soss1 (sos)

[Also dial. su ; IMG:content-1576.jpg:[blocks in formation] dean. Sotadic verse. (a) A Sotadean verse. (b) A palindromic verse: so named apparently from some ancient examples of Sotadean verse being palindromic. sotelt, n. A Middle English form of soot1 . sote2t, a. A Middle English form of sweet . sotelt, soteltet. Middle English forms of sub- tle , subtlety . soteriological (sō-teri-o-loj'i-kal), a. [ sote- riolog - y + -ic - al .] Of or pertaining to soteriol- ogy; specifically, pertaining to the doctrine of spiritual salvation through Jesus Christ. He [Paul] elaborated the fullest scheme of Christian doc- trine which we po e from apostolic pens. It is e en- tially soteriological , or a system of the way of salvation. Schaff , Hist. Christ. Church, I. § 71. Soteriology (sō-te-ri-ol'ō-ji), n. [ σωτήρ , a deliverer, a preserver, ζειν , save), + -λογία , λέγειν , speak: see- ology .] 1. A discourse on health; the art of promoting and preserving health; hygiene.-2. That branch of theology which treats of the salva- tion of men through Jesus Christ. While the doctrines of Theology and Anthropology re- ceived a considerably full development during the Patris- tic and Scholastic periods, it was reserved for the Protes- tant church, and the modern theological mind, to bring the doctrines of Soteriology to a correspondent degree of expansion. W. G. T. Shedd, Hist. Christ. Doctrine, II. v. i. so le (sos'l), v. i. [Freq. of so 1 , v. Cf. soz- zle .] To make a slop. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] sostenuto (sos-te-nö'tō), a. [It., pp. of sos- tenere, sustinere , uphold, sustain: see sus- tain .] In music , sustained; prolonged: some- times merely the same as tenuto , and sometimes sothernt, a. A Middle English form of southern , as noun a fool, sot, = Wall. so , sott (ML. sottus ), foolish, sottish; cf. Sp. Pg. zote , foolish, sottish, G. zote , obscenity, It. zotico , coarse; perhaps of Celtic origin: cf. Bret. sod , sot , stupid, Ir. su- thaire , a dunce, suthan , booby. Hence sot1, v., besot , sottish , sottise .] I. a. Foolish; doltish; stupid. He understont that heo is sot . Ancren Riwle , p. 66. Cniht, thu ært muchel sot . II. n. 11. A fool; dolt; blockhead; booby. Ya, and loke that thou be not a sotte of thy saying, But sadly and sone thou sette all thi sawes. York Plays , p. 298. Wise in conceit, in act a very sot . Drayton , Ideas, lxii. Sot that I am, who think it fit to brag. Of Tristem and of his lief Isot, How he for hire bicom a sot . Where love binds him to prove. Armstrong and Musgrave (Child's Ballads, VIII. 247). IMG:content-1577.jpg:[blocks in formation] sot to (sot'to), prep. [It., sub , under: see sub-.] Under; be- low: an Italian word occurring in a few phrases: as, sot to il sog get to , below the subject; sot to voce , under the voice, in an undertone, aside. sot-weedt (sot'wed), n. Tobacco. [Rare.] I scarce had fill'd a pipe of sot - weed , And by the candle made it hot-weed. We had every one ramm'd a full charge of sot - weed into our infernal guns. Tom Brown , Works, II. 190. sotylt, a . A Middle English form of subtle . sou (số), n. [F. sou, OF. sol, the name of a coin: see sol2, sous, soldo .] An old Roman, Gallie, and French coin, originally of gold, then of silver, and finally of copper. Under Philip Augus- tus it was of silver, and of the value of twelve deniers. Under succeeding monarchs the value varied much; but twenty sous tour no is were equivalent to one livre tour- no is, and twenty-four sous to one livre paris is. Under IMG:content-1578.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1579.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-1580.jpg:[graphic] Sothiac (sō'thi-ak), a. [= F. Sothiaque , Σῶθις , an Egyptian name of Sirius.] Connected Louis XV. and Louis XVI. the sou was struck in copper, with Sirius, the dog-star.-Sothiac cycle or pe- riod. See cycle. Sothic (sothik), a . [ Σῶθις , an Egyptian name of Sirius.] Of or pertaining to the dog- star, So this.- Sothic year, the fixed year of the Egyp- tians, determined by the heliacal rising of Sirius. Since the declination of this star is little altered by prece ion, and its rising took place about the summer solstice, the year would have averaged nearly the sidereal year, or 9 minutes more (instead of 11 minutes le , as the tropical year is) than 365 days. But it is said that in practice one day was intercalated every four years. The Sothic year seems to have been little used by the Egyptians, at least before the Ptolemies. sothlyt, sothne t, sothsawt. Middle English forms of soothly , soothne , soothsaw. sotiet, n. [ME., also sotye , sottie , folly, foolishne , sot , foolish: see sot1 .] Folly. To seen a man from his estate Through his sotie effeminate, And leue that a man shall dooe. Gower , Conf. Amant., vii. sotilt, sotilteet. Middle English forms of sub- tle , subtlety . Sotnia (sot'ni-ä), n . [ sotniya , a hun- dred.] A company or squadron in a Co ack A party of Co acks reached Pescherna from Lovatz; one sotnia turned northward and succe fully attacked Toros. The other party turned south to Teteven. G. B. McClellan, N. A. Rev., CXXVI. 