different between suttle vs suttee

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

suttle (plural suttles)

1. The weight of a commodity shipment after deduction of the weight of the container, before allowance of tret.

Verb

suttle (third-person singular simple present suttles, present participle suttling, simple past and past participle suttled)

1. To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.

See also

• tare

Etymology 2

Adjective

suttle (comparative more suttle, superlative most suttle)

1. Obsolete form of subtle.

References

• suttle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sutl?/

Verb

suttle

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Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

English

Alternative forms

• sati

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (sat??, “good and virtuous or faithful wife”), from ??? (sát, “true, good, right etc.”). In English usage since 1786. Doublet of sin.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

suttee (countable and uncountable, plural suttees)

1. (historical, Hinduism) The traditional custom of a Hindu woman giving herself up to be cremated on her husband’s funeral pyre as a sign of her devotion.

Further reading

• Sati on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tutees