The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 1583
Son`i*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. sonus sound + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy .] The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.
Son-in-law <Xpage=1371>
Son"-in-law` (?) , n. ; pl. Sons-in-law (<?/) . The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
To take me as for thy son in lawe . Chaucer.
Sonless <Xpage=1371>
Son"less , a. Being without a son.
Marston.
As no baron who was sonless could give a husband to his daughter, save with his lord's consent. J. R. Green.
Sonnet <Xpage=1371>
Son"net (?) , n. [F., fr. It. sonetto , fr. suono a sound, a song, fr. L. sonus a sound. See Sound noise.] 1. A short poem, -- usually amatory. [Obs.]
Shak.
He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or hymn unto Apollo Pythius. Holland.
2. A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave , being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet , of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
&hand; In the proper sonnet each line has five accents, and the octave has but two rhymes, the second, third, sixth, and seventh lines being of one thyme, and the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth being of another. In the sestet there are sometimes two and sometimes three rhymes; but in some way its two stazas rhyme together. Often the three lines of the first stanza rhyme severally with the three lines of the second. In Shakespeare's sonnets, the first twelve lines rhymed alternately, and the last two rhyme together.
Sonnet <Xpage=1371>
Son"net , v. i. To compose sonnets. "Strains that come almost to sonneting ."
Milton.
Sonneteer <Xpage=1371>
Son`net*eer" (?) , n. A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.
What woful stuff this madrigal would be In some starved hackney sonneteer or me! Pope.
Sonneteer <Xpage=1371>
Son`net*eer" , v. i. To compose sonnets.
Lowell.
Sonneter <Xpage=1371>
Son"net*er (?) , n. A composer of sonnets.
Sonnetist <Xpage=1371>
Son"net*ist , n. A sonneter, or sonneteer.
Bp. Hall.
Sonnetize <Xpage=1371>
Son"net*ize (?) , v. i. To compose sonnets.
Sonnish <Xpage=1371>
Son"nish (?) , a. Like the sun; sunny; golden. [Obs.] "Her sonnish hairs."
Chaucer.
Sonnite <Xpage=1371>
Son"nite (?) , n. See Sunnite .
Sonometer <Xpage=1371>
So*nom"e*ter (?) , n. [L. sonus a sound + -meter .] 1. (Physiol.) An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.
2. An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.
Sonorific <Xpage=1371>
Son`o*rif"ic (?) , a. [L. sonor , -oris , a sound + facere to make. See Sonorous .] Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body . [R.]
I. Watts.
Sonority <Xpage=1371>
So*nor"i*ty (?) , n. [L. sonoritas .] The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
Sonorous <Xpage=1371>
So*no"rous (?) , a. [L. sonorus , fr. sonor , -oris , a sound, akin to sonus a sound. See Sound .] 1. Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals .
2. Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice .
3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous .
4. Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. Addison.
There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. E. Everett.
5. (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi .
Sonorous figures (Physics) , figures formed by the vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and the sand arranges itself in figures according to the musical tone. Called also acoustic figures . -- Sonorous tumor (Med.) , a tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion.
-- So*no"rous*ly , adv. -- So*no"rous*ness , n.
Sonship <Xpage=1371>
Son"ship (?) , n. The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation.
Dr. H. More.
Sonsy <Xpage=1371>
Son"sy (?) , a. See Soncy . [Scot.]
Burns.
Sontag <Xpage=1371>
Son"tag (?) , n. [So called from from Mme. Henriette Sontag , a famous singer.] A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
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Sonties <Xpage=1372>
Son"ties (?) , n. Probably from " saintes " saints, or from sanctities ; -- used as an oath. [Obs.]
Shak.
Sooshong <Xpage=1372>
Soo*shong" (?) , n. Same as Souchong .
Soodra <Xpage=1372>
Soo"dra (?) . Same as Sudra .
Soofee, Soofeeism <Xpage=1372>
Soo"fee (?) , Soo"fee*ism (?) . Same as Sufi , Sufism .
Soojee <Xpage=1372>
Soo"jee (?) , n. Same as Suji .
Soon <Xpage=1372>
Soon (?) , adv. [OE. sone , AS. s<?/na ; cf. OFries. s<?/n , OS. s\'bena , s\'beno , OHG. s\'ber , Goth. suns .] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise . " Sooner said than done." Old Proverb. "As soon as it might be." Chaucer.
