n. Sunbeam. [ R. ] Mrs. Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sunnandaeg; sunne, gen. sunnan, the sun + daeg day; akin to D. zondag, G. sonntag; -- so called because this day was anciently dedicated to the sun, or to its worship. See Sun, and Day. ] The first day of the week, -- consecrated among Christians to rest from secular employments, and to religious worship; the Christian Sabbath; the Lord's Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

Advent Sunday,
Low Sunday,
Passion Sunday, etc. See under Advent, Low, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to the Christian Sabbath. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunday letter. See Dominical letter, under Dominical. --
Sunday school. See under School. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sundered p. pr. & vb. n. Sundering. ] [ OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in āsundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. sönder, Goth. sundrō alone, separately. ] To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Sunder, v. t., and cf. Asunder. ] A separation into parts; a division or severance. [ 1913 Webster ]

In sunder, into parts. “He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.” Ps. xlvi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To part; to separate. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sundial shell (Zool.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteorol.) 1. A luminous spot occasionally seen a few degrees from the sun, supposed to be formed by the intersection of two or more halos, or in a manner similar to that of halos. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fragmentary rainbow; a small rainbow near the horizon; -- called also dog and weathergaw. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]