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Sweet [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Agreeable or grateful to the taste; as, sugar or honey is sweet

2. Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; as a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense. Exodus 26:1 .

3. Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice.

4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; as a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion; a sweet form.

5. Fresh; not salt; as sweet water.

6. Not sour; as sweet fruits; sweet oranges.

7. Mild; soft; gentle.

8. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades?

9. Job 38:31 .

10. Mild; soft; kind; obliging; as sweet manners.

11. Grateful; pleasing.

12. SWEET interchange of hill and valley.

13. Making soft or excellent music; as a sweet singer.

14. Not stale; as sweet butter. The bread is sweet

15. Not turned; not sour; as sweet milk.

16. Not putrescent or putrid; as, the meat is sweet

Sweet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Something pleasing or grateful to the mind; as the sweets of domestic life.

2. A little bitter mingled in our cup, leaves no relish of the sweet

3. A sweet substance; particularly, any vegetable juice which is added to wines to improve them.

4. A perfume.

5. A word of endearment.

6. Cane juice, melasses, or other sweet vegetable substance.

Sweet [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sweetly.

Sweet [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which is sweet to the taste; -- used chiefly in the plural.

2. Confectionery, sweetmeats, preserves, etc.

3. Home-made wines, cordials, metheglin, etc.

4. That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.

5. That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.

6. One who is dear to another; a darling; -- a term of endearment.

Sweet [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

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.

4. Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.

5. Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.

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.

Sweet [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To sweeten.

Sweet potato Encyclopedia Britannica

SWEET POTATO. See Potato.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 22, p. 760
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Sweet-apple [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The Annona squamosa.

Sweet-bread [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The pancreas of a calf.

Sweet-breasted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6.

Sweet-briar [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A shrubby plant of the genus Rosa, cultivated for its fragrant smell.

Sweet-broom [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant.

Sweet-cicely [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant of the genus Scandix.

Sweet-cictus [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A shrub, the gumcistus.

Sweet-corn [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A variety of the maiz, of a sweet taste.

Sweet-flag [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant of the genus Acorus.

Sweet-gum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A tree of the genus Liquidambar.

Sweet-heart [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A lover or mistress.

Sweet-johns [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A plant, a species of Dianthus.

Sweet-marjoram [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A very fragrant plant, of the genus Origanum.

Sweet-maudlin [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A species of Achillea.

Sweet-pea [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A pea cultivated for ornament, of the genus Lathyrus.

Sweet-root [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The liquorice, or Glycyrrhiza.

Sweet-rush [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Another name of the sweet-flag, a species of Acorus.

Sweet-scented [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having a sweet smell; fragrant.

Sweet-scented [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a sweet scent or smell; fragrant.

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Genesis 8:21

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

Exodus 15:25

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

Exodus 25:6

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

Exodus 29:18

And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Exodus 29:25

And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Exodus 29:41

And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Exodus 30:7

And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.

Exodus 30:23

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,

Exodus 30:34

And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight:

The LORD also said to Moses, “Take fragrant spices—gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense—in equal measures,

Exodus 31:11

And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.

in addition to the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them according to all that I have commanded you.”

Exodus 35:8

And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,

olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

Exodus 35:15

And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,

the altar of incense with its poles; the anointing oil and fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;

Exodus 35:28

And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.

as well as spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense.

Exodus 37:29

And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.

He also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer.

Exodus 39:38

And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

the gold altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the tent;

Exodus 40:27

And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.

and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded him.

Leviticus 1:9

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 1:13

But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 1:17

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 2:2

And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:

and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.