Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SOFT'-VOIC-ED, a.

Having a soft voice. – Carlisle.

SOG'GY, a. [allied probably to soak, – which see; W. soeg and soegi, to steep.]

1. Wet; filled with water; soft with moisture; as, soggy land. Timber that has imbibed water is said to be soggy.
2. Steaming with damp. – B. Jonson.

SO'HO, exclam.

A word used in calling from a distant place; a sportman's halloo. – Shak.

SOI-DISANT, a. [Soi disant; swa desaun; Fr.]

Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would be.

SOIL, n. [G. süle. See the verb.]

1. Dirt; any foul matter upon another substance; foulness; spot.
2. Stain; tarnish. A lady's honor … will not beat a soil. – Dryden.
3. The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them. [L. solum, W. swl.]
4. Land; country. We love our native soil.
5. Dung; compost. Improve land by dung and other sort of soils. – Mortimer. To take soil, to run into the water, as a deer when pursued. – B. Jonson.

SOIL, v.t. [Sax. selan, sylian; Dan. söler; Sw. söla; Fr. salir, souiller; Arm. salicza; Ir. salaighim. Class Sl, No. 35, Syr.]

1. To make dirty on the surface; to foul; to dirt; to stain; to defile; to tarnish; to sully; as, to soil a garment with dust. Our wonted ornaments now soil'd and stain'd. – Milton.
2. To cover or tinge with any thing extraneous; as, the earth to soil the earth with blood. – Tate.
3. To dung; to manure. – South. To soil a horse, is to purge him by giving him fresh grass. – Johnson. To soil cattle, in husbandry, is to feed them with grass daily mowed for them, instead of pasturing them.

SOIL'ED, pp.

Fouled; stained; tarnished; manured; fed with grass.

SOIL'I-NESS, n.

Stain; foulness. [Little used.] Bacon.

SOIL'ING, n.

The act or practice of feeding cattle or horses with fresh grass, instead of pasturing them.

SOIL'ING, ppr.

Defiling; fouling; tarnishing; feeding with fresh grass; manuring.

SOIL'LESS, a.

Destitute of soil. – Bigsby.

SOIL'URE, n. [Fr. souillure.]

Stain; pollution. [Not in use.] – Shak.

SOIR-EE, n. [swar'ai; Fr. soir, evening.]

An evening party.

SO-JOURN, n.¹ [so'jurn; Fr. sejourner; It. soggiornare, which seems to be formed from the noun soggiorno; sub and giorno, a day.]

To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident, or as a stranger, not considering the place as his permanent habitation. So Abram sojourned in Egypt. – Gen. xii. The soldiers assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days. – Hayward.

SO'JOURN, n.¹

A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in foreign land. – Milton.

SO'JOURN-ER, n.

A temporary resident; a stranger or traveler who dwells in a place for a time. We are strangers before thee and sojourners, as all our fathers were. – 1 Chron. xxix.

SO'JOURN-ING, n.

The act of dwelling in a place for a time; also, the time of abode. – Exod. xii.

SO'JOURN-ING, ppr.

Dwelling for a time.

SO'JOURN-MENT, n.

Temporary residence, as that of a stranger or traveler. – Walsh.

SOKE, n.

A district in which a particular privilege or power is exercised. [Eng.]

SOL, n.¹ [L.]

The sun.

SOL, n.² [Norm. soulze, soulds, souz, from L. solidus.]

1. In France, a small copper coin; a penny; usually sou or sous. – Encyc.
2. A copper coin and money of account in Switzerland.

SOL, n.³ [It.]

The name of a note in music.

SOL'ACE, n. [It. sollazzo; L. solatium.]

Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; recreation. The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion. – Rambler.

SOL'ACE, v.i.

To take comfort; to be cheered or relieved in grief. [Obs.] – Shak.