sod, sodde

& a. [So called from the sodden condition of turf after rain, or in marshy places; cf. Dut.zode =a sod, from O. Dut. zode =a seething or boiling Low. Ger.sode=sod: Ger.sode.] [SEETHE.] a sod; O. Fris. satha, sad a =a sod; IMG:content-1685.png:[blocks in formation] Agric.: The burning of the turf of old pasturelands for the sake of the ashes, as manure. sod, v. t. [SOD, 8.] To cover with sod or turf; to turf. *sod, pret. & pa. par. of v. [SEETHE.] số dạ, s. [Ital. soda, fem. of so do, contract. from soli do solid; O. P. soulde; Fr. soude. ( Skeat.)] 1. Chem.: An oxide of sodium; thus, anhydrous soda, Na2O, caustic soda, NaHO. In ordinary language it denotes an impure carbonate of soda, used in washing, for gla -making, for the manufacture of hard soap, . [SODIUM-CARBONATE. ] 2. Pharm .: Caustic soda (Sodium hydrate) may be used externally as a caustic; the bi-carbonate as a direct antacid and alterative; sulphate of soda is an antiseptic. [HYPOSULPHATE OF SODIUM.] A solution of chlorinated soda is an antiseptic and stimulant given in low malignant fever, as a gargle in Sō-crăt-ic, Sō-crăt-ic-al, a . [Lat. Socraticus .] ulcerated sore throat, and externally in gangrene. Of or belonging to So crates. Socratic-method, s . Philosophy: The method of exact definition and induction introduced by So crates (B. C. 469-399) (Arist.: Metaph . , xiii. 4). It was his custom to carry on his investigations from propositions generally received as true, and to place the particular statement to be examined in a variety of combinations, thus implying that each thought must, if true, maintain its validity under every po ible combination. From the fact that this method was employed by its author in the form of dialogue, the term Socratic method is often loosely applied to any inquiry carried on in the form of question and answer, without reference to the fulfillment of the conditions which So crates regarded as being all important. [BORAX, GLAUBER-SALT, SODIUM-ACETATE, CHLORIDE, .] 「Soda-alum = Men do zite ; Soda-copperas= Jaro site ; Soda - spodumene = Oligoclase ; Soda-nitre = Nitratine ; Soda table-spar, Soda-wollastonite = Pectolite . soda-ash, s. Comm.: Crude carbonate of sodium. soda-lime, s. Chem.: An intimate mixture of caustic soda and quicklime, used chiefly for the determination of nitrogen in organic analysis. It converts the or ganicnitrogen of the substance into ammonia, which is collected apart and the quantity estimated. soda-paper s . A paper made by saturating filtering paper with carbonate of soda. Used for inclosing powders which are to be ignited under and as a test paper. soda-plant, s. "With respect to the Socratic -method, in its employ the blow-pipe, so that they may not be blown away, ment of induction, I cannot agree with those who con- sider it an anticipation of Bacon."-G. H. Lewes: Hist. Philos. (ed. 1880), 1. 162. Socratic-philosophy, s . Philosophy: 1. A term sometimes used to include the development of Greek philosophy from the time of So crates to the rise of the Neoplatonists, because, with the exception of the Epicureans, the chief philosophical schools up to that period profe ed to ground their teachings on the authority of So crates. 2. The ethics of So crates, as gathered from the writings of Xenophon, Plato, and Aristotle. It is not known when So crates commenced his career as a public teacher, but he first attracted notice as an opponent of the Sophists (q. v.), and was about forty-six years of age when Aris toph anes introduced him on the stage in The Clouds , strange to say, in the character of a Sophist. All previous philosophers had been occupied with the Universe as a whole; the chief busine of So crates was with man as a moral being. His reforming tendencies made many enemies. In B. C. 399 Meletus, a leather-seller, seconded by Anytus, a poet, and Lycon, a rhetor, preferred this indictment against him: "So crates is guilty of reviling the gods acknowledged by the State, and of preaching new gods: moreover he is guilty of corrupting the youth." He was tried and Bot .: Salsola soda ; applied also to any plant containing some salt of soda, as Salicornia salsola , Plant a go squarrosa , .