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Webster 1913 Edition
Sweet
Sweet
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sweeter
; sup
erl.
Sweetest
.] 1.
Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; – opposed to sour and bitter;
as, a
sweet
beverage; sweet
fruits; sweet
oranges.2.
Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy;
as, a
sweet
rose; sweet
odor; sweet
incense.The breath of these flowers is
sweet
to me. Longfellow.
3.
Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious;
as, the
sweet
notes of a flute or an organ; sweet
music; a sweet
voice; a sweet
singer.To make his English
sweet
upon his tongue. Chaucer.
A voice
sweet
, tremulous, but powerful. Hawthorne.
4.
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair;
as, a
sweet
face; a sweet
color or complexion.Sweet
interchangeOf hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
Milton.
5.
Fresh; not salt or brackish;
as,
. sweet
waterBacon.
6.
Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically:
(a)
Not sour; as,
. sweet
milk or bread(b)
Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as,
. sweet
butter; sweet
meat or fish7.
Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive;
as,
. sweet
mannersCanst thou bind the
sweet
influence of Pleiades? Job xxxviii. 31.
Mildness and
sweet
reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. M. Arnold.
☞ Sweet is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sweet-blossomed, sweet-featured, sweet-smelling, sweet-tempered, sweet-toned, etc.
Sweet alyssum
. (Bot.)
See
– Alyssum
. Sweet apple
. (Bot.)
(a)
Any apple of sweet flavor.
(b)
See
– Sweet-sop
. Sweet bay
. (Bot.)
(a)
The laurel (
Laurus nobilis
). (b)
Swamp sassafras.
– Sweet calabash
(Bot.)
, a plant of the genus
– Passiflora
(Passiflora maliformis
) growing in the West Indies, and producing a roundish, edible fruit, the size of an apple. Sweet cicely
. (Bot.)
(a)
Either of the North American plants of the umbelliferous genus
Osmorrhiza
having aromatic roots and seeds, and white flowers. Gray.
(b)
A plant of the genus
– Myrrhis
(Myrrhis odorata
) growing in England. Sweet calamus
, or Sweet cane
(Bot.)
Same as
– Sweet flag
, below. Sweet Cistus
(Bot.)
, an evergreen shrub (
– Cistus Ladanum
) from which the gum ladanum is obtained. Sweet clover
. (Bot.)
See
– Melilot
. Sweet coltsfoot
(Bot.)
, a kind of butterbur (
– Petasites sagittata
) found in Western North America. Sweet corn
(Bot.)
, a variety of the maize of a sweet taste. See the Note under
– Corn
. Sweet fern
(Bot.)
, a small North American shrub (
– Comptonia asplenifolia
syn. Myrica asplenifolia
) having sweet-scented or aromatic leaves resembling fern leaves. Sweet flag
(Bot.)
, an endogenous plant (
– Acorus Calamus
) having long flaglike leaves and a rootstock of a pungent aromatic taste. It is found in wet places in Europe and America. See Calamus
, 2. Sweet gale
(Bot.)
, a shrub (
– Myrica Gale
) having bitter fragrant leaves; – also called sweet willow
, and Dutch myrtle
. See 5th Gale
. Sweet grass
(Bot.)
, holy, or Seneca, grass.
– Sweet gum
(Bot.)
, an American tree (
– Liquidambar styraciflua
). See Liquidambar
. Sweet herbs
, fragrant herbs cultivated for culinary purposes.
– Sweet John
(Bot.)
, a variety of the sweet William.
– Sweet leaf
(Bot.)
, horse sugar. See under
– Horse
. Sweet marjoram
. (Bot.)
See
– Marjoram
. Sweet marten
(Zool.)
, the pine marten.
– Sweet maudlin
(Bot.)
, a composite plant (
– Achillea Ageratum
) allied to milfoil. Sweet oil
, olive oil.
– Sweet pea
. (Bot.)
See under
– Pea
. Sweet potato
. (Bot.)
See under
– Potato
. Sweet rush
(Bot.)
, sweet flag.
– Sweet spirits of niter
(Med. Chem.)
See
– Spirit of nitrous ether
, under Spirit
. Sweet sultan
(Bot.)
, an annual composite plant (
– Centaurea moschata
), also, the yellow-flowered (Centaurea odorata
); – called also sultan flower
. Sweet tooth
, an especial fondness for sweet things or for sweetmeats.
[Colloq.]
– Sweet William
. (a)
(Bot.)
A species of pink (
Dianthus barbatus
) of many varieties. (b)
(Zool.)
The willow warbler.
(c)
(Zool.)
The European goldfinch; – called also
sweet Billy
. [Prov. Eng.]
– Sweet willow
(Bot.)
, sweet gale.
– Sweet wine
. See
– Dry wine
, under Dry
. To be sweet on
, to have a particular fondness for, or special interest in, as a young man for a young woman.
[Colloq.]
Thackeray.
Syn. – Sugary; saccharine; dulcet; luscious.
Sweet
,Noun.
1.
That which is sweet to the taste; – used chiefly in the plural.
Specifically: (a)
Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.
(b)
Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.
2.
That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
“A wilderness of sweets.” Milton.
3.
That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind;
as, the
. sweets
of domestic lifeA little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish of the
sweet
. Locke.
4.
One who is dear to another; a darling; – a term of endearment.
“Wherefore frowns my sweet?” B. Jonson.
Sweet
,adv.
Sweetly.
Shak.
Sweet
,Verb.
T.
To sweeten.
[Obs.]
Udall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sweet
SWEET
,Adj.
1.
Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet.2.
Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. Ex.26.3.
Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice.4.
Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; as a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion; a sweet form.5.
Fresh; not salt; as sweet water.6.
Not sour; as sweet fruits; sweet oranges.7.
Mild; soft; gentle. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?
Job 38.
8.
Mild; soft; kind; obliging; as sweet manners.9.
Grateful; pleasing. Sweet interchange of hill and valley.
10. Making soft or excellent music; as a sweet singer.
11. Not stale; as sweet butter. The bread is sweet.
12. Not turned; not sour; as sweet milk.
13. Not putrescent or putrid; as, the meat is sweet.
SWEET
,Noun.
A little bitter mingled in our cup, leaves no relish of the sweet.
1.
A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them.2.
A perfume.3.
A word of endearment.4.
Cane juice, melasses,or other sweet vegetable substance.