swyniad, a preserving; a charming Swyno, v. to preserve; to charm Swynogol, n. an amulet, a charm Swynogli, v. to fascinate Swynol, a. preserative; blessing Swynwr, n. a dealer in amulets or charms, a magician, a wizard Swyso, v. to give emotion Sy, n. a star; v. is, exists Syber, a. elevated; generous, sober Syberwyd, n. stateliness; high-mindedness Sybyrnio, to bundle, to pack up Sybyrnyn, n. a small bundle Sych, n. drought: a. dry Sichbilen, n. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
a broker Sam Norton a popular
Aside from Dick and Mrs. Harlan, the party consisted of Jim Winnett, a broker; Sam Norton, a popular comedian, just at present out of an engagement; Ted Hawley, one of those mysterious gentlemen, of which this section of New York is so full, who manage to live in great comfort on an income of nothing a year, and, by no greater exertion, so far as anyone has been able to discover, than it takes to array themselves in well-tailored garments, and cultivate the pleasant art of hand-shaking. — from Lola by Owen Davis
“Thank God I am a Briton,” said Nelson; a phrase, doubtless, many more of us will re-echo with equal energy; but while we are expressing our gratitude let our thankfulness extend to this gratifying fact, that the liberty of our laws is even surpassed by the licence of our language. — from Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever
accompanied by such notorious and public
When on the 25th day of November, 1747,—significant date, for on that day, only thirty-six years later, King George’s troops and mercenaries evacuated that very city of New York, in which Clinton had illustrated the folly of monarchy,—after addressing, or rather berating, the people’s representatives, he concluded his address with the significant words:— “Your continued grasping for power, with an evident tendency to the weakening of the dependency of the province on Great Britain, accompanied by such notorious and public disrespect to the character of your governor, and contempt of the king’s authority intrusted with him, cannot longer be hid from your superiors, but must come under their observation, and is of most dangerous example to your neighbours.” — from Sir William Johnson and the Six Nations by William Elliot Griffis
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