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¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(2): 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.

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(3): 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.

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sweet \Sweet\, adv.
     Sweetly. --Shak.

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(5): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Sweet \Sweet\, v. t.
     To sweeten. [Obs.] --Udall.

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(6): 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.

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(7): WordNet (r) 2.0 [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 soured or preserved; "sweet milk" [syn: {fresh}, {unfermented}]
       10: with sweetening added [syn: {sugared}, {sweetened}]
       11: not having a salty taste; "sweet water" [syn: {unsalty}]
       n 1: English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics
            (1845-1912) [syn: {Henry Sweet}]
       2: a dish served as the last course of a meal [syn: {dessert},
          {afters}]
       3: a food rich in sugar [syn: {confection}, {confectionery}]
       4: the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth [syn:
           {sweetness}, {sugariness}]
       5: the property of containing sugar [syn: {sweetness}]
       adv : in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a
             poetic or informal variant of `sweetly'); "Susan
             Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly"; "how sweet
             the moonlight sleeps upon this bank"- Shakespeare;
             "talking sweet to each other" [syn: {sweetly}]

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(8): U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]

  Sweet, ID
    Zip code(s): 83670

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(9): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]

  sweet
  	süß
  
  

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(10): Internet Dictionary Project [english-italian]

  sweet
  	dolce[Adjective]
  
  

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(11): Internet Dictionary Project [english-latin]

  sweet
  	dulce[Adjective]
  
  

¸ê®Æ¨Ó·½(12): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]

  sweet
  	dulce