SOLID dimensions; having length, breadth, and thickness; cubic; as, a solid foot contains 1728 solid inches.-4. Firm; compact; strong; as, a solid pier; a solid pile; a solid wall. 5. Sound; not weakly. A solid and strong constitution of body to bear the fatigue." Watts.-6. Substantial, as opposed to frivolous, fallacious, or the like; worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; not empty or vain; real; true; just; valid; firm; strong. If slid happiness we prize, Cotton. 7. Grave; profound; not light, trifling, or superficial. These wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the Dryden. name of solid men. 8 Financially sound or safe; possessing plenty of capital; wealthy; well-established; reliable.-9. In bot. of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem.-Solid angle, an angle formed by three or more plane angles meeting in a point, but which are not in the same plane, as the angle of a die, the point of a diamond, &c. See ANGLE.-Solid measure. Same as Cubic measure-Solid square (milit.), a square body of troops; a body in which the ranks and fles are equal-Solid problem, a problem which cannot be constructed geometrically, that is by the intersections of straight lines and circles, but requires the introduction of some curves of a higher order, as the ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola, which, being the sections of solids, give rise to the term solid problem. The algebraic solution of a solid problem leads to a cubic or biquadratic equation.-SYN. Hard, strong, compact, firm, dense, impenetrable, cubic, substantial, stable, sound, valid, true, real, just, weighty, profound, grave, important. Solid (solid), N. 1. A firm compact body; a body the cohesion of whose particles is so strong that they move in a combined mass and retain their relative positions. A solid is thus distinguished from a liquid, whose parts or particles yield to the slightest impression, and are easily made to move amongst each other. In solids the attractive forces of the particles are greater than the repulsive, and the particles consequently adhere with greater or less force; in liquids the attractive and repulsive forces are balanced, and in gases the repulsive forces prevail. 2 In geom. a body or magnitude which has three dimensions-length, breadth, and thickness, being thus distinguished from a surface, which has but two dimensions, and from a line, which has but one. The boundaries of solids are surfaces.-Regular solids are those which are bounded by equal and regular planes. All other solids are called irregular-3. In anatomy and medical science the bones, flesh, and vessels of animal bodies are called solids, in distinction from the blood, chyle, and other fluids. Solidago (sol-i-dā'gō), n. [From L. solidus, solid, on account of the vulnerary properties of the plants.] A genus of plants, nat order Compositæ, chiefly natives of North America, and distinguished by the following characters-florets of the ray about five, yellow, furnished with a hair-like pappua; anthers without bristles at the base; involucre much imbricated; fruit nearly cylindrical. Most of the numerous species have erect rod-like, scarcely branched stems, with alternate serrated leaves, and terminal spikes or racemes of small yellow flowers S. Virgaurea (the common goldenrod) is the only British species, and is common in woods and heathy thickets. Solidaret (sol'i-dar), n. [L. solidus, a coin of varying value.) A small piece of money. Here's three solidares for thee; good boy, wink at me, and say thou saw'st me not. Shak, Solidarity (sol-i-dari-ti), n. [Fr. solidarité.] The mutual responsibility existing between two or more persons; communion of interests and responsibilities. Solidarity, a word which we owe to the French communists. Trench. Every attentive regarder of the character of St. Pal not only as he was before his conversion, but as he appears to us till his end, must have been struck wch two things: one, the earnest insistence with which he recommends 'bowels of mercies,' as he calls them, meekness, humbleness of mind, gentleness, Usvarying forbearance, crowned all of thein with that ence of charity which is the bond of perfectness; the ether, the force with which he dwells on the solHardy (se the modern phrase) of man; the joint interest, that is, which binds humanity together, the duty of respecting every one's part in it, and of doing justice to his efforts to fulfil that part. Matt. Arnold. 