Webster's Dictionary 1913

7561

Sowse

Sowse (?), n. & v. See Souse. ryden.

7562

Sowter

Sow″ter (?), n. See Souter. B. Jonson.

7563

Soy

Soy (?), n. [Chinese shōyū.] 1. A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation an...

7564

Soyle

Soyle (?), v. t. [Aphetic form of assoil.] To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts. Tyndate.

7565

Soyle (2)

Soyle, n. [Cf. Soil to feed.] Prey. Spenser.

7566

Soyned

Soyn″ed (? or?), a. [F. soigner to care.] Filled with care; anxious. Mir. for Mag.

7567

Sozzle

Soz″zle (?), v. t. [Freq. from soss, v.] 1. To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. Bartlett.2. To heap up in confusion. Forby.

7568

Sozzle (2)

Soz″zle, n. 1. One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled.

7569

Spa

Spa (?; 277), n. A spring or mineral water; — so called from a place of this name in Belgium.

7570

Spaad

Spaad (?), n. [Cf. G. spath spar. See Spar the mineral.] (Min.) A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus. oodward.

7571

Space

Space (spās), n. [OE. space, F. espace, from L. spatium space; cf. Gr. σπα̑ν to draw, to tear; perh. akin to E. span. Cf. Expatiate.] 1. Extension, considered independently of a...

7572

Space (2)

Space, v. i. [Cf. OF. espacier, L. spatiari. See Space, n.] To walk; to rove; to roam.And loved in forests wild to space. Spenser.

7573

Space (3)

Space, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Spacong (?).] [Cf. F. espacer. See Space, n.] (Print.) To arrange or adjust the spaces in or between; as, to space words, li...

7574

Space bar

{ Space barorkey }. (Mach.) A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters.

7575

Spaceful

Space″ful (?), a. Wide; extensive. Sandys.

7576

Spaceless

Space″less, a. Without space. Coleridge.

7577

Spacial

Spa″cial (?), a. See Spatial.

7578

Spacially

Spa″cial‐ly, adv. See Spatially. Sir W. Hamilton.

7579

Spacious

Spa″cious (?), a. [L. spatiousus: cf. F. spacieux. See Space, n.] 1. Extending far and wide; vast in extent. “A spacious plain outstretched in circuit wide.” Milton.2. Inclosing...

7580

Spad

Spad (?), n.(Mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

7581

Spadassin

‖Spa′das′sin″ (?), n. [F., fr. It. spadaccino a swordsman, from spada a sword.] A bravo; a bully; a duelist. Ld. Lytton.

7582

Spaddle

Spad″dle (?), n. A little spade.

7583

Spade

Spade (?), n. [Cf. Spay, n.] 1. (Zoöl.) A hart or stag three years old. [Written also spaid, spayade.]2. [Cf. L. spado.] A castrated man or beast.

7584

Spade (2)

Spade, n. [AS. spæd; spada; akin to D. spade, G. spaten, Icel. spaði, Dan. & Sw. spade, L. spatha a spatula, a broad two-edged sword, a spathe, Gr. σπάθη. Cf. Epaulet, Spade at ...

7585

Spade (3)

Spade (spād), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Spaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Spading.] To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

7586

Spadebone

Spade″bone′ (–bōn′), n. Shoulder blade.

7587

Spadefish

Spade″fish′ (–fĭsh′), n.(Zoöl.) An American market fish (Chætodipterus faber) common on the southern coasts; — called also angel fish, moonfish, and porgy.