Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOCK'LESS, a.

Destitute of socks or shoes. – Beaum.

SO'CLE, n. [See Sock.]

In architecture, a flat square member under the basis of pedestals of vases and statues, serving as a foot or stand.

SOC'MAN, n. [See Socage.]

One who holds lands or tenements by socage. – Cowel.

SOC'MAN-RY, n.

Tenure by socage. [Not in use.] – Cowel.

SOC'OME, n.

A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill. [Not used.] – Cowel.

SOC'O-TO-RINE, or SOC'O-TRINE, a.

Socotorine or socotrine aloes, a kind of aloes from Socotra, an isle in the Indian ocean. – Encyc.

SO-CRAT'IC, or SO-CRAT'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to Socrates the Grecian sage, or to his language or manner of teaching and philosophizing. The Socratic method of reasoning and instruction was by interrogatories.

SO-CRAT'IC-AL-LY, adv.

In the Socratic method. – Goodman.

SOC'RA-TISM, n.

The doctrines or philosophy of Socrates.

SOC'RA-TIST, n.

A disciple of Socrates. – Martin.

SOD, a.

Made or consisting of sod.

SOD, n. [D. zoode; G. sode. I suspect the radical sense is set, fixed; W. sodi, to set.]

Turf; sward; that stratum of earth on the surface which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface. It differs from clod, which may be a compact mass of earth without roots; but sod is formed by earth held together by roots.

SOD, v. [pret. of Seethe; also the passive participle. See Sodden.]

SOD, v.t.

To cover with sod; to turf.

SO'DA, n. [G. soda; D. souda; It. soda; Sp. soda or sosa, glasswort, barilla.]

1. The protoxyd of the metal sodium, formerly called, though not appropriately, mineral alkali. It has likewise been called fixed alkali, in contradistinction from ammonia, which is a volatile alkali.
2. The carbonate of soda, formerly called natron, obtained by lixiviating the ashes of marine plants. In this state however, it is never pure.

SO'DA-LITE, n.

A mineral; so called from the large portion of mineral alkali which enters into its composition. It is of a bluish green color, and found crystalized or in masses. Dict.

SO-DAL'I-TY, n. [L. sodalitas, from sodalis, a companion.]

A fellowship or fraternity. Stillingfleet.

SO'DA-WA-TER, n.

A very weak solution of soda in water highly charged with carbonic acid, and constituting a popular beverage.

SOD'DED, pp.

Covered with sod; turfed.

SOD'DEN, pp. [of Seethe.]

Boiled; seethed.

SOD'DY, a. [from sod.]

Turfy; consisting of sod; covered with sod.

SOD'ER, n.

Metallic cement; metal or metallic composition used in uniting other metallic substances.

SOD'ER, v.t. [W. sawd, juncture; sawdriaw, to join, to soder; Fr. souder; Arm. souda or soudta; It. sodare, to make firm. It has been taken for granted that this is a contracted word, from L. solido, and hence written solder. The fact may be doubted; but if true, the settled pronunciation seems to render it expedient to let the contracted orthography remain undisturbed. So Parkhurst writes it. Lexicon, דבק.]

To unite and make solid, as metallic substances; to join separate things or parts of the same thing by a metallic substance in a state of fusion, which hardens in cooling, and renders the joint solid.

SOD'ER-ED, pp.

United by a metallic cement.

SOD'ER-ING, ppr.

Uniting and making solid by means of a metallic substance in a state of fusion.