sodding mallet (sodingmal"et)

A beating tool with a broad, flat face, for smoothing and compacting newly laid sods. sodding-spade (sod'ing-spad), n. A spade with a flat, sharp blade, used for cutting sods; a sod cutter. soda-lime (sō'da-lim), n . In chem ., a mixture of caustic soda and quicklime, used chiefly for nitrogen determinations in organic analysis. sodalite (so'da-līt), n. [ soda + -lite .] A min- eral so called from the large portion of soda which enters into its composition. It is commonly found in volcanic rocks, occurring in isometric crystals and also ma ive, and is usually of a blue color, also gray- ish. greenish, yellowish, and white. It is a silicate of alusodent, sodeint, a. Obsolete forms of sudden . minium and sodium with sodium chlorid. soddy (sod'i), a. [