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There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so ; if not, let him kill the next Percy himself. Shak.

8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the work is done, is it?

9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do you say he refuses? So ? [Colloq.]

10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a page or so . <-- s.b. collocation "or so" -->

A week or so will probably reconcile us. Gay.

&hand; See the Note under Ill , adv.

So . . . as . So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under As , 1.

So do, as thou hast said. Gen. xviii. 5.

As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. Ps. ciii. 15.

Had woman been so strong as men. Shak.

No country suffered so much as England. Macaulay.

-- So far , to that point or extent; in that particular. "The song was moral, and so far was right." Cowper . -- So far forth , as far; to such a degree. Shak. Bacon . -- So forth , further in the same or similar manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See And so forth , under And . -- So, so , well, well. " So, so , it works; now, mistress, sit you fast." Dryden . Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he succeeded but so so . "His leg is but so so ." Shak. -- So that , to the end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. -- So then , thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is.

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So (?) , conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if. <-- R. or archaic -->

Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose play upon the earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Milton.

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So , interj. Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.

Soak <Xpage=1364>

Soak (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Soaked (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking .] [OE. soken , AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s<?/can , s<?/gan , to suck. See Suck .] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

2. To drench; to wet thoroughly.

Their land shall be soaked with blood. Isa. xxiv. 7.

3. To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture.

4. To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through .

The rivulet beneath soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. Sir W. Scott.

5. Fig.: To absorb; to drain. [Obs.]

Sir H. Wotton.

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Soak , v. i. 1. To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak .

2. To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter .

3. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. [Slang]

Soakage <Xpage=1364>

Soak"age (?) , n. The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.

Soaker <Xpage=1364>

Soak"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, soaks.

2. A hard drinker. [Slang]

South.

Soaking <Xpage=1364>

Soak"ing , a. Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain . -- Soak"ing*ly , adv.

Soaky <Xpage=1364>

Soak"y (?) , a. Full of moisture; wet; soppy.

Soal <Xpage=1364>

Soal (?) , n. 1. The sole of a shoe. [Obs. or R.]

2. (Zo\'94l.) See Sole , the fish. [Obs.]

Soal <Xpage=1364>

Soal , n. [AS. sol mire. Cf. Sully .] A dirty pond. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Soam <Xpage=1364>

Soam (?) , n. A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.

Knight.

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Soap (?) , n. [OE. sope , AS. s\'bepe ; akin to D. zeep , G. seife , OHG. seifa , Icel. s\'bepa , Sw. s<?/pa , Dan. s<?/be , and perhaps to AS. s\'c6pan to drip, MHG. s\'c6fen , and L. sebum tallow. Cf. Saponaceous .] A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification . By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not.

&hand; In general, soaps are of two classes, hard and soft . Calcium, magnesium, lead, etc., form soaps, but they are insoluble and useless.

The purifying action of soap depends upon the fact that it is decomposed by a large quantity of water into free alkali and an insoluble acid salt. The first of these takes away the fatty dirt on washing, and the latter forms the soap lather which envelops the greasy matter and thus tends to remove it. Roscoe & Schorlemmer.

Castile soap , a fine-grained hard soap, white or mottled, made of olive oil and soda; -- called also Marseilles, &or; Venetian, soap . -- Hard soap , any one of a great variety of soaps, of different ingredients and color, which are hard and compact. All solid soaps are of this class. -- Lead soap , an insoluble, white, pliable soap made by saponifying an oil (olive oil) with lead oxide; -- used externally in medicine. Called also lead plaster , diachylon , etc. -- Marine soap . See under Marine . -- Pills of soap (Med.) , pills containing soap and opium. -- Potash soap , any soap made with potash, esp. the soft soaps, and a hard soap made from potash and castor oil. -- Pumice soap , any hard soap charged with a gritty powder, as silica, alumina, powdered pumice, etc., which assists mechanically in the removal of dirt. -- Resin soap , a yellow soap containing resin, -- used in bleaching. -- Silicated soap , a cheap soap containing water glass (sodium silicate). -- Soap bark . (Bot.) See Quillaia bark . -- Soap bubble , a hollow iridescent globe, formed by blowing a film of soap suds from a pipe; figuratively, something attractive, but extremely unsubstantial.

