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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Sōap'-çē'rate, n. p. 1252A cerate formed of soap, olive oil, white wax, and the sub-acetate of lead, sometimes used as an application to allay inflammation.Sōap'-nŭt, n. p. 1252(Bot.) The seed of a plant of the genus Mimosa (M. abstergens). Simmonds.Sōap'-plănt, n. p. 1252(Bot.) One of several plants used in the place of soap, as the Phalangium pomaridianum, a Californian plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick…Sōap'-stōne, n. p. 1252(Min.) (a.) A soft magnesian mineral, usually gray, white, or yellow, easily wrought with tools, and used in forming vessels and various articles; steatite; pot-stone; — so called from its soapy or…Sōap'-sŭds, n. pl. p. 1252Water impregnated with soap.Sōap'-wort, n. p. 1252(Bot.) A plant of the genus Saponaria; — so called from its bruised leaves producing a lather, like soap, when agitated in water.Sōap'y, a. p. 1252Resembling soap; having the qualities of soap; soft and smooth. 2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.Sōar, v. i. p. 1252To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. “When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.” Byron. 2. To rise to any height, as an orator in eloquence, or a hero in…Sōar, n. p. 1252A towering flight. “This apparent soar of the hooded falcon.” Coleridge.Sōar, a. p. 1252Painful; sore. [Obs.] See SORE.Sōar'-fal'con, n. p. 1252A falcon of the first year. Of the soar-falcon so I learn to fly. Spenser.So-ă've or So-ă-ve-mĕn'te, a. p. 1252So-ă-ve-mĕn'te, adv. [It.] (Mus.) Sweet, or with sweetness. Brande.Sŏb, v. i. p. 1252To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with deep sorrow or with tears. Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], but stronger. Bacon. She sighed, she…Sŏb, n. p. 1252A convulsive sigh or catching of the breath in sorrow; a convulsive act of respiration obstructed by sorrow. Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden. 2. Any sorrowful cry or sound.…Sŏb, v. t. p. 1252To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer.Sō'ber, a. p. 1252Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. “Live a sober, righteous, and godly life.” Com. Prayer. 2. Not intoxicated or overpowered by spirituous liquors; as…Sō'ber, v. t. p. 1252To make sober; to cure of intoxication. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope.Sō'ber, v. i. p. 1252To become sober; — often with down. Vance gradually sobered down. Bulwer.Sō'ber-īze, v. t. & i. p. 1252To make or become sober; to sober. [Rare.] Grahame.Sō'ber-ly, adv. p. 1252In a sober manner; temperately; coolly; calmly; gravely; seriously.Sō'ber-mīnd'ed, a. p. 1252Having a disposition or temper habitually sober, calm, and temperate.Sō'ber-mīnd'ed-ness, n. p. 1252The state of being sober-minded; freedom from inordinate passions; habitual sobriety; calmness. Porter.Sō'ber-ness, n. p. 1252The state of being sober; freedom from intoxication; temperance; gravity; seriousness; freedom from heat and passion; calmness. The soberness of Virgil might have shown him the difference. Dryden.Sŏb'o-lēs, n. p. 1252(Bot.) (a.) A shoot which runs along under ground, forming new plants at short distances. (b.) A sucker, as of a tree or shrub.Sŏb'/o-lĭf'er-oûs, a. p. 1252(Bot.) Producing shoots from near the ground. Gray.So-brĭ'e-ty, n. p. 1252Habitual 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…Sobriquet, n. p. 1252An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes incorrectly written soubriquet.]Sōc, n. p. 1252(Eng. Law.) (a.) The power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in a manor; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction. (b.) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from…Sŏc'age, n. p. 1252(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 render was uncertain. The service must be certain…Sōc'a-ger, n. p. 1252A tenant by socage; a socman.Sô'-called, a. p. 1252So named; called by such a name.Soe-dōl'o-ger, n. p. 1252See SOCKDOLOGER.Sō'cia-bĭl'ĭ-ty, n. p. 1252Quality of being sociable; sociableness.Sō'cia-ble, a. p. 1252Fit to be united in one body or company. [Rare.] Another law teaches them as they are sociable parts united into one body. Hooker. 2. Inclined to, or adapted for, society; ready to unite with others…Sō'cia-ble-ness, n. p. 1253The quality of being sociable; disposition to associate; inclination to company and converse, or actual frequent union in society or free converse.Sō'cia-bly, adv. p. 1253In a sociable manner; with free intercourse; conversibly; familiarly.Sō'cial, a. p. 1253Pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interests or concerns; social pleasures; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.…Sō'cial-ism, n. p. 1253A theory of society which advocates a more precise, orderly, and harmonious arrangement of the social relations of mankind than that which has hitherto prevailed; communism. See COMMUNISM.Sō'cial-ist, n. p. 1253One who advocates the doctrine of socialism.Sō'cial-ist'ic, a. p. 1253Relating to, or like, socialism.Sō'ci-āl'i-ty, n. p. 1253The quality of being social; socialness.Sō'cial-īze, v. t. p. 1253To render social. 2. To subject to, or regulate by, the principles of socialism.Sō'cial-ly, adv. p. 1253In a social manner or way.Sō'cial-ness, n. p. 1253The quality of being social.Sō'ci-āte, v. i. p. 1253To associate; to mix with company. [Obs.] Shelford.Sō'ci-ate, n. p. 1253An associate. [Obs.] “As for you, Dr. Reynolds, and your sociates.” Fuller.Sō'ci-ate, a. p. 1253Associated; joined. [Obs.]So-ci'e-ty, n. p. 1253A number of persons associated for any temporary or permanent objects; an association for mutual profit, pleasure, or usefulness; a social union; a partnership. Marriage is a human society, and . . .…So-çin'i-an, a. p. 1253Pertaining to Socinus or his religious creed.So-çin'i-an, n. p. 1253One of the followers of Socinus.So-çĭn'i-an-īṣm, n. p. 1253(Eccl. Hist.) The tenets or doctrines of Faustus and Lælius Socinus, Italian theologians of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the devil, the…So-çin'i-an-ize, v. t. p. 1253To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by the principles of Socinianism.Sō'ci-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 1253That branch of philosophy which treats of human society; social science. H. Spencer.Sō'ci-o-lŏg'ie or Sō'ci-o-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 1253Of, or pertaining to, sociology.Sŏck, n. p. 1253A covering for the foot; especially, (a.) The shoe worn by an ancient actor of comedy; hence, comedy, in distinction from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin. Great Fletcher never treads in…Sock-dōl'a-ger, n. p. 1253That which finishes a matter; hence, that from which there is no escape. [Colloq. U. S.] 2. A kind of fish-hook, having two hooks, which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the…Sŏck'et, n. p. 1253An opening into which any thing is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth. His eyeballs in their hollow sockets sink. Dryden. 2.…Sŏck'et-bōlt, n. p. 1253(Mach.) A bolt that passes through a thimble that is placed between the parts connected by the bolt.Sŏck'et-chĭs'el, n. p. 1253A strong chisel used by carpenters for mortising. Gwilt.Sŏck'et-pōle, n. p. 1253A pole armed with an iron socket, and used to propel boats, &c.