Webster's Dictionary 1913

7210

Soofee

{ Soo″fee (?), Soo″fee‐ism (?) }. Same as Sufi, Sufism.

7211

Soojee

Soo″jee (?), n. Same as Suji.

7212

Soon

Soon (?), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s�na; cf. OFries. s�n, OS. sāna, sāno, OHG. sār, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunr...

7213

Soon (2)

Soon, a. Speedy; quick. Shak.

7214

Soonee

Soo″nee (?), n. See Sunnite.

7215

Sooner

Soon″er (?), n. In the western United States, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement in order to gain the prior claim that the law gives to t...

7216

Sooner State

Sooner State. Oklahoma; — a nickname.

7217

Soonly

Soon″ly (?), adv. Soon. Dr. H. More.

7218

Soord

Soord (?), n. Skin of bacon. Bp. Hall.

7219

Soorma

Soor″ma (?), n. [Hind. & Per. surma.] A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.

7220

Sooshong

Soo‐shong″ (?), n. See Souchong.

7221

Soosoo

Soo″soo (?), n.(Zoöl.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also...

7222

Soot

Soot (? or?; 277), n. [OE. sot, AS. s�t; akin to Icel. s�t, Sw. sot, Dan. sod, OD. soet, Lith. s�dis; cf. Gael. suith, Ir. suth.] A black substance formed by combustion, or dise...

7223

Soot (2)

Soot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sooted; p. pr. & vb. n.Sooting.] To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer.

7224

Soot (3)

{ Soot (?), Soot″e (?) }, a. [See Sweet.] Sweet. “The soote savour of the vine.” Chaucer.

7225

Sooterkin

Soot″er‐kin (?), n. [Cf. Prov. G. suttern to boil gently.] A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a fi...

7226

Sooth

Sooth (so͞oth), a.; also adv. [Compar.Soother (so͞oth″ẽr); superl.Soothest.] [OE. soth, AS. sōð, for sanð; akin to OS. sōð, OHG. sand, Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat...

7227

Sooth (2)

Sooth, n. [AS. sōð. See Sooth, a.] 1. Truth; reality.The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. Chaucer.In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. Shak.In good sooth,Its mystery ...

7228

Soothe

Soothe (so͞ot͡h), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Soothed (so͞ot͡hd); p. pr. & vb. n.Soothing.] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. soðien to verify, AS. gesōðian to prove the truth of, t...

7229

Soother

Sooth″er (?), n. One who, or that which, soothes.

7230

Soothfast

Sooth″fast′ (?), a. [Sooth + fast, that is, fast or firm with respect to truth.] Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful. — S...

7231

Soothfast (2)

Sooth″fast′, adv. Soothly; really; in fact.I care not if the pomps you showBe what they soothfast appear. Emerson.

7232

Soothing

Sooth″ing (?), a. & n. from Soothe, v.

7233

Soothingly

Sooth″ing‐ly, adv. In a soothing manner.

7234

Soothly

Sooth″ly (?), adv. In truth; truly; really; verily. “Soothly for to say.” Chaucer.

7235

Soothness

Sooth″ness, n. Truth; reality. Chaucer.

7236

Soothsay

Sooth″say′ (?), v. i. [Sooth + say; properly to say truth, tell the truth.] To foretell; to predict. “You can not soothsay.” Shak. “Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell.” Milton.