Chapter 71

Some"thing (?), n. 1. Anything unknown, undetermined, or not specifically designated; a certain indefinite thing; an indeterminate or unknown event; an unspecified task, work, or thing.

There is something in the wind.

Shak.

The whole world has something to do, something to talk of, something to wish for, and something to be employed about.

Pope.

Something attemped, something done, Has earned a night's repose.

Longfellow.

2. A part; a portion, more or less; an indefinite quantity or degree; a little.

Something yet of doubt remains.

Milton.

Something of it arises from our infant state.

I. Watts.

3. A person or thing importance.

If a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

Gal. vi. 3.

Some"thing, adv. In some degree; somewhat; to some extent; at some distance. Shak.

I something fear my father's wrath.

Shak.

We have something fairer play than a reasoner could have expected formerly.

Burke.

My sense of touch is something coarse.

Tennyson.

It must be done to-night, And something from the palace.

Shak.

Some"time` (?), adv. 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly.

Did they not sometime cry "All hail" to me?

Shak.

2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes.

Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish, A vapor sometime like a bear or lion.

Shak.

3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime. "Sometime he reckon shall." Chaucer.

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Some"time` (sm"tm`), a. Having been formerly; former; late; whilom.

Our sometime sister, now our queen.

Shak.

Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized.

Talfourd.

Some"times` (?), adv. [Sometime + adverbial ending -s, as in -wards.] 1. Formerly; sometime. [Obs.]

That fair and warlike form In which the majesty of buried Denmark Did sometimes march.

Shak.

2. At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; occasionally.

It is good that we sometimes be contradicted.

Jer. Taylor.

Sometimes . . . sometimes, at certain times . . . at certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest, sometimes he is frivolous.

Some"times`, a. Former; sometime. [Obs.]

Thy sometimes brother's wife.

Shak.

Some"what` (?), n. 1. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.

These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste.

Grew.

Somewhat of his good sense will suffer, in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost.

Dryden.

2. A person or thing of importance; a somebody.

Here come those that worship me. They think that I am somewhat.

Tennyson.

Some"what`, adv. In some degree or measure; a little.

His giantship is gone, somewhat crestfallen.

Milton.

Somewhat back from the village street.

Longfellow.

Some"when`, adv. At some indefinite time. [R.]

Some"where` (?), adv. In some place unknown or not specified; in one place or another. "Somewhere nigh at hand." Milton.

Some"while` (?), adv. Once; for a time.

Though, under color of shepherds, somewhile There crept in wolves, full of fraud and guile.

Spenser.

Some"whith`er (?), adv. To some indeterminate place; to some place or other.

Driven by the winds of temptation somewhither.

Barrow.

So"mite (s"mt), n. [Gr. sw^ma body.] (Anat. & Zoöl.) One of the actual or ideal serial segments of which an animal, esp. an articulate or vertebrate, is composed; somatome; metamere. -- So*mit`ic (#), a.

||Som`meil" (?), n. [F.] Slumber; sleep.

Som"mer*set (?), n. See Somersault.

Som*nam"bu*lar (?), a. Of or pertaining to somnambulism; somnambulistic. Mrs. Browning.

Som*nam"bu*late (?), v. i. & t. To walk when asleep.

Som*nam`bu*la"tion (?), n. [L. somnus sleep + ambulatio a walking about, from ambulare to walk. See Somnolent, Amble.] The act of walking in sleep.

Som*nam"bu*la`tor (?), n. A somnambulist.

Som*nam"bule (?), n. [F.] A somnambulist.

Som*nam"bu*lic (?), a. Somnambulistic.

Som*nam"bu*lism (?), n. [Cf. F. somnambulisme. See Somnambulation.] A condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions appropriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism.

Som*nam"bu*list (?), n. A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.

Som*nam`bu*lis"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a somnambulist or somnambulism; affected by somnambulism; appropriate to the state of a somnambulist.

Whether this was an intentional and waking departure, or a somnambulistic leave-taking and walking in her sleep, may remain a subject of contention.

Dickens.

Som"ne (?), v. t. To summon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Som"ner (?), n. A summoner; esp., one who summons to an ecclesiastical court. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Som"ni*al (?), a. [L. somnialis dream bringing, fr. somnium dream, fr. somnus sleep.] Of or pertaining to sleep or dreams.

The somnial magic superinduced on, without suspending, the active powers of the mind.

Coleridge.

Som"ni*a*tive (?), a. Somnial; somniatory. [R.]