150. I hate to see a brave bold fellow sotted , Made sour and sensele , turn'd to whey by love. IMG:content-1581.jpg:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small] put down on account of their political effect. sottiset (sot'is), n. [ sotise , sottise , sot , foolish: see sot1 .] silly act or action; a stupid thing. sottish (sot'ish), a . souari-nut (sou-ä'ri-nut), n. See butternut , 2, and Caryocar . Also suwarrow - nut . soubah, n. See subah . soubahdar, soubadar, n . See subahdar . soubise (sö-bēz'), n. [F.] A cravat of a fashion worn by men toward the close of the eighteenth century. soubrette (sö-bret'), n. [ F.soubrette , fem. of OF. soubret, sober, thoughtful, sly, cunning, dim. of soubre , sobre , sober: see sober .] The at ., a maid- servant in comedy, frequently a lady's-maid. The part is usually characterized by coquetry, pertne , ef- frontery, and a spirit of intrigue: by extension the term is applied to almost any part exhibiting these qualities. soubriquet, n . See sobriquet . soucet. An obsolete spelling of sousel , souse2 . souch, v. A Scotch form of sough1 . souchet, v. t. [ME. souchen , souchier , suspicere , suspect: see suspect , suspicion .] Το suspect. Priueli vnperceyued the i pleyed to-gedere, That no seg vnder sunne souched no gile. IMG:content-1582.png:[blocks in formation] ing to a sot; having the character of a sot. (a) Dull; stupid; sensele ; doltish; very foolish. (6) Dull pertaining to drunkenne : as, a man of sottish habits. with intemperance; given to tippling and drunkenne ; soud2t, n . and v . Same as sold2 . sottishly (sot'ish-li), adv . In a sottish man- Glanville. ner; stupidly; sensele ly; without reason. sottishne (sot'ish-nes), n . The state or char- acter of being sottish. (a) Stupidity; dullne ; fool- IMG:content-1583.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1584.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1585.png:[blocks in formation] sough1 (sou or suf, or, as Scotch, súch), n. [For- merly also suff , suffe , Sc. sough , souch , also souf ; sugr , a rush- ing sound (in comp. arn - sügr , the sound of an eagle's flight), or (b) more prob. a contraction of ME. swough, swogh (= Icel. sūgr , above), swowen , swōgan = OS. swōgan , rustle, = Goth. swōgjan , sigh, resound: see swough. The word, formerly also pronounced with a guttural as written, suffered the usual change of gh to f , and was formerly written accordingly suff , suffe , whence by some confu- sion (prob. by a ociation with surge ) the form surf : see surf .] 1. A murmuring sound; a rush- ing or whistling sound, like that of the wind; a deep sigh. I saw the battle, sair an' tough, My heart, for fear, gae sough for sough . Burns, Battle of Sheriff-Muir. Voices I call 'em; 'twas a kind o' sough Like pine-trees thet the wind's ageth'rin' through. souket, v. A Middle English form of suck . soull (sol), n. [ soule , sowle, saule , sawle , saull , sāwel , sāwol , sāwul , sawl , saul , saule , life, spirit, soul, = OS. sēola , sēole , siole , sēle = OFries. siele , sēle =MD. siele , D. ziel = MLG. sēle , LG. sele , sal = OHG. sēla , sēula , MHG. sēle , G. seele = Icel. sāla , later sal = Sw. själ = Dan. sjæl = Goth. saiwala , soul (tr. Gr. ψυχή , etc.); origin unknown. The word has been compared with Gr. αἰόλος , quick-moving, changeful, and with sea (see seal ); also with L. sæculum , age (life, vitality) (see secle , secular).] 1. A substantial entity believed to be that in each person which lives, feels, thinks, and wills. Animals also, and even plants, have been thought to have souls. Primitive peoples identify the soul with the breath, body, it is supposed to have some imperfect existence, and to retain the form of the body as a ghost. The verses of Davies (see below) enumerate most of the ancient Greek opinions. The first is that of Anaximander and of Diogenes of A poll on i a; the second is that of Her a clit us; the third is that of Empedocles; the fourth is that attributed to Empedocles by Aristotle; the fifth is that of Dicæarch us and other Pythagoreans, as Simmias in the "Phædo"; the sixth is attributed wrongly to Galen; the seventh is that of Demo crit us and the atomists; the eighth is attributed by some authorities to the Pythagoreans; and the ninth is that of the Stoics. Aristotle makes the soul little more than a faculty or attribute of the body, and he compares it to the "axne " of an ax. The scholastics combined this idea