soger (sojer)

1. A dialectal or colloquial form of soldier. Also sojer, sodger.-2. Naut., a skulk or shirk; one who is always trying to evade his share of work. The captain called him a soger . R. H. Dana , Jr. , Before the Mast, p. 142. soger (sō'jér), v . i. [ soger , n .: see soger , n ., 2.] Naut ., to play the soger or shirk. Reefing is the most exciting part of a sailor's duty. All hands are engaged upon it, and, after the halyards are let go, there is no time to be lost - no sogering , or hanging back, then. R. H. Dana , Jr. , Before the Mast, p. 26. sogett. A Middle English form of subject . sog get to (so-jet'to), n. [It.: see subject .] In music , same as subject or theme. soggy (sog'i), a. [ sog1 + -y1; in part a var. of socky , soaky .] Soaked with water or moisture; thoroughly wet; damp and heavy: as, soggy land; soggy timber; soggy bread. Cor. How now, Mitis! what's that you consider so seriously? Mit . Troth, that which doth e entially please me, the warping condition of this green and soggy multitude. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, iii. 2. soh (sō), interj . See sol, interj . sohare, n . Same as sura - hai . soho (so-hō'), interj. [ hol .] A word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsmen's halloo. IMG:content-1473.png:[blocks in formation] soil