Som"ni*a*to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to sleep or dreams; somnial. [Obs. or R.] Urquhart.

Som*nic"u*lous (?), a. [L. somniculosus.] Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy. [Obs.]

Som*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. somnifer; somnus sleep + ferre to bring.] Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; dormitive; as, a somniferous potion. Walton.

Som*nif"ic (?), a. [L. somnificus; somnus sleep + facere to make.] Causing sleep; somniferous.

Som*nif"u*gous (?), a. [L. somnus sleep + fugare to put to flight.] Driving away sleep. [Obs.]

Som*nil"o*quence (?), n. The act of talking in one's sleep; somniloquism.

Som*nil"o*quism (?), n. The act or habit of talking in one's sleep; somniloquy. Coleridge.

Som*nil"o*quist, n. One who talks in his sleep.

Som*nil"o*quous (?), a. [L. somnus sleep + loqui to speak.] Apt to talk in sleep.

Som*nil"o*quy (?), n. A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy. [R.] Coleridge.

Som*nip"a*thist (?), n. A person in a state of somniapathy.

Som*nip"a*thy (?), n. [L. somnus sleep + Gr. &?; a suffering of the body, fr. &?;, &?;, to suffer.] Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like. [Written also somnopathy.]

{ Som"no*lence (?), Som"no*len*cy (?) }, n. [L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.

Som"no*lent (?), a. [F. somnolent, L. somnolentus, from somnus sleep, akin to Gr. &?;, Skr. svapna sleep, dream, svap to sleep, Icel. sofa, AS. swefn sleep. Cf. Hypnotic, Somnambulism, Soporific.] Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly, adv.

He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them.

De Quincey.

Som"no*lism (?), n. The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism. Thomas (Med. Dict.).

Som*nop"a*thy (?), n. Somnipathy.

Som"nour (?), n. A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

{ Som"on*aunce (?), Som"once (?) }, n. [See Summon, Summons.] A summons; a citation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Som"on*our (?), n. A summoner. [Obs.]

Somp"ne (? or ?), v. t. To summon; to cite. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Somp"nour (?), n. A summoner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Son (?), n. [OE. sone, sune, AS. sunu; akin to D. zoon, OS., OFries., & OHG. sunu, G. sohn, Icel. sonr, Sw. son, Dan. sön, Goth. sunus, Lith. sunus, Russ. suin', Skr. snu (from s to beget, to bear), and Gr. &?; son. &radic;293. Cf. Sow, n.] 1. A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son.

Gen. xxi. 2.

2. A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.

I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings.

Isa. xix. 11.

I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Mal. iii. 6.

3. Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other young male dependent.

The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son.

Ex. ii. 10.

Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift.

Shak.

4. A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.

5. The produce of anything.

Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine.

Blackmore.

6. (Commonly with the def. article) Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.

We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

1 John iv. 14.

Who gave His Son sure all has given.

Keble.

The expressions son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial, are Hebraisms, which denote persons possessing the qualitites of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors.

Sons of the prophets. See School of the prophets, under Prophet.

So"nance (?), n. 1. A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance. [Obs.] Shak.

2. The quality or state of being sonant.

So"nant (?), a. [L. sonans, - antis, p. pr. of sonare to sound. See Sound a noise.] 1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.

2. (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; vocal; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- said of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate. -- n. A sonant letter.

So*na"ta (?), n. [It., fr. It. & L. sonare to sound. See Sound a noise.] (Mus.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.

The same general structure prevails in symphonies, instrumental trios, quartets, etc., and even in classical concertos. The sonata form, distinctively, characterizes the quick opening movement, which may have a short, slow introduction; the second, or slow, movement is either in the song or variation form; third comes the playful minuet or the more modern scherzo; then the quick finale in the rondo form. But both form and order are sometimes exceptional.

||So`na*ti"na (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A short and simple sonata.

{ Son"cy, Son"sy (?) }, a. [Scot. sonce, sons, prosperity, happiness, fr. Gael. & Ir. sonas.] Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

{ Sond (?), Sonde }, n. [AS. sand. See Send, v. t.] That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial. [Obs.]

Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond.

Chaucer.

||Son"de*li (?), n. (Zoöl.) The musk shrew. See under Musk.

Song (sng; 115), n. [AS. song, sang, fr. singan to sing; akin to D. zang, G. sang, Icel. söngr, Goth. saggws. See Sing.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc. "That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets." Hawthorne.