131 Solidate (sol'i-dāt), v.t. [L. solido, solidatum, to make solid. See SOLID.] To make solid or firm. Cowley. Capable of The Solidifiable (so-lid'i-fi-a-bl), a. being solidified or rendered solid. Solidification (so-lid'i-fi-kā"shon), n. act or process of making solid; specifically, in physics, the passage of bodies from the liquid or gaseous to the solid state. It is accompanied by evolution of heat without the body exhibiting a decrease of temperature, and in general by change of volume. Solidify (so-lid'i-fi), v.t. pret. & pp. solidified; ppr. solidifying. [L. solidus, solid, and facio, to make.] To make solid or compact. Solidify (so-lid'i-fi), v. i. To become solid or compact; as, water solidifies into ice through cold. Solidism (sol'id-izm), n. In med, the doctrine that refers all diseases to alterations of the solid parts of the body. It rests on the opinion that the solids alone are endowed with vital properties, and that they only can receive the impression of morbific agents and be the seat of pathological phe nomena. Solidist (sol'id-ist), n. One who believes in or maintains the doctrine of solidism. Solidity (so-lid'i-ti), n. [Fr. solidité, L. 80liditas. See SOLID.] 1. The state or quality of being solid: (a) that property of bodies by which the particles cohere with greater or less force and cannot be made to alter their relative positions without the application of sensible force; firmness; hardness; density; compactness: opposed to fluidity. That which hinders the approach of two bodies moving one toward another I call solidity. Locke. (b) Fulness of matter: opposed to hollowness. (c) Strength or stability; massiveness. (d) Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty: opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, truths, or opinions. His fellow-peers have been convinced by the solidity of his reasoning. Prior. 2. In geom. the quantity of space occupied by a solid body. Called also its Solid or Cubic Content or Contents. The solidity of a body is estimated by the number of cubic inches, feet, yards, &c., which it contains. 3. A solid body or mass. Heaven's face doth glow; Yea, this solidity and compound mass, With tristful visage, as against the doom, Is thought-sick at the act. Shak SYN. Solidness, firmness, density, compactness, hardness, strength, soundness, validity, weightiness, certainty, certitude. Solidly (solid-li), adv. In a solid manner; as, (a) firmly; densely; compactly; as, the parts of a pier solidly united. (b) Firmly; truly; on firm grounds. A complete brave man ought to know solidly the main end of his being in the world. Sir K. Digby. Solidness (solid-nes), n. 1. The quality of being solid; solidity. The closeness and solidness of the wood.' Bacon.-2. Soundness; strength; truth; validity, as of arguments, reasons, principles, &c. Solidum (sol'id-um), n. 1. In arch. the die of a pedestal.-2. In Scots law, a complete sum.-To be bound in solidum, to be bound for the whole debt though only one of several obligants. When several debtors are bound each for his own share they are said to be bound pro rata. Solidungula (sol-id-ung'gü-la), n. pl. [L. solidus, solid, and ungula, hoof.] The family of hoofed quadrupeds, comprising the horses, asses, and zebras, characterized by the feet having only a single perfect toe, each in closed in a single Foot and Foot-bones of the broad hoof, with- Horse, showing the single toe. out supplemen tary hoofs. Called also Equide (which see). Solidungular (sol-id-ung'gu-lèr), a. Same as Solidungulous. Solidungulate (sol-id-ung'gu-lát), a. and n. Pertaining to, or a quadruped of, the family Solidungula or Equidæ. Solidungulous (sol-id-ung'gu-lus), a. taining to the family Solidungula; having hoofs that are whole or not cloven; as, the horse is a solidungulous animal. Sir T. Browne. Per SOLITARY Solidus (sol'i-dus), n. [L] The name given after the time of Alexander Severus to the old Roman coin aureus, equivalent to £1, 18. 