with that of the separability and immortality of the soul, thus forming a highly metaphysical doctrine. Des cartes originated distinct metaphysical dualism, which holds that spirit and matter are two radically different kinds of substance the former characterized by con- sciousne , the latter by extension. Most modern philos- ophers hold to monism in some form, which recognizes only one kind of substance. That the soul is immortal is a very ancient and widely diffused opinion; it is also com- Lowell , Biglow Papers, 2d ser., ii. monly believed that the soul has no parts. A soul sep a- 2. A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath. There, a sough of glory Shall breathe on you as you come. "Thir kittle times will drive the wisest o' us daft," said Niel Blane, the prudent host of the Howff; "but I'se aye keep a calm sough." Scott , Old Mortality, xx. sough1 (sou or suf, or, as Scotch, súch), v . [Also Sc. souch ; ME.souzen : see sough1 , n.] I. in trans. 1. To make a rushing, whistling, or sighing sound; emit a hollow murmur; mur- mur or sigh like the wind. [Now (except in literary use) local English or Scotch.] Deep, as soughs the boding wind Amang his caves, the sigh he gave. Burns, As on the Banks. Tennyson, Dying Swan. rated from the body is commonly called a spirit , not a soul. In biblical and theological usage 'soul' ( nephesh , psyche , also rendered 'life') is sometimes used for the non- corporeal nature of man in general, and sometimes, in dis- tinct i on from spirit , for the lower part of this non-corporeal nature, standing in direct communication with the body, and regarded as the seat of the emotions, rarely of will or spirit. Some theologians minimize the distinction between soul and spirit , making them mere aspects or relations of the same substance, while others have made them distinct substances or distinct entities. For of the soule the bodie forme doth take; For soule is forme, and doth the bodie make. Spenser, Hymn in Honour of Beauty, 1. 132. I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be pre- served blamele unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thes. v. 23. To hold opinion with Pythagoras That souls of animals infuse themselves Into the trunks of men. Shak . , M. of V., iv. 1. 132. One thinks the soule is aire; another fire; Another blood, diff us'd about the heart; Another saith the elements conspire, And to her e ence each doth give a part. Musicians thinke our soules are harmonies; Phisicians hold that they complexions be; Epicures make them swarmes of atomies, Which doe by chance into our bodies flee. Some think one generall soule fils every braine, As the bright sunne sheds light in every starre; And others thinke the name of soule is vaine, And that we onely well-mixt bodies are. And tediousne the limbs and outward flourishes. Shak., Hamlet, ii. 2. 90. 4. Fervor; fire; grandeur of mind, or other no- ble manifestation of the heart or moral nature. I have been woo'd by many with no le Soul of affection. Fletcher, Faithful Shepherde , iv. 4. Money gives soul to action. Ford , Perkin Warbeck, iii. 1. There is some soul of goodne in things evil. Shak., Hen. V., iv. 1. 4. 5. A spiritual being; a disembodied spirit; a shade. IMG:content-1586.png:[blocks in formation] All the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. Gen. xlvi. 27. With chemic art exalts the mineral powers, And draws the aromatic souls of flowers. Pope , Windsor Forest, 1. 244. The gost that fro the fader gan procede Hath sowled hem withouten any drede. soul2 (söl or sol), n. [Also sool ; sowle , souel , saule , saulee , food, = Dan. sul , meat eaten with bread.] Anything eaten with bread; a relish, as butter, cheese, milk, or preserves; that which satisfies. Grose . [Prov. Eng.] Maria Egyptiaca eet in thyrty wynter Bote thre lytel loues [loaves), and loue [love] was her souel . Piers Plowman (C), xviii. 24. of inactivity, though perhaps not of insensibility, from death to the resurrection. Hartley, Observations on Man, II. iv. § 3, prop. 90. 2. The moral and emotional part of man's nature; the seat of the sentiments or feelings: able sustenance; satisfy with food; satiate. I haue, sweet wench, a piece of cheese, As good as tooth may cha we, And bread and wildings souling well. Hear my soul speak: The very instant that I saw you, did My heart fly to your service. Soul a me a tribe Picramnieæ, formerly referred to the Poly galaceæ. It is characterized by flowers with a three parted calyx, three linear petals, six stamens, and a two celled ovary with solitary ovules. There are 2 species, both tropical. They bear long petioled, thin, entire leaves, and axillary spikes of small pedicel led flowers. For S. amara, a shrub or small tree of the Moluccas and New Ireland, see bitter - king.