2. A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.

3. More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.

The bard that first adorned our native tongue Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song.

Dryden.

4. Poetical composition; poetry; verse.

This subject for heroic song.

Milton.

5. An object of derision; a laughingstock.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

Job xxx. 9.

6. A trifle. "The soldier's pay is a song." Silliman.

Old song, a trifle; nothing of value. "I do not intend to be thus put off with an old song." Dr. H. More. -- Song bird (Zoöl.), any singing bird; one of the Oscines. -- Song sparrow (Zoöl.), a very common North American sparrow (Melospiza fasciata, or M. melodia) noted for the sweetness of its song in early spring. Its breast is covered with dusky brown streaks which form a blotch in the center. -- Song thrush (Zoöl.), a common European thrush (Turdus musicus), noted for its melodius song; -- called also mavis, throstle, and thrasher.

Syn. -- Sonnet; ballad; canticle; carol; canzonet; ditty; hymn; descant; lay; strain; poesy; verse.

Song"craft` (sng"krft`), n. The art of making songs or verses; metrical composition; versification.

A half-effaced inscription, Written with little skill of songcraft.

Longfellow.

Song"ful (-fl), a. Disposed to sing; full of song.

Song"ish, a. Consisting of songs. [R.] Dryden.

Song"less, a. Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods.

Song"ster (-str), n. [AS. sangestre a female singer.] 1. One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.

2. (Zoöl.) A singing bird.

Song"stress (?), n. [See Songster, and -ess.] A woman who sings; also, a female singing bird. Thomson.

Son"i*fer (?), n. [NL. See Soniferous.] A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.

So*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. sonus sound + -ferous.] Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.

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` (?), 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.

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.

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.

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 rhyme, 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 are rhymed alternately, and the last two rhyme together.

Son"net, v. i. To compose sonnets. "Strains that come almost to sonneting." Milton.

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.

Son`net*eer", v. i. To compose sonnets. Lowell.

Son"net*er (?), n. A composer of sonnets.

Son"net*ist, n. A sonneter, or sonneteer. Bp. Hall.

Son"net*ize (?), v. i. To compose sonnets.

Son"nish (?), a. Like the sun; sunny; golden. [Obs.] "Her sonnish hairs." Chaucer.

Son"nite (?), n. See Sunnite.

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.

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.

So*nor"i*ty (?), n. [L. sonoritas.] The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.

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.

Son"ship (?), n. The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation. Dr. H. More.

Son"sy (?), a. See Soncy. [Scot.] Burns.

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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Son"ties (?), n. Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath. [Obs.] Shak.

Soo*chong" (?), n. Same as Souchong.

||Soo"dra (?). Same as Sudra.

{ Soo"fee (?), Soo"fee*ism (?) }. Same as Sufi, Sufism.

Soo"jee (?), n. Same as Suji.

Soon (?), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s&?;na; cf. OFries. s&?;n, OS. sna, sno, OHG. sr, 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, or So soon as, immediately 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, a. Speedy; quick. [Obs.] Shak.

Soo"nee (?), n. See Sunnite.

Soon"ly (?), adv. Soon. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Soord (?), n. Skin of bacon. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Soor"ma (?), n. [Hind. & Per. surma.] A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.

Soo*shong" (?), n. See Souchong.

Soo"soo (?), n. (Zoöl.) 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 (? or ?; 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.

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 (?), Soot"e (?) }, a. [See Sweet.] Sweet. [Obs.] "The soote savour of the vine." Chaucer.

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 (sth), a.; also adv. [Compar. Soother (sth"r); superl. Soothest.] [OE. soth, AS. sð, for sanð; akin to OS. sð, 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. 'eteo`s, Skr. satya. &radic;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, n. [AS. sð. 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 (?), 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.

Sooth"er (?), n. One who, or that which, soothes.

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.

Sooth"fast`, adv. Soothly; really; in fact. [Archaic]

I care not if the pomps you show Be what they soothfast appear.

Emerson.

Sooth"ing (?), a. & n. from Soothe, v.

Sooth"ing*ly, adv. In a soothing manner.

Sooth"ly (?), adv. In truth; truly; really; verily. [Obs.] "Soothly for to say." Chaucer.

Sooth"ness, n. Truth; reality. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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.

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.

Sooth"say`er (?), n. 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.

2. (Zoöl.) A mantis.

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.

Soot"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness. Johnson.

Soot"ish, a. Sooty. Sir T. Browne.