The Collaborative International Dictionary
Suppliance
Suppliance \Sup*pli"ance\, n. [From Supply.] That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction. [R.]
The perfume and suppliance of a minute.
--Shak.
Suppliance
Suppliance \Sup*pli"ance\, n. [See Suppliant.] Supplication; entreaty.
When Greece her knee in suppliance bent.
--Halleck.
Wiktionary
suppliance
Etymology 1 n. supplication; entreaty Etymology 2
n. That which supplies a want; assistance; a gratification; satisfaction.
Usage examples of "suppliance".
She was appealing to him to understand her, the suppliance in her eyes looking extraordinary amid the make-up.
He threw out his hands in suppliance, pleading with his clutching fingers, his staring eyes and his speechless but moving lips.