Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Soapwort

Soap″wort′ (?), n.(Bot.) A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; — so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that fr...

6752

Soapy

Soap″y (?), a. [Compar.Soapier (?); superl.Soapiest.] 1. Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.2. Smeared with soap; covered with soap.

6753

Soar

Soar (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Soared (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Soaring.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze; akin to...

6754

Soar (2)

Soar, n. The act of soaring; upward flight.This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge.

6755

Soar (3)

Soar, a. See 3d Sore.

6756

Soar (4)

Soar, a. See Sore, reddish brown.Soar falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.

6757

Soar (5)

Soar, v. i.(Aëronautics) To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude.

6758

Soaring

Soar″ing, a. & n. from Soar. — Soar″ing‐ly, adv.

6759

Soave

‖So‐a″ve (?), a.(Mus.) Sweet.

6760

Soavemente

‖So‐a′ve‐men″te (?), adv.(Mus.) Sweetly.

6761

Sob

Sob (?), v. t. [See Sop.] To soak. Mortimer.

6762

Sob (2)

Sob, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Sobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sobbing.] [OE. sobben; akin to AS. seófian, siófian, to complain, bewail, seófung, siófung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s�f...

6763

Sob (3)

Sob, n. 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath. Dryden.2. Any sorrowful cry or sou...

6764

Sobbing

Sob″bing (?), n. A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.

6765

Sober

Sober (?), a. [Compar.Soberer (?); superl.Soberest.] [OE. sobre, F. sobre, from L. sobrius, probably from a prefix so- expressing separation + ebrius drunken. Cf. Ebriety.] 1. T...

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Sober (2)

So″ber (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sobered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sobering.] To make sober.There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain,And drinking largely sobers us again. Pope.

6767

Sober (3)

So″ber, v. i. To become sober; — often with down.Vance gradually sobered down. Ld. Lytton.

6768

Sober-minded

So″ber–mind′ed (?), a. Having a disposition or temper habitually sober. — So″ber–mind′ed‐ness, n.

6769

Soberize

So″ber‐ize (?), v. t. & i. To sober. Crabbe.

6770

Soberly

So″ber‐ly, adv. In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.

6771

Soberly (2)

So″ber‐ly, a. Grave; serious; solemn; sad.looked hollow and thereto soberly. Chaucer.

6772

Soberness

So″ber‐ness, n. The quality or state of being sober.

6773

Soboles

Sob″o‐les (?), n.(Bot.) (a) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances. (b) A sucker, as of tree or shrub.

6774

Soboliferous

Sob′o‐lif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. soboles + -ferous.] (Bot.) Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.

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Sobranje

‖So‐bran″je (?), n. The unicameral national assembly of Bulgaria, elected for a term of five years by universal suffrage of adult males.

6776

Sobriety

So‐bri″e‐ty (?), n. [L. sobrietas: cf. F. sobriété. See Sober.] 1. Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.Public sobriety is...

6777

Sobriquet

‖So′bri′quet″ (sō̍′brē̍′kā̍″), n.[F. sobriquet, OF. soubzbriquet, soubriquet, a chuck under the chin, hence, an affront, a nickname; of uncertain origin; cf. It. sottobecco a ch...