14d. at the present value of gold. Its value was subsequently much diminished. A solidus of silver was also coined, which also underwent great variations in weight and fineness. It is historically represented by the soldo of Italy and the sol or sou of France. Solifidian (sol-i-fid'i-an), n. [L. solus, alone, and fides, faith.] One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is necessary to justification. Hammond. Solifidian (sol-i-fid'i-an), a. Holding the tenets of Solifidians. Feltham. Solifidianism (sol-i-fid'i-an-izm), n. The tenets of Solifidians. Soliform (sõ'li-form), a. [L. sol, solis, the sun, and forma, shape.] Formed like the sun. Cudworth. [Rare.] Soliloquize (sô-lil'ō-kwiz), v.i. pret. & pp. soliloquized; ppr. soliloquizing. To utter a soliloquy; to talk to one's self. Soliloquy (sō-lil'ō-kwi), n. [L. soliloquium -solus, alone, and loquor, to speak.] 1. A talking to one's self; a monologue; a talking or discourse of a person alone, or not addressed to another person, even when others are present. Bp. Hall. Lovers are always allowed the comfort of soliloquy. Spectator. 2. A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person speaks to himself. Prior. The whole poem is a seliloquy. Soliped, Solipede (sol'i-ped, sol'i-ped), n. [L. solus, alone, single, and pes, pedis, a foot.] An animal whose hoof is not cloven; one of the Solidungula. The solipedes or firmhoofed animals.' Sir T. Browne. Solipedal, Solipedous (so-lip'e-dal, so-lip'e-dus), a. Having hoofs which are not cloven; solidungular. Solisequious (sō-li-se'kwi-us), a. [L. sol, solis, the sun, and sequor, to follow.] Following the course of the sun; as, the sunSolitaire (sol-i-tár), n. (Fr. solitaire, from flower is a solisequious plant. L. solitarius. See SOLITARY.] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Often have I been going to take possession of tranquillity, when your conversation has spoiled me for a solitaire. Pope. 2. An ornament for the neck or ears; an article of jewelry in which a single precious stone is set.-3. A game which one person can play alone; particularly, a game played on a board indented with thirty-three or thirtyseven hemispherical hollows, with an equal number of balls. One ball is removed from the board, and the empty hollow thus left enables pieces to be captured singly as in draughts. The object of the player is to take all the pieces except one without moving diagonally or over more than two spaces at a time.-4. A bird of the genus Pezophaps, belonging to the dodo family, but differing from the dodo in having a smaller bill and shorter legs. P. solitarius, the only species of whose existence there is any evidence, is now, like the dodo, extinct, and became so since 1691, when the island of Rodriguez, situated about 300 miles to the east of the Mauritius, where its remains have been found, was first inhabited.-5. The name given in Jamaica to a species of thrush, the Ptilogonys armillatus. It sings very sweetly, and is met with among the mountain woods. Solitarian (sol-i-tă'ri-an), n. A hermit. 'The dispersed monks and other solitarians.' Sir R. Twisden. Solitariety (sol'i-ta-ri'e-ti), n. State of being solitary. Cudworth. Solitarily (sol'i-ta-ri-li), adv. In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone; without company. Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood. Mic. vii. 14. Solitariness (sol'i-ta-ri-nes), n. 1. The state of being solitary or apart from others; retirement, or habitual retirement. At home, in wholesome solitariness.' Donne.-2. The state of not being frequented; solitude; loneliness applied to place; as, the solitariness of the country or of a wood. Solitary (sol'i-ta-ri), a. [Fr. solitaire; L. solitarius, from solus, alone (whence sole).] 1. Living alone; not having company; destitute of associates; being by one's self; inclined to be alone; as, some of the more ferocious animals are solitary, seldom or 6. In bot. separate; one only in a place; as, a solitary stipule. A flower is said to be solitary when there is only one to each peduncle; a seed when there is only one in a pericarp.-SYN. Sole, only, alone, lonely, retired, separate, single, individual, desolate, desert. Solitary (sol'i-ta-ri), n. One that lives alone or in solitude; a hermit; a recluse. The accommodations that befit a solitary.' Pope. Solitude (sol'i-tüd), n. [Fr. solitude, from L. solitudo, from solus, alone.] 1. A state of being alone; a lonely life; loneliness. Whoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Bacon. 