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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. South'ward, adv.p. 1263Toward the south; as, to go southward.
  2. South'ward, n.p. 1263The southern regions or countries. Raleigh.
  3. South-wēst', n.p. 1263The point of the compass equally distant from the south and west.
  4. South-wēst' or South-wēst'er-ly, a.p. 1263Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the south-west; lying in the direction of the south-west.
  5. South-wĕst’er, n.p. 1263A storm or gale from the south-west. 2. A painted canvas hat with a flap over the neck, for wet weather. Simmonds.
  6. South-wĕst'ern, a.p. 1263In the direction of south-west, or nearly so; in that direction from the central part; as, to sail a south-western course.
  7. Souv'e-nance, n.p. 1263Remembrance. [Obs.] Of his way he had no souvenance. Spenser.
  8. Souvenir, n.p. 1263A remembrancer; a keepsake.
  9. Sŏv'er-eign (sŭv'er-in, 22), a.p. 1263Supreme in power; superior to all others; highest in power; chief; independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign prince.…
  10. Sŏv'er-eign, n.p. 1263One who exercises supreme control; especially, in a monarchy, a king or queen. 2. A gold coin of England, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound…
  11. Sōv'er-eign-ize, v. i.p. 1263To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Herbert.
  12. Sŏv'er-eign-ly, adv.p. 1263In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely. [Rare.] He was sovereignly lovely in himself. Boyle.
  13. Sōv'er-eign-ty, n.p. 1263The exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway. I do but dream on sovereignty. Shak.
  14. Sow, n.p. 1263The female of the hog kind, or of swine. 2. A kind of insect; a sow-bug. 3. (Founding.) (a.) The runner or main channel from a smelting furnace to the pig-bed. (b.) The piece of metal cast in this…
  15. Sōw (sō), v. t.p. 1263To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; hence, to plant in any way; as, to sow good seed. 2. To supply or stock with seed; to scatter seed upon; as, to sow ground or land; to sow…
  16. Sōw, v. i.p. 1264To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop. They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Ps. cxxvi. 5.
  17. Sōw, v. i.p. 1264To sew. [Obs.] See Sew.
  18. Sow'ans, n. pl.p. 1264See SOWENS.
  19. Sow'-bāne, n.p. 1264(Bot.) A plant of the genus Chenopodium (C. murale); a species of goose-foot.
  20. Sow'-brĕad, n.p. 1264(Bot.) A tuberous-rooted plant of the genus Cyclamen, on which wild swine in Italy feed. Loudon.
  21. Sow'-būg, n.p. 1264(Zoöl.) An isopodous crustaceous animal; Oniscus asellus.
  22. Sow'ce, n. & v. t.p. 1264The same as SOUSE. See SOUSE.
  23. Sow'ens, n. pl.p. 1264A nutritious article of food made from the husk of the oat, by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made;—called flummery in England. [Written also sowans and sowins.]
  24. Sōw'er, n.p. 1264One who sows or scatters. Behold, a sower went forth to sow. Matt. xiii. 3. 2. A breeder; a promoter; as, a sower of suits.
  25. Sow'ins, n. pl.p. 1264See SOWENS.
  26. Sowl or Sow'le, v. t.p. 1264To pull by the ears. [Obs.] Shak.
  27. Sowl, v. i.p. 1264See SOUL, v. i.
  28. Sow'ter, n.p. 1264The same as SOUTER. [Obs.] B. Jon.
  29. Sow'-this'tle, n.p. 1264(Bot.) A plant of the genus Sonchus, said to be eaten by swine and some other animals. Downy sow-thistle, a plant of the genus Andryala.
  30. Soy, n.p. 1264A kind of sauce for fish, brought chiefly from Japan, said to be produced from a species of bean, the Dolichos soya or soja. S. W. Williams. 2. (Bot.) The plant from which this sauce is obtained…
  31. Soyl, v. t.p. 1264To solve. [Obs.] Likewise mayest thou soyl all other texts. Tyndale.
  32. Soyl, n.p. 1264Prey. [Obs.] Spenser.
  33. Soyn'ed, a.p. 1264Filled with care; anxious; astonished. [Obs.] Mirror for Mag.
  34. Sŏz'le, n.p. 1264A sluttish woman, or one who spills water and other liquids carelessly. [Local U. S.] 2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled.
  35. Sŏz'le, v. t.p. 1264To spill, or wet, through carelessness; to move about confusedly or carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. [Local U. S.] Bartlett. 2. To intermingle in a confused heap. Forby.
  36. Sŏz'le, v. i.p. 1264To be sluttish; to manage or act in a careless, sluttish manner. [Local U. S.]
  37. Spā, n.p. 1264A spring of mineral water;—so called from a place of this name in Belgium.
  38. Späad, n.p. 1264(Min.) A kind of mineral; spar. [Obs.] Woodward.
  39. Spāçe, n.p. 1264Extension, considered independently of any thing which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible; room; extension. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor…
  40. Spāçe, v. i.p. 1264To rove. [Obs.] “And loved in forests wild to space.” Spenser.
  41. Spāçe, v. t.p. 1264(Print.) To arrange the spaces and intervals in or between; as, to space a paragraph; to space words, lines, or letters.
  42. Spāce'fūl, a.p. 1264Wide; extensive. [Obs.] Sandys.
  43. Spāce'less, a.p. 1264Having no space or room; without space. [Rare.] Coleridge.
  44. Spāce'-līne, n.p. 1264(Print.) A thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. Hansard.
  45. Spāce'-rŭle, n.p. 1264(Print.) A fine line on a short, thin piece of metal of the same height as the type, to answer the purpose of brass rule in table-work, when a number of short pieces are required. Savage.
  46. Spā'ciōŭs, a.p. 1264Including an extended space; wide extended; vast in extent. “A spacious plain outstretched in circuit.” Milton. 2. Having large or ample room; not contracted or narrow; roomy; as, a spacious church…
  47. Spā'cioŭs-ly, adv.p. 1264In a spacious manner; widely; extensively.
  48. Spā'cioŭs-ness, n.p. 1264The quality of being spacious; largeness of extent; extensiveness; roominess.
  49. Spād'dle, n.p. 1264A little spade. [Obs.] — Mortimer.
  50. Spāde, n.p. 1264An instrument for digging or cutting the ground, consisting of a broad and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle. “With spade and pick-ax armed.” Milton. 2. (pl.) A suit of cards, each of…
  51. Spāde, v. t.p. 1264To dig with a spade; or to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.
  52. Spāde'-bōne, n.p. 1264(Anat.) The shoulder-blade; the scapula. [Rare.]
  53. Spāde'ful, n.p. 1264As much as a spade will hold.
  54. Spāde'-hăn'dle, n.p. 1264(Mach.) A pin held at both ends by the forked end of a connecting-rod. [See Illust. of Knuckle-joint.]
  55. Spa-di'ceous (-dĭsh'us) or Spā'di-eōse (125), a.p. 1264Of a light red color, usually denominated bay. Browne. 2. (Bot.) [See SPADIX.] Being like a spadix; resembling a spadix. Martyn.
  56. Spa-dille', n.p. 1264The ace of spades at omber and quadrille.
  57. Spā'dix, n.p. 1264(Bot.) A fleshy spike of flowers, usually covered by a leaf called a spathe.
  58. Spā'do, n.p. 1264A castrated beast; a gelding. 2. (Law.) A person who is unable to procreate; an impotent person.
  59. Spa-drōn’, n.p. 1264A cut-and-thrust sword, lighter than a broadsword. Smart.
  60. Spa-gy'rie, a.p. 1264[L. Lat. spagyricus, ill-