Webster's Dictionary 1913

6886

Soil (6)

Soil, v. i. To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones.

6887

Soil (7)

Soil, n. [See Soil to make dirty, Soil a miry place.] That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.A lady's honor... will not bear a soil. Dryden.

6888

Soil pipe

Soil pipe. A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.

6889

Soiliness

Soil″i‐ness (?), n. Stain; foulness. Bacon.

6890

Soilless

Soil″less, a. Destitute of soil or mold.

6891

Soilure

Soil″ure (?), n. [OF. soillure, F. souillure. See Soil to make dirty.] Stain; pollution. Shak.Then fearing rust or soilure, fashioned for itA case of silk. Tennyson.

6892

Soily

Soil″y (?), a. Dirty; soiled. Fuller.

6893

Soiree

‖Soi′ree″ (?), n. [F., fr. soir evening, fr. L. serus late, serum late time. Cf. Serenade.] An evening party; — distinguished from levee, and matinée.

6894

Soja

So″ja (sō″jȧ or sō″yȧ), n.(Bot.) An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine Soja) the seeds of which are used in preparing the sauce called soy.

6895

Sojer

So″jer (?), n. & v. i. Var. of Soldier.

6896

Sojourn

So″journ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sojourned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sojourning.] [OE. sojornen, sojournen, OF. sojorner, sejorner, F. séjourner, fr. L. sub under, about + diurnus bel...

6897

Sojourn (2)

So″journ, n. [Cf. OF. sujurn, sujur, sejor, F. séjour. See Sojourn, v. i.] A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.Though long detainedIn that obscure soj...

6898

Sojourner

So″journ‐er (?), n. One who sojourns.We are strangers before thee, and sojourners. 1. Chron. xxix. 15.

6899

Sojourning

So″journ‐ing, n. The act or state of one who sojourns.

6900

Sojournment

So″journ‐ment (?), n. Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or a traveler.

6901

Soke

Soke (?), n. 1. (Eng. Law) See Soc.2. One of the small territorial divisions into which Lincolnshire, England, is divided.

6902

Sokeman

Soke″man (?), n. See Socman.

6903

Sokemanry

Soke″man‐ry (?), n. See Socmanry.

6904

Soken

Sok″en (?), n. [Cf. Socome.] 1. A toll. See Soc, n., 2.Great sooken had this miller, out of doubt. Chaucer.2. A district held by socage.

6905

Soko

So″ko (?), n.(Zoöl.) An African anthropoid ape, supposed to be a variety of the chimpanzee.

6906

Sol

‖Sol (?), n. 1. The sun.2. (Alchem.) Gold; — so called from its brilliancy, color, and value. Chaucer.

6907

Sol (2)

Sol (?), n.(Mus.) (a) A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale. (b) The tone itself.

6908

Sol (3)

Sol (?), n. [See Sou.] 1. A sou.2. A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.

6909

Sol (4)

{ SolSole } (?), n. [From hydrosol an aqueous colloidal solution, confused with G. sole, soole, salt water from which salt is obtained.] (Chem.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and...

6910

Sol-fa

Sol′–fa″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sol-faed (?);p. pr. & vb. n.Sol-faing.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa, sol.] To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descendi...

6911

Sol-fa (2)

Sol″–fa″, n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

6912

Sol-fa (3)

Sol′–fa″ (?), v. t. To sing to solmization syllables.