2. Remoteness from society; destitution of company: applied to place; as, the solitude of a wood or a valley; the solitude of the country. The solitude of his little parish is become matter of great comfort to him. W. Law. 3. A lonely place; a desert. In these deep solitudes and awful cells, Solivagant, Solivagous (so-liv'a-gant, soliv'a-gus), a. [L. solus, alone, and vagans, vagantis, ppr. of vagor, to wander.] Wandering alone. [Rare.] Solive (so-lev), n. [Fr.] A joist, rafter, or piece of wood, either slit or sawed, with which builders lay their ceilings. Sollar (solar), n. [L. solarium, a gallery or balcony exposed to the sun, from sol, the sun.] 1. Originally, an open gallery or balcony at the top of a house, exposed to the sun, but latterly used to signify any upper room, loft, or garret. -2. In mining, the entrance to a mine, especially an entrance of boards. Sollecito (sol-lech'e-to). [It.] In music, a term denoting that the music is to be performed with care. Solleret (sol'lér-et), n. [Fr. solleret, soleret, dim. of O. Fr. soller, a slipper. ] One of the overlapping plates that formed the iron shoe of an armed knight. See accompanying cut, also cut AR MOUR. b Sollerets (a) and Jambe (b), fifteenth century. Sol-lunar (sollú'när), a. [L. sol, the sun, and luna, the moon. See LUNAR.] In pathol. applied to the influence supposed to be produced on various diseases when the sun and moon are in a state of conjunction. Solmization, Soimisation (sol-miz-a'shon), n. [From the syllables sol, mi.] In music, the act or art of giving to each of the seven notes of the scale its proper sound or relative pitch; an exercise for acquiring the true intonation of the notes of the scale, first by singing them in regular gradation upwards and downwards, and then by skips over wider intervals, an acquirement of the first importance to the learner of vocal music. To facilitate this various expedients have been devised, the most popular being the association of the several sounds with certain syllables, such as ut, re, mi, fa, sol. la, said to have been first used by Guido of Arezzo in the eleventh century-an additional syllable, si, for the seventh of the scale, being introduced at a much later date. These seven syllables are still used by the French, but the Italians substituted do for ut, which was objected to as wanting euphony. According to some musical systems do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si are respec 132 tively equivalent in absolute pitch to the notes C, D, E, F, G, A, B of the natural scale (that of C), but according to others they are used as the names of the first, second, third, &c., note of scales founded on any note, do being always the first, tonic, or key note. In the tonic sol-fa method these syllables are thus modified-doh, ray, me, fah, soh, lah, te. See TONIC SOL-FA. Solo (solo), n. It. pl. Soli (so'lé), Eng. pl. Solos (sölōz). [It., from L. solus, alone.] A tune, air, or strain to be played by a single instrument or sung by a single voice without or with an accompaniment, which should always be strictly subordinate. Solograph (solo-graf), n. [L. sol, the sun, and Gr. grapho, to write.] A name sometimes given to pictures on paper taken by the talbotype or calotype process. Sim monds. Soloist (so'lō-ist), n. A solo singer or per former. Solomon's Seal (sol'o-monz sel), n. The common name of the species of Polygonatum, a genus of liliaceous but not bulbous plants, with axillary cylindrical six-cleft flowers, the stamens inserted in the top of Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum vulgare). the tube, and the fruit a globose threecelled berry, with two seeds in each cell. Species are found in England and Scotland, as well as on the Continent. They were formerly classed under Convallaria. Solpuga (sol-pu'ga), n. See next article. Solpugida (sol-pu'ji-de), n. pl. A family of arachnidans, order Adelarthrosomata, of which the typical genus is Solpuga or Galeodes. See GALEODES. Solstice (sol'stis), n. [Fr., from L. solstitium -sol, the sun, and stitium, from sto, statum, to stand.] 1. A stopping or standing still of the sun. The supernatural solstice of the sun in the days of Joshua.' Sir T. Browne.