This soap bubble of the metaphysicians. J. C. Shairp.

-- Soap cerate , a cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the subacetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation. -- Soap fat , the refuse fat of kitchens, slaughter houses, etc., used in making soap. -- Soap liniment (Med.) , a liniment containing soap, camphor, and alcohol. -- Soap nut , the hard kernel or seed of the fruit of the soapberry tree, -- used for making beads, buttons, etc. -- Soap plant (Bot.) , one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the Chlorogalum pomeridianum , a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also soap apple , soap bulb , and soap weed . -- Soap tree . (Bot.) Same as Soapberry tree . -- Soda soap , a soap containing a sodium salt. The soda soaps are all hard soaps. -- Soft soap , a soap of a gray or brownish yellow color, and of a slimy, jellylike consistence, made from potash or the lye from wood ashes. It is strongly alkaline and often contains glycerin, and is used in scouring wood, in cleansing linen, in dyehouses, etc. Figuratively, flattery; wheedling; blarney. [Colloq.] -- Toilet soap , hard soap for the toilet, usually colored and perfumed.

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Soap (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Soaped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaping .] 1. To rub or wash over with soap.

2. To flatter; to wheedle. [Slang]

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Soap"ber`ry tree` (?) . (Bot.) Any tree of the genus Sapindus , esp. Sapindus saponaria , the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree .

Soapfish <Xpage=1364>

Soap"fish` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus ; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.

Soapiness <Xpage=1364>

Soap"i*ness (?) , n. Quality or state of being soapy.

Soaproot <Xpage=1364>

Soap"root` (?) , n. (Bot.) A perennial herb ( Gypsophila Struthium ) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.

Soapstone <Xpage=1364>

Soap"stone` (?) , n. See Steatite , and Talc .

Soapsuds <Xpage=1364>

Soap"suds` (?) , n. pl. Suds made with soap.

Soapwort <Xpage=1364>

Soap"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) A common plant ( Saponaria officinalis ) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet .

Soapy <Xpage=1364>

Soap"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Soapier (?) ; superl. Soapiest .] 1. Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.

2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.

Soar <Xpage=1364>

Soar (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Soared (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaring .] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze; akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/.] 1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.

Chaucer.

When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.

2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

Where the deep transported mind may soar . Milton.

Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. Addison.

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Soar , n. The act of soaring; upward flight.

This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge.

Soar <Xpage=1364>

Soar , a. See 3d Sore . [Obs.]

Soar <Xpage=1364>

Soar , a. See Sore , reddish brown.

Soar falcon . (Zo\'94l.) See Sore falcon , under Sore .

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Soar"ing , a. & n. from Soar . -- Soar"ing*ly , adv.

Soave <Xpage=1364>

So*a"ve (?) , a. [It.] (Mus.) Sweet.

Soavemente <Xpage=1364>

So*a`ve*men"te (?) , adv. [It.] (Mus.) Sweetly.

Sob <Xpage=1364>

Sob (?) , v. t. [See Sop .] To soak. [Obs.]

Mortimer.

Sob <Xpage=1364>

Sob , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sobbed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing .] [OE. sobben ; akin to AS. se\'a2fian , si\'a2fian , to complain, bewail, se\'a2fung , si\'a2fung , sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s<?/ft\'94n , s<?/ft<?/n , to sigh, MHG. siuften , siufzen , G. seufzen , MHG. s<?/ft a sigh, properly, a drawing in of breath, from s<?/fen to drink, OHG. s<?/fan . Cf. Sup .] To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath.

Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger. Bacon.

She sighed, she sobbed , and, furious with despair. She rent her garments, and she tore her hair. Dryden.

Sob <Xpage=1364>

Sob , n. 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.

Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden.

2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.

The tremulous sob of the complaining owl. Wordsworth.