She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned. Milton.
2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? Ex. ii. 18.
3. Promptly; quickly; easily.
Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. Shak.
4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would , or some other word expressing will .
I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. Addison.
As soon as , ∨ So soon as , imediately at or after another event. " As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing." Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as , under So . -- Soon at , as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] "I shall be sent for soon at night." Shak. -- Sooner or later , at some uncertain time in the future; as, he will discover his mistake sooner or later . -- With the soonest , as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] Holland.
Soon <Xpage=1372>
Soon , a. Speedy; quick. [Obs.]
Shak.
Soonee <Xpage=1372>
Soo"nee (?) , n. See Sunnite .
Soonly <Xpage=1372>
Soon"ly (?) , adv. Soon. [Obs.]
Dr. H. More.
Soord <Xpage=1372>
Soord (?) , n. Skin of bacon. [Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Soorma <Xpage=1372>
Soor"ma (?) , n. [Hind. & Per. surma .] A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.
Sooshong <Xpage=1372>
Soo*shong" (?) , n. See Souchong .
Soosoo <Xpage=1372>
Soo"soo (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of dolphin ( Platanista Gangeticus ) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also susu .]
Soot <Xpage=1372>
Soot (? ∨ ?; 277) , n. [OE. sot , AS. s<?/t ; akin to Icel. s<?/t , Sw. sot , Dan. sod , OD. soet , Lith. s<?/dis ; cf. Gael. suith , Ir. suth .] A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke . <-- of "incomplete" combustion -->
Soot <Xpage=1372>
Soot , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sooted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sooting .] To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land .
Mortimer.
Soot, Soote <Xpage=1372>
Soot (?) , Soot"e (?) , a. [See Sweet .] Sweet. [Obs.] "The soote savour of the vine."
Chaucer.
Sooterkin <Xpage=1372>
Soot"er*kin (?) , n. [Cf. Prov. G. suttern to boil gently.] A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme.
Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. Pope.
Sooth <Xpage=1372>
Sooth (?) , a.; also adv. [ Compar. Soother (#) ; superl. Soothest .] [OE. soth , AS. s<?/<?/ , for san<?/ ; akin to OS. s<?/<?/ , OHG. sand , Icel. sannr , Sw. sann , Dan. sand , Skr. sat , sant , real, genuine, present, being; properly p. pr. from a root meaning, to be, Skr. as , L. esse ; also akin to Goth. sunjis true, Gr. <?/, Skr. satya . <?/ 9. Cf. Absent , Am , Essence , Is , Soothe , Sutee .] 1. True; faithful; trustworthy. [Obs. or Scot.]
The sentence [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt. Chaucer.
That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare. Spensser.
2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [R.]
The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains. Milton.
With jellies soother than the creamy curd. Keats.
Sooth <Xpage=1372>
Sooth , n. [AS. s<?/<?/ . See Sooth , a. ] 1. Truth; reality. [Archaic]
The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. Chaucer.
In sooth , I know not why I am so sad. Shak.
In good sooth , Its mystery is love, its meaninng youth. Longfellow.
2. Augury; prognostication. [Obs.]
The soothe of birds by beating of their wings. Spenser.
3. Blandishment; cajolery. [Obs.]
Shak.
Soothe <Xpage=1372>
Soothe (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Soothed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soothing .] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. so<?/ien to verify, AS. ges<?/<?/ian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See Sooth , a. ] 1. To assent to as true. [Obs.]
Testament of Love.
2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. Shak.
I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. Addison.
3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows .
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Congreve.
Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe , it can not slake The fever of vain longing. Byron.
Syn. -- To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate.
Soother <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"er (?) , n. One who, or that which, soothes.
Soothfast <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"fast` (?) , a. [ Sooth + fast , that is, fast or firm with respect to truth.] Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful. [Archaic] -- Sooth"fast`ness , n. [Archaic] "In very soothfastness. "
Chaucer.
Why do not you . . . bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience! Sir W. Scott. <-- leal = loyal, but not marked as archaic in this work. -->
Soothfast <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"fast` , adv. Soothly; really; in fact. [Archaic]
I care not if the pomps you show Be what they soothfast appear. Emerson.