-2. In astron. (a) the point in the ecliptic at the greatest distance from the equator, at which the sun appears to stop or cease to recede from the equator, either north in summer or south in winter; a tropic or tropical point. There are two solstices-the summer solstice, the first degree of Cancer, which the sun enters about the 21st of June; and the winter solstice, the first degree of Capricorn, which the sun enters about the 22d of December. (b) The time at which the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator, and when its diurnal motion in declination ceases, which happens at midsummer and midwinter. Solstitial (sol-stish'al), a. 1. Pertaining to a solstice; as, a solstitial point. The solstitial points, those two points in the ecliptic which are farthest from the equator, and at which the sun arrives at the time of the solstices. They are diametrically opposite to each other, and the distance of each from the equator is equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic.-Solstitial colure. See COLURE.-2. Happening at a solstice; especially, with reference to the northern hemisphere, at the summer solstice or midsummer. 'Solstitial summer's heat.' Milton. Solubility (sol-u-bil'i-ti), n. 1. The quality of being soluble; the quality of a body which renders it susceptible of solution; susceptibility of being dissolved in a fluid.-2. In bot. a capability of separating easily into parts, as that of certain legumes to divide transversely into pieces.-3. Capability of being solved, resolved, answered, cleared up, or disentangled, as a problem, question, doubt, or the like. Soluble (sol'u-bl), a. [L. solubilis, from solvo, SOLUTION to melt.] 1. Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution. Sugar is soluble in water; salt is soluble only to a certain extent, that is, till the water is saturated.-2. Fig. capable of being solved or resolved, as an algebraical equation; capable of being disentangled, cleared up, unfolded, or settled by explanation, as a doubt, question, &c. Had he denounced it as a fruitless question, and (to understanding) soluble by none, the world mit have been spared a large library of resultless disp Sir W. Hamilton. tation. More soluble is this knot By gentleness than war. Tennyson. Solubleness (sol'u-bl-nes), n. The state or character of being soluble; solubility. Solum (so'lum), n. [L., the ground.] In Scots law, ground; a piece of ground Solus (so'lus), a. [L] Alone: chiefly used in dramatic directions, and the like; as, enter the king solus. Sola is the feminine form. Solute (so-lut), a. [L. solutus, pp. of solve, solutum, to loose.] 1.† Loose; free; discursive; as, a solute interpretation. Bacon2. Relaxed; hence, joyous; merry. Bacchus, purple god of joyous wit, A brow solute and ever-laughing eye. Young 3. In bot. loose; not adhering: opposed to adnate; as, a solute stipule.-4. Soluble; as, a solute salt. 1. To dissolve.-2 To Solute f (so-lút), v.. absolve. Solution (so-lu'shon), n. [L. solutio, from solvo, to loosen, melt, dissolve. See SOLVE] 1. The act of separating the parts of any body; disruption; breach; as, a solution of continuity. The phrase solution of continuity is specifically applied in surgery to the separ ation of connection or connected substances or parts, as by a fracture, laceration, &c.2. The transformation of matter from either the solid or the gaseous state to the liquid state through the mediation of a liquid called the solvent, or sometimes the menstruum; the combination of a liquid or a gas to form a homogeneous liquid; the state of being dissolved. When a liquid adheres to a solid with sufficient force to overcome its cohesion, the solid is said to undergo solution, or to become dissolved. Thus sugar or salt are brought to a state of solution by water, camphor or resin by spirit of wine, silver or lead by mercury, and so on. Solution is facilitated by increasing the extent of surface in a solid, or by reducing it to powder. Heat also, by diminishing cohesion, favours solution; but there are excep tions to this rule, as in the case of lime and its salts, water just above the freezing-point dissolving nearly twice as much lime as it does at the boiling-point. If a solid body be introduced in successive small portions into a definite quantity of a liquid capable of dissolving it, the first portions disappear most rapidly, and each succeeding portion dissolves less rapidly than its predecessor, until solution altogether ceases. In such cases the forces of adhesion and cohesion balance each other, and the liquid is said to be saturated. Various solids dissolve in the same liquid at very different rates; thus baric sulphate may be said to be insoluble in water; calcic sulphate requires 700 parts of water for solution; potassic sulphate, 16; magnesic sulphate, 15. When water is saturated with one salt it will dissolve other salts without increase of bulk. It sometimes happens that the addition of a second solid will displace the first already in solution.