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Sun

PARALLAX OF THE

Sun

CITY OF THE, Baalbek, formerly center of sun-worship.

Sun

PARALLAX OF THE, or

Sunart

LOCH, an inlet in Scotland, in the W. of Argyleshire, opening into the Sound of Mull. It is about 20 miles long, and varies in breadth from less than 12 mile to 3 miles.

Sunda Islands

the name by which all the islands of the Malay Archipelago west of the Molucca and Banda Seas are known. The four large Sundas are Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Celebes, and the lesser Sundas are Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, etc.; the name is derived from the Sundanese Malayan people of West Java.

Superfetation

or SUPERFETA- TION, the conception of a second embryo during the gestation of the first; the products of the two conceptions being born together or at different times.

Superior

a city, port of entry, and county-seat of Douglas co., Wis.; on Lake Superior, and on the Northern Pa-

Surajah Dowlah

the last independent nawab of Bengal, under whom was perpetrated the massacre of the

Surety

SURETYSHIP, in law one who is bound with and for another who is primarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who enters into a bond or recognizance to answer for his payment of a debt, or for the performance of some act, and who, in case of the

Surf Duck

or SURF SCOTER, a gery; in a more limited sense, one who operating manually upon the patient. In cures diseases or injuries of the body by a more general sense, one whose occupation is to treat diseases or injuries by medical appliances, whether internal or

Surgery

manual intervention, me-

Surrogate

generally a deputy, a substitute, a delegate, a person appointed to act for another; specifically, the deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, who grants marriage licenses and probates. Also an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and the settlement of estates.

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