Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOO'SOO, n.

Among the Bengalese, the name of a cetaceous mammal, the Soosoo Gangeticus, of Lesson. – Asiat. Res.

SOOT, n. [Sax. sot; Sw. sot; Dan. sod, sood; Ir. suth; W. swta, soot, that which is volatile or sudden. But qu. for the word is from the Ar. سَادَ sauda, to be black.]

A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, rising in fine particles and adhering to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke. Soot consists of more than sixteen different substances, of which carbon, ulmin, asholin, creasote, capnomor, &c. are perhaps the principal. The soot of, burnt pine forms lampblack.

SOOT, v.t.

To cover or foul with soot.

SOOT-ED, pp.

Covered or soiled with soot. – Mortimer.

SOOT'ER-KIN, n.

A kind of false birth fabled to be produced by the Dutch women from sitting over their stoves. – Swift.

SOOTH, a.

1. Pleasing; delightful. [Obs.] – Milton.
2. True; faithful. [Obs.] – Shak.

SOOTH, n. [Sax. soth; Ir. seadh.]

1. Truth; reality. [Obs.] – Shak.
2. Prognostication. [Obs.] – Spenser.
3. Sweetness: kindness. [Obs.] – Shak.

SOOTHE, v.t. [Sax. gesothian, to flatter. There seems to be a connection between this verb and the preceding sooth. The sense of setting, allay or softening, would give that of truth, and of sweet, that is, smooth.]

1. To flatter; to please with blandishments or soft words. Can I sooth tyranny? – Dryden. I've tried the force of every reason on him, / Sooth'd and caress'd, been angry, sooth'd again. – Addison.
2. To soften; to assuage; to mollify; to calm; as, to soothe one in pain or passion; or to soothe pain. It is applied both to persons and things.
3. To gratify; to please. Sooth'd with his future fame. – Dryden.

SOOTH'ED, pp.

Flattered; softened; calmed; pleased.

SOOTH'ER, n.

A flatterer; he or that which softens or assuages.

SOOTH'ING, ppr.

Flattering; softening; assuaging.

SOOTH'ING-LY, adv.

With flattery or soft words.

SOOTH'LY, adv.

In truth; really. [Obs.] – Hales.

SOOTH'SAY, v.i. [sooth and say.]

To foretell; to predict. – Acts xvi. [Little used.]

SOOTH'SAY-ER, n.

A foreteller; a prognosticator; one who undertakes to foretell future events without inspiration.

SOOTH'SAY-ING, n.

1. The foretelling of future events by persons without divine aid or authority, and thus distinguished from prophecy.
2. A true saying; truth. [Obs.] – Chaucer.

SOOT'I-NESS, n. [from sooty.]

The quality of being sooty; or foul with soot, fuliginousness.

SOOT'ISH, a.

Partaking of soot; like soot. – Brown.

SOOT'Y, a. [Sax. sotig.]

1. Producing soot; as, sooty coal. – Milton.
2. Consisting of soot; fuliginous; as, sooty matter. – Wilkins.
3. Foul with soot.
4. Black like soot; dusky; dark; as, the sooty flag of Acheron. – Milton.

SOOT'Y, v.t.

To black or foul with soot. [Not authorized.] – Chapman.

SOP, n. [D. sop; Sax. sop; G. suppe, soup; Dan. suppe; Sw. soppa; Sp. sopa; It. zuppa; Fr. soupe. See Class Sb, No. 2, 30, &c. Qu. soap.]

1. Any thing steeped or dipped and softened in liquor, but chiefly something thus dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten. Sops in wine, quantity for quantity, inebriate more than wine itself. – Bacon.
2. Any thing given to pacify; so called from the sop given to Cerberus, in mythology. Hence the phrase, to give sop to Cerberus. Sop-in-wine, a kind of pink. – Spenser.

SOP, v.t.

To steep or dip in liquor.

SOPE, n. [or v. See SOAP.]

SOPH, n. [L. sophista.]

In colleges and universities, a student in his second year; a sophomore.

SO'PHI, n.

A title of the king of Persia. – Shak.