-3. The liquid produced as result of the process or action above described; the preparation made by dissolving a solid in a liquid; as, a solution of salt; a solution of salt, soda, or alum; solution of iron, &c.Chemical solution, a perfect chemical union of a solid with a liquid, in accordance with the laws of definite proportions.-Mechani cal solution, the mere union of a solid with a liquid in such a manner that its aggre gate form is changed without any alteration of the chemical properties of either the solid or its solvent; thus copper dissolves in nitric acid, but only after conversion by the acid into nitrate of copper; sugar dissolves in water without undergoing any chemical change. - Mineral solution. See under MINERAL.-4. The act of solving, or the state of being solved, explained, cleared up, or removed; resolution; explanation: as, the solution of a difficult question in morality; the solution of a doubt in casuistry. Something yet of doubt remains. Which only thy solution can resolve. Milton. SOLUTIVE 5. Release; deliverance; discharge.-6. Dissolution; disunion. Solutions of conjugal society. Locke.-7. In math. the method of resolving a problem, whether algebraical or geometrical, or of finding that which the problem requires to be found; but the word is frequently understood to apply to the answer or result of the operation itself.8. In med. the termination of a disease, especially when accompanied by critical symptoms; the crisis of a disease.-9. In civil law, payment; satisfaction of a creditor. Solutive (sol'ü-tiv), a. 1. Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative. 'Abstersíve, opening, and solutice as mead.' Bacon.-2. Capable of being dissolved or loosened. Solvability (sol-va-bil'i-ti), n. 1. Capability of being solved; solubility.-2. Ability to pay all just debts. Solvable (sol'va-bl), a. 1. Capable of being solved, resolved, or explained.-2. Capable of being paid.-3.† Solvent. Fuller. Solvableness (sol'va-bl-nes), n. Solvability. Solve (solv), v.t. pret. & pp. solved; ppr. solving. [L. solvo, solutum, to loosen, release, free, for se-luo, from se, apart, and luo, to let go, to set free.] 1. To explain or clear up the difficulties in; to resolve; to make clear; to remove perplexity regarding; as, to solve difficulties. When God shall solve the dark decrees of fate.' Tickell. It is mere trifling to raise objections merely for the sake of answering and solving them. Watts. 2. To operate upon by calculation or mathematical processes so as to bring out the required result; as, to solve a problem. SYN. To explain, resolve, unfold, clear up, disentangle. Solvet (solv), n. Solution. Shak Solutions differ from chemical compounds in retain. ing the properties both of the solvent and of the solvend C. Tomlinson. Solvent (solvent), a. [L. solvens, solventis, ppr. of solvo, to loosen.] 1. Having the power of dissolving; as, a solvent body. 2. Able to pay all just debts; as, the merchant is solvent-3. Sufficient to pay all just debts; as, the estate is solvent. Solvent (solvent), n. Any fluid or substance that dissolves or renders liquid other bodies; a menstruum. Water is of all solvents the most universal and useful. The solvent of resinous bodies is alcohol, and of some other similarly constituted substances. Naphtha, oil of turpentine, and ether are solvents of caoutchouc; chlorine and aqua regia, or nitro-muriatic acid, are solvents of gold. In most cases heat increases the solvent powers of bodies. Solver (sol'vér), n. One who or that which solves or explains. Solvible (solvi-bl), a. Solvable (which see). Soly (so'li), adv. Solely. Seeing herself all soly comfortless.' Spenser. Soma (so'ma), n A plant belonging to the nat order Asclepiadaceae, the Asclepias acida; also an intoxicating drink