Chapter Superannuation to Superintend of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Superannuation to Superintend

Superannuation
(Su`per*an`nu*a"tion) n. The state of being superannuated, or too old for office or business; the state of being disqualified by old age; decrepitude.

The world itself is in a state of superannuation.

Cowper.

Slyness blinking through the watery eye of superannuation.

Coleridge.

Superb
(Su*perb") a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See Super-.]

1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade.

2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations.

3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition.

Superb paradise bird (Zoöl.), a bird of paradise (Paradisæa, or Lophorina, superba) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. — Superb warber. (Zoöl.) See Blue wren, under Wren.

— Su*perb"ly, adv. — Su*perb"ness, n.

Superbiate
(Su*per"bi*ate) v. t. [Cf. L. superbiare.] To make (a person) haughty. [Obs. & R.] Feltham.

Supercarbonate
(Su`per*car"bon*ate) n. (Chem.) A bicarbonate. [Obsoles.]

Supercarbureted
(Su`per*car"bu*ret`ed) a. (Chem.) Bicarbureted. [Written also supercarburetted.] [Obsoles.]

Supercargo
(Su`per*car"go) n. [Super- + cargo: cf. Sp. sobrecargo. Cf. Surcharge.] An officer or person in a merchant ship, whose duty is to manage the sales, and superintend the commercial concerns, of the voyage.

Supercarpal
(Su`per*car"pal) a. (Anat.) Situated above, or in the upper part of, the carpus.

Supercelestial
(Su`per*ce*les"tial) a. [Pref. super- + celestial: cf. L. supercaelestis.]

1. Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven. Waterland.

2. Higher than celestial; superangelic.

Supercharge
(Su`per*charge") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supercharged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Supercharging ] [Pref. super- + charge. Cf. Surcharge.] (Her.) To charge (a bearing) upon another bearing; as, to supercharge a rose upon a fess.

Supercharge
(Su`per*charge") n. (Her.) A bearing charged upon another bearing. [R.]

Superchemical
(Su`per*chem"ic*al) a. Above or beyond chemistry; inexplicable by chemical laws. J. Le Conte.

Superchery
(Su*perch"er*y) n. [F. supercherie.] Deceit; fraud; imposition. [Obs. & R.]

Superciliary
(Su`per*cil"i*a*ry) a. [L. supercilium an eyebrow. See Supercilious.]

1. Of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital.

2. (Zoöl.) Having a distinct streak of color above the eyes; as, the superciliary woodpecker.