Webster's Dictionary 1913

6859

Soft steel

Soft steel. Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron.

6860

Soft-finned

Soft″–finned′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; — said of certain fishes.

6861

Soft-headed

Soft″–head′ed (?), a. Weak in intellect.

6862

Soft-hearted

Soft″–heart′ed (?), a. Having softness or tenderness of heart; susceptible of pity or other kindly affection; gentle; meek. — Soft″–heart′ed‐ness, n.

6863

Soft-shell

Soft″–shell′ (?), Soft″–shelled′ (?), } a. Having a soft or fragile shell.Soft-shell clam(Zoöl.), the long clam. See Mya. — Soft-shelled crab. (Zoöl.) See the Note under Crab, 1...

6864

Soft-spoken

Soft″–spo′ken (?), a. Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.

6865

Softa

Sof″ta (?), n. [Corruption of Per. s�khtah one who burns, is ardent or zealous.] Any one attached to a Mohammedan mosque, esp. a student of the higher branches of theology in a ...

6866

Soften

Sof″ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Softened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Softening.] To make soft or more soft. Specifically: —(a) To render less hard; — said of matter.Their arrow's point ...

6867

Soften (2)

Sof″ten, v. i. To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.

6868

Softener

Sof″ten‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, softens.

6869

Softening

Sof″ten‐ing, a. & n. from Soften, v.Softening of the brain, orCerebral softening(Med.), a localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation. Three va...

6870

Softish

Soft″ish (?), a. Somewhat soft. De Witt Clinton.

6871

Softling

Soft″ling (?), n. A soft, effeminate person; a voluptuary. Bp. Woolton..

6872

Softly

Soft″ly, adv. In a soft manner.

6873

Softner

Soft″ner (?), n. See Softener.

6874

Softness

Soft″ness (?), n. [AS. s�ftness, s�ftnyss.] The quality or state of being soft; — opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

6875

Soger

So″ger (?), n. & v. i. Var. of Soldier. R. H. Dana, Jr.

6876

Sogginess

Sog″gi‐ness (?), n. The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.

6877

Soggy

Sog″gy (?), a. [Compar.Soggier (?); superl.Soggiest.] [Cf. Icel. söggr damp, wet, or E. soak.] Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.

6878

Soho

So‐ho″ (?), interj. Ho; — a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo. Shak.

6879

Soi-disant

‖Soi′–di′sant″ (?), a. Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

6880

Soi-disant (2)

‖Soi′–di‐sant″ (?), a. [F.; soi one's self + disant, p. pr. of dire to say.] Self-named; self-styled.

6881

Soil

Soil (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Soiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Soiling.] [OF. saoler, saouler, to satiate, F. soûler, L. satullare, fr. satullus, dim. of satur sated. See Satire.] To f...

6882

Soil (2)

Soil, n. [OE. soile, F. sol, fr. L. solum bottom, soil; but the word has probably been influenced in form by soil a miry place. Cf. Saloon, Soil a miry place, Sole of the foot.]...

6883

Soil (3)

Soil, v. t. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.Men... soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop. South.

6884

Soil (4)

Soil, n. [OF. soil, souil, F. souille, from OF. soillier, F. souiller. See Soil to make dirty.] A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet pl...

6885

Soil (5)

Soil, v. t.[OE. soilen, OF. soillier, F. souiller, (assumed) LL. suculare, fr. L. sucula a little pig, dim. of sus a swine. See Sow, n.] 1. To make dirty or unclean on the surfa...