Part 915

Sub*mam"ma*ry (?), a. Situated under the mammæ; as, submammary inflammation.

Sub`ma*rine" (?), a. Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

Submarine armor, a waterproof dress of strong material, having a helmet into which air for breathing is pumped through a tube leading from above the surface to enable a diver to remain under water. -- Submarine cable. See Telegraph cable, under Telegraph. -- Submarine mine. See Torpedo, 2 (a).

Sub*ma*rine", n. A submarine plant or animal.

Sub*mar"shal (?), n. An under or deputy marshal.

Sub*max"il*la*ry (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under the maxilla, or lower jaw; inframaxillary; as, the submaxillary gland. (b) Of or pertaining to submaxillary gland; as, submaxillary salvia.

Sub*me"di*al (?), a. Lying under the middle.

Sub*me"di*an (?), a. (Zoöl.) Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks.

Sub*me"di*ant (?), n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant.

Sub*men"tal (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the chin; as, the submental artery.

Sub*men"tum (?), n.; pl. Submenta (#). [NL. See Sub-, and Mentum.] (Zoöl.) The basal part of the labium of insects. It bears the mentum.

Sub*merge" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Submerged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Submerging (?).] [L. submergere, submersum; sub under + mergere to plunge: cf. F. submerger. See Merge.] 1. To put under water; to plunge.

2. To cover or overflow with water; to inundate; to flood; to drown.

I would thou didst, So half my Egypt were submerged.

Shak.

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Sub*merge" (?), v. i. To plunge into water or other fluid; to be buried or covered, as by a fluid; to be merged; hence, to be completely included.

Some say swallows submerge in ponds.

Gent. Mag.

Sub*mer"gence (?), n. [From L. submergens, p. pr.] The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.

Sub*merse" (?), a. (Bot.) Submersed.

Sub*mersed" (?), a. [L. submersus, p. p. of submergere. See Submerge.] Being or growing under water, as the leaves of aquatic plants.

Sub*mer"sion (?), n. [L. submersio: cf. F. submersion.] 1. The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.

2. The state of being put under water or other fluid, or of being overflowed or drowned.

Sub`me*tal"lic (?), a. Imperfectly metallic; as, a submetallic luster.

Sub*min"is*ter (?), v. t. [L. subministrare, subministratum. See Sub-, and Ministre, v. t.] To supply; to afford. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Sub*min"is*ter, v. i. To be subservient; to be useful. [Obs.] "Our passions . . . subminister to the best and worst purposes." L'EStrange.

Sub*min"is*trant (?), a. [L. subministrans, p. pr.] Subordinate; subservient. [Obs.] Bacon.