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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Verbena \Ver*be"na\, n. [L. See {Vervain}.] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants of which several species are extensively cultivated for the great beauty of their flowers; vervain. Note: Verbena, or vervain, was used by the Greeks, the Romans, and the Druids, in their sacred rites. --Brewer. {Essence of verbena}, {Oil of verbena}, a perfume prepared from the lemon verbena; also a similar perfume properly called {grass oil}. See {Grass oil}, under {Grass}. {Lemon}, or {Sweet}, {verbena}, a shrubby verbenaceous plant ({Lippia citriodora}), with narrow leaves which exhale a pleasant, lemonlike fragrance when crushed. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sweet \Sweet\, a. [Compar. {Sweeter}; superl. {Sweetest}.] [OE. swete, swote, sote, AS sw[=e]te; akin to OFries sw[=e]te, OS sw[=o]ti, D. zoet, G. s["u]ss, OHG. suozi, Icel. s[ae]tr, s[oe]tr, Sw s["o]t, Dan. s["o]d, Goth. suts, L. suavis for suadvis Gr ?, Skr. sv[=a]du sweet, svad, sv[=a]d, to sweeten. [root]175. Cf {Assuage}, {Suave}, {Suasion}.] 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 interchange Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. --Milton. 5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as sweet water. --Bacon. 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 fish. 7. Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as sweet manners. Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades? --Job xxxviii 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. --M. Arnold. Note: 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-top}. {Sweet bay}. (Bot.) a The laurel ({laurus nobilis}). b Swamp sassafras. {Sweet calabash} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Passiflora} ({P. 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} ({M. 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, or 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} (Zo["o]l.), 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 ({C. 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 (Zo["o]l.) The willow warbler. c (Zo["o]l.) 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sweet \Sweet\, adv Sweetly. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sweet \Sweet\, v. t. To sweeten. [Obs.] --Udall. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sweet \Sweet\, n. 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 life. A 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sweet adj 1: having a pleasant taste (as of sugar) [ant: {sour}] 2: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: {angelic}, {angelical}, {cherubic}, {seraphic}] 3: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn: {dulcet}, {honeyed}, {mellifluous}, {mellisonant}] 4: one of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey 5: pleasing to the senses "the sweet song of the lark"; "the sweet face of a child" 6: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: {gratifying}] 7: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June"; "scented flowers" [syn: {odoriferous}, {odorous}, {perfumed}, {scented}, {sweet-scented}, {sweet-smelling}] 8: (used of wines) having a sweet taste [ant: {dry}] 9: not having undergone fermentation; "sweet cider" [syn: {unfermented}] 10: not soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: {fresh}] 11: with sweetening added [syn: {sugared}, {sweetened}] 12: not having a salty taste; "sweet water" [syn: {unsalty}] n 1: a sweet served as the last course of a meal [syn: {dessert}] 2: a food rich in sugar [syn: {confection}, {confectionery}] 3: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn: {sweetness}, {sugariness}] 4: the property of having a pleasantly sweet taste [syn: {sweetness}] adv : in an affectionate or loving manner; "Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; (`sweet' is a poetic or informal variant for `sweetly' as in "how sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare; "talking sweet to each other") [syn: {sweetly}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Sweet, ID Zip code(s): 83670
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