SOCK
SOCK, noun [Latin soccus;]1. The shoe of the ancient actors of comedy. Hence the word is used for comedy, and opposed to buskin or tragedy. Great Fletcher never teads in buskin ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SOCKET
SOCK'ET, noun1. The little hollow tube or place in which a candle is fixed in the candlestick. And in the sockets oily bubbles dance.2. Any hollow thing or place which receives ...
SOCKET-CHISEL
SOCK'ET-CHISEL, noun A chisel made with a socket; a stronger sort of chisel.
SOCKLESS
SOCK'LESS, adjective Destitute of socks or shoes.
SOCLE
SO'CLE, noun [See Sock.] In architecture, a flat squre member under the basis of pedestals of vases and statues, serving as a foot or stand.
SOCMAN
SOC'MAN, noun [See Socage.] One who holds lands or tenements by socage.
SOCMANRY
SOC'MANRY, noun Tenure by socage. [Not in use.]
SOCOME
SOC'OME, noun A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill. [Not used.]
SOCOTORINE
SOC'OTORINE, SOC'OTRINE, adjectivesocotorine or socotrine aloes, a fine kind of aloes from Socotra, an isle in the Indian oceans.
SOCOTRINE
SOC'OTORINE, SOC'OTRINE, adjective Socotorine or SOCOTRINE aloes, a fine kind of aloes from Socotra, an isle in the Indian oceans.
SOCRATIC
SOCRAT'IC, SOCRAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage, or his language or manner of teaching and philosophizing. The socratic metod of resoning and instruct...
SOCRATICAL
SOCRAT'IC, SOCRAT'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage, or his language or manner of teaching and philosophizing. The Socratic metod of resoning and instruct...
SOCRATICALLY
SOCRAT'ICALLY, adverb In the Socratic method.
SOCRATISM
SOC'RATISM, noun The doctrines of philosophy of Socrates.
SOCRATIST
SOC'RATIST, noun A disciple of Socrates.
SOD
SOD,n. Turf; sward; that stratum of earth on the surface which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface. It differs from clod, which may be compact mass...
SODA
SO'DA, noun Mineral fixed alkali; natron; so called because it forms the basis of marine salt. It is found native in Egypt; but it is generally obtained form the salsola kali. s...
SODA-WATER
SO'DA-WATER, noun A very weak solution of soda in water supersaturated with carbonic acid, and constituting a favorite beverage.
SODALITE
SO'DALITE, noun A mineral; so called from the large portion of mineral alkali which enters into its composition. It is of a bluish green color, and found crystalized or in masses.
SODDEN
SOD'DEN, participle passive of seethe. Boiled; seethed.
SODDY
SOD'DY, adjective [from sod.] Turfy; consisting of sod; covered with sod.
SODER
SOD'ER, verb transitive [It has been taken for granted that this is a contracted word, from Latin solido, and hence written solder. The fact may be doubted; but if true, the set...
SODIUM
SO'DIUM, noun The metallic base of soda. It is soft, sectile, white and opake, and very malleable. It is lighter than water.
SODOMITE
SOD'OMITE, noun1. An inhabitant of Sodom.2. One guilty of sodomy.
SODOMY
SOD'OMY, noun A crime against nature.
SOE
SOE, noun A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.
SOEVER
SOEVER, so and ever, found in compounds, as in whosoever, whatsoever, wheresoever, See these words. It is sometimes used separate from the pronoun; as, in what things soever you...