SOFA
SO'FA, noun [probably an oriental word.] An elegant long seat, usually with a stuffed bottom. Sofas are variously made. In the United States, the frame of stuffed cloth, with a ...
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SOFFIT
SOF'FIT, noun1. In architecture, any timber ceiling formed of cross beams, the compartments of which are enriched with sculpture, painting or gilding.2. The under side of face o...
SOFT
SOFT, adjective1. Easily yielding to pressure; the contrary of hard; as a soft bed; a soft peach; soft earth.2. Not hard; easily separated by an edged instrument; as soft wood. ...
SOFTEN
SOFTEN, verb transitive sof'n.1. To make soft or more soft; to make less hard. their arrow's point they soften in the flame.2. To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable; to...
SOFTENED
SOFT'ENED, participle passive Made less hard or less harsh; made less obdurate or cruel, or less glaring.
SOFTENING
SOFT'ENING, participle present tense Making more soft; making less rough or cruel, etc.SOFT'ENING, noun The act of making less hard, less cruel or obdurate, less violent, less g...
SOFTHEARTED
SOFT'HEARTED, adjective Having tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek.
SOFTLING
SOFT'LING, noun An effeminate person; one vitiously nice. [Little used.]
SOFTLY
SOFT'LY, adverb1. Without hardness.2. Not with force or violence; gently; as, be softly pressed my hand.3. Not loudly; without noise; as, speak softly; walk softly In this dark ...
SOFTNER
SOFT'NER, noun1. He or that which softens.2. One that palliates.
SOFTNESS
SOFT'NESS, noun1. The quality of bodies which renders them capable of yielding to pressure, or of easily receiving impressions from other bodies; opposed to hardness.2. Suscepti...
SOGGY
SOG'GY, adjective [allied probably to soak.]1. Wet; filled with water; soft with moisture; as soggy land. Timber that has imbibed water is said to be soggy2. Steaming with damp.
SOHO
SOHO, exclamation A word used in calling from a distant place; a sportman's halloo.
SOIL
SOIL, verb transitive1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to sull; as, to soil a garment with dust. Out wonted ornaments now soil'...
SOILED
SOIL'ED, participle passive Fouled; stained; tarnished; manured; fed with grass.
SOILINESS
SOIL'INESS, noun Stain; foulness. [Little used.]
SOILING
SOIL'ING, participle present tense Defiling; fouling; tarnishing; feeding with fresh grass; manuring.SOIL'ING, noun The act of practice of feeding cattle or horses with fresh gr...
SOILLESS
SOIL'LESS, adjective Destitute of soil.
SOILURE
SOIL'URE, noun Stain; pollution [Not in use.]
SOJOURN
SOJOURN, verb intransitive so'jurn. To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident, or as a stranger, not considering the place as his permanent habita...
SOJOURNER
SO'JOURNER, noun A temporary resident; a stranger or traveler who dwells in a place for a time. We are strangers before thee and sojourners, as all out father were. I Chron. 29.
SOJOURNING
SO'JOURNING, participle present tense Dwelling for a time.SO'JOURNING, noun The act of dwelling in a place for a time; also, the time of abode. Exodus 12:40.
SOJOURNMENT
SO'JOURNMENT, noun Temporary residence, as that of a stanger or traveler.
SOL
SOL, noun [from Latin solidus.]1. In France, a small copper coin; a penny; usually sou sor sous.2. A copper coin and money of acount in Switzerland.SOL, noun The name of a not i...
SOL-FA
SOL-FA, verb intransitive To pronounce the notes of the gammut, ascending or descending, ut, re, mi, sol, la, and e converso.
SOLACE
SOL'ACE, verb transitive [from Latin soatium; solor, to comfort, assuage, relieve. See Console.]1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in afflication; to...
SOLACED
SOL'ACED, participle passive Comforted; cheered in afflication.