Soothing <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"ing (?) , a. & n. from Soothe , v.
Soothingly <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"ing*ly , adv. In a soothing manner.
Soothly <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"ly (?) , adv. In truth; truly; really; verily. [Obs.] " Soothly for to say."
Chaucer.
Soothness <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"ness , n. Truth; reality. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Soothsay <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"say` (?) , v. i. [ Sooth + say ; properly to say truth, tell the truth.] To foretell; to predict. "You can not soothsay ." Shak. "Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell." Milton.
Soothsay <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"say` , n. 1. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.]
Spenser.
2. Omen; portent. Having
God turn the same to good soothsay . Spenser.
Soothsayer <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"say`er (?) , n. 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.
2. (Zo\'94l.) A mantis.
Soothsaying <Xpage=1372>
Sooth"say`ing , n. 1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]
2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions.
A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying . Acts xvi. 16.
3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication.
Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. Eclus. xxxiv. 5.
Sootiness <Xpage=1372>
Soot"i*ness (?) , n. The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness.
Johnson.
Sootish <Xpage=1372>
Soot"ish , a. Sooty.
Sir T. Browne.
Sooty <Xpage=1372>
Soot"y (?) , a. [ Compar Sootier (?) ; superl. Sootiest .] [AS. s<?/tig . See Soot .] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. "Fire of sooty coal."
Milton.
2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. "The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron."
Milton.
Sooty albatross (Zo\'94l.) , an albatross ( Ph\'d2betria fuliginosa ) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie . -- Sooty tern (Zo\'94l.) , a tern ( Sterna fuliginosa ) found chiefly in tropical seas.
Sooty <Xpage=1372>
Soot"y , v. t. To black or foul with soot. [R.]
Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman.
Spo <Xpage=1372>
Spo (?) , n. [OE. sop , soppe ; akin to AS. s<?/pan to sup, to sip, to drink, D. sop sop, G. suppe soup, Icel. soppa sop. See Sup , v. t. , and cf. Soup .] 1. Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten.
He it is to whom I shall give a sop , when I have dipped it. John xiii. 26.
Sops in wine, quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. Bacon.
The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. Shak.
2. Anything given to pacify; -- so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology.
All nature is cured with a sop . L'Estrange.
3. A thing of little or no value. [Obs.]
P. Plowman.
Sops in wine (Bot.) , an old name of the clove pink, alluding to its having been used to flavor wine.
Garlands of roses and sops in wine . Spenser.
-- Sops of wine (Bot.) , an old European variety of apple, of a yellow and red color, shading to deep red; -- called also sopsavine , and red shropsavine .
Sop <Xpage=1372>
Sop , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sopped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sopping .] To steep or dip in any liquid.
Sope <Xpage=1372>
Sope (?) , n. See Soap . [Obs.]
Soph <Xpage=1372>
Soph (?) , n. (Eng. Univ.) A contraction of Soph ister . [Colloq.]
Soph <Xpage=1372>
Soph , n. (Amer. Colleges) A contraction of Sophomore . [Colloq.]
Sophi <Xpage=1372>
So"phi (?) , n. ; pl. Sophis (<?/) . See Sufi .
Sophic, Sophical <Xpage=1372>
Soph"ic (?) , Soph"ic*al (?) , a. [Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ wise, <?/ wisdom.] Teaching wisdom. [Obs.]
S. Harris.
Sophime <Xpage=1372>
So*phime" (? ∨ ?) , n. [OF. soffime , sophisme .] Sophism. [Obs.]
I trow ye study aboute some sophime . Chaucer.
Sophism <Xpage=1372>
Soph"ism (?) , n. [F. sophisme , L. sophisma , fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to make wise, <?/ to be become wise, to play the sophist, fr. <?/ wise.] The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.
When a false argument puts on the appearance of a true one, then it is properly called a sophism , or "fallacy". I. Watts.
Let us first rid ourselves of sophisms , those of depraved men, and those of heartless philosophers. I. Taylor.
Sophist <Xpage=1372>
Soph"ist , n. [F. sophiste , L. sophistes , fr. Gr. <?/. See Sophism .] 1. One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt.