† sucn.
Obsolete.
Juice, sap.
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oozeeOE
sapOE
milkOE
slime?c1225
juicec1290
humoura1398
opiuma1398
watera1425
sop1513
afion1542
suc1551
suck1560
ab1587
lymph1682
blood1690
fluid1705
humidities1725
succus1771
plant milk1896
1551 W. Turner New Herball sig. F vv The frenche men seth out of it [sc. the birch tree] a certain iuce or suc[1568 suck] other~wise called bitumen.
?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. iii. 13 Chyle, that is to say, a kinde of white Suc fit for the nourishment of the bodie.
1657 Physical Dict. Succe, juyce, vital moisture either of a plant, or of an humane body.
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