Sobbing <Xpage=1364>

Sob"bing (?) , n. A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs. <-- a less intense form of crying -->

Sober <Xpage=1364>

Sober (?) , a. [ Compar. Soberer (?) ; superl. Soberest .] [OE. sobre , F. sobre , from L. sobrius , probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. Ebriety .] 1. Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man .

That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

2. Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober .

3. Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.

There was not a sober person to be had; all was tempestuous and blustering.

Druden.

No sober man would put himself into danger for the applause of escaping without breaking his neck. Dryden.

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4. Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.

5. Serious or subdued in demeanor, habit, appearance, or color; solemn; grave; sedate.

What parts gay France from sober Spain? Prior.

See her sober over a sampler, or gay over a jointed baby. Pope.

Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Milton.

Syn. -- Grave; temperate; abstinent; abstemious; moderate; regular; steady; calm; quiet; cool; collected; dispassionate; unimpassioned; sedate; staid; serious; solemn; somber. See Grave .

Sober <Xpage=1365>

So"ber (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sobered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sobering .] To make sober.

There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope.

Sober <Xpage=1365>

So"ber , v. i. To become sober; -- often with down .

Vance gradually sobered down. Ld. Lytton.

Soberize <Xpage=1365>

So"ber*ize (?) , v. t. & i. To sober. [R.]

Crabbe.

Soberly <Xpage=1365>

So"ber*ly , adv. In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.

Soberly <Xpage=1365>

So"ber*ly , a. Grave; serious; solemn; sad. [Obs.]

[He] looked hollow and thereto soberly . Chaucer.

Sober-minded <Xpage=1365>

So"ber-mind`ed (?) , a. Having a disposition or temper habitually sober. -- So"ber-mind`ed*ness , n.

Soberness <Xpage=1365>

So"ber*ness , n. The quality or state of being sober.

Soboles <Xpage=1365>

Sob"o*les (?) , n. [L., a short.] (Bot.) (a) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances. (b) A sucker, as of tree or shrub.

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Sob`o*lif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. soboles + -ferous .] (Bot.) Producing soboles. See Illust . of Houseleek .

Sobriety <Xpage=1365>

So*bri"e*ty (?) , n. [L. sobrietas : cf. F. sobri\'82t\'82 . See Sober .] 1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety .

Public sobriety is a relative duty. Blackstone.

2. Habitual freedom from enthusiasm, inordinate passion, or overheated imagination; calmness; coolness; gravity; seriousness; as, the sobriety of riper years .

Mirth makes them not mad, Nor sobriety sad. Denham.

Syn. -- Soberness; temperance; abstinence; abstemiousness; moderation; regularity; steadness; calmness; coolness; sober-mindeness; sedateness; staidness; gravity; seriousness; solemnity.

Sobriquet <Xpage=1365>

So`bri`quet" (s&osl;`br&esl;`k&asl;") , n. [F. sobriquet , OF. soubzbriquet , soubriquet , a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a chuck under the chin.] An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet .]

Soc <Xpage=1365>

Soc (s&ocr;k) , n. [AS. s<0mac/c the power of holding court, sway, domain, properly, the right of investigating or seeking; akin to E. sake , seek . Sake , Seek , and cf. Sac , and Soke .] [Written also sock , and soke .] 1. (O. Eng. Law) (a) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction. (b) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.

2. An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grrinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. [Eng.]

Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law) , the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.

Socage <Xpage=1365>

Soc"age (?) , n. [From Soc ; cf. LL. socagium .] (O.Eng. Law) A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage , as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent. [Written also soccage .]

&hand; Socage is of two kinds; free socage , where the services are not only certain, but honorable; and villein socage , where the services, though certain, are of a baser nature.

Blackstone.

Socager <Xpage=1365>

Soc"a*ger (?) , n. (O. Eng. Law) A tennant by socage; a socman.

So-called <Xpage=1365>

So"-called` (?) , a. So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

Sociability <Xpage=1365>

So`cia*bil"i*ty (?) , n. [Cf. F. sociabilit\'82 .] The quality of being sociable; sociableness.

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