obtained from the plant, which played an important part in the great Vedic sacrifices of the ancient Hindus. Somaj (só-maj′), n. [Hind., a church or assembly.) A sect which has sprung into existence among the Hindus, professing a pure theism, and exercising a system of eclecticism in regard to Christianity and other systems of religion. Brahmo is very frequently prefixed to indicate its monotheistic character. See BRAHMO-SOMAJ. Somateria (so-ma-té'ri-a), n. The genus containing the eider-duck. See EIDER. Somatic, Somatical (so-mat'ik, sō-mat'ikal), a [Gr. somatikos, from soma, the body.] Corporeal; pertaining to a body. It is unquestioned that in many cases genius is albed with tomatic imperfection. Temple Bar. It was shown that in the British official nosology mental diseases were classified as disorders of the intelect, the idea of somatic disease as associated with insanity being studiously ignored. Dr. Tuke. Somatics (so-matʼiks), n. pl. Same as Somatology. Somatist (so'mat-ist), n. [See above.] One who admits the existence of corporeal or material beings only; one who denies the existence of spiritual substances; a materi alist. Somatocyst (so'mna-tō-sist), n. [Gr. sóma, sanatos, a body, and kystis, a cavity.] A 133 peculiar cavity in the cœnosarc or connecting medium of the Calycophorida (Hydrozoa). Somatology (so-ma-tol'o-ji), n. [Gr. sōma, somatos, the body, and logos, discourse.] 1. The doctrine of bodies or material substances: opposed to psychology. -2. That branch of physics which treats of matter and its properties.-3. A treatise or teaching regarding the human body. Somatome (so'ma-tōm), n. [Gr. sōma, body, and tome, a cutting.] One of the sections into which certain animal bodies are structurally divided; one of the ideal sections into which an animal body may be regarded as divided. Somatotomy (so-ma-tot'o-mi), n. [Gr. sōma, somatos, body, and tome, incision.] The dissection of the human body; anatomy. [Rare.] Somber (som'bèr), a. Same as Sombre: a spelling confined to America. Sombre (som'běr), a. [Fr. sombre. According to Diez from L. sub, under, and umbra, a shade.] 1. Dark; dull; dusky; gloomy; as, a sombre hue; sombre clouds.-2. Dismal; melancholy; dull; the reverse of cheerful. 'With bloodshot eyes and sombre mien.' Grainger. Sombre (som'bèr), n. sombreness. Gloom; obscurity; To make sombre, In a sombre Sombre (som'běr), v. t. dark, or gloomy; to shade. Sombrely (som'bèr-li), adv. manner; darkly; gloomily. Sombreness (som′ber-nes), n. State or quality of being sombre; darkness; gloominess. Sombrerite (som-bra rīt), n. An earthy mineral consisting mainly of calcic and aluminic phosphates. It forms a large portion of some small islands in the Antilles, especially of Sombrero, and has been used as an artificial manure and for the manufacture of phosphorus. It is supposed to be the decayed bones of turtles and other marine animals. Called also Sombrero-guano. Sombrero (som-bra'ro), n. [Sp., from sombra, a shade. See SOMBRE.] A broad-brimmed hat. Sombrero-guano (som-brā'rō-gwä'nō), n. Same as Sombrerite. Sombrous (som'brus), a. Sombre; gloomy. A certain uniform strain of sombrous gravity.' T. Warton. Before me rose an avenue Of tall and sombrous pines. Longfellow. Sombrously (som'brus-li), adv. In a sombrous manner; gloomily; sombrely. Sombrousness (som brus-nes), n. State of being sombrous. Some (sum), a. [A. Sax. sum, som, some, one, a certain, also about, as sume tên geûr, about ten years; Goth. sums, some one, Icel. sumr, some, a certain, Dan. somme (pl.), some; Dan. and Sw. som, who, which; perhaps of same origin as same.] 1. Expressing a certain quantity of a thing, but indeterminate; consisting of a portion greater or less; as, give me some bread; drink some wine; bring some water. It is some mercy when men kill with speed. Webster. 2. Expressing a number of persons or things, 'Bore greater or less, but indeterminate. us some leagues to sea.' Shak. Some theoretical writers allege that there was a time when there was no such thing as society. Blackstone. In the above two senses some is also used without the noun (see also No. 8); as, give me some (bread, money, &c.). Some trust in chariots, and some in horses. Ps. xx. 7. 3. Indicating a person or thing, but not known, or not specific and definite: often almost equivalent to the indefