suint
English
Noun
suint (countable and uncountable, plural suints)
- (organic chemistry, dated) A substance obtained from the wool of sheep, consisting largely of potash mixed with fatty and earthy matters.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for suint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
From the same source as suer (“to sweat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɥɛ̃/
Derived terms
- dessuintage
- dessuinter
- suintage
- suinter
Further reading
- “suint” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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