a. Obs. [ad. L. succingens, -entem, pr. pple. of succingĕre (see prec.).] Engirdling, embracing.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, VII. 90. Beside this succingent coate [sc. the pleura], the ribbes haue to them, one peculiar [sc. the periosteum].
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., V. 142. Pus … enclosed in a bag, made by the connexion of the Lunge with the succingent membrane. Ibid., XII. 388. Unless … its Coat be so round and soft, that the Pulp, as well as the succingent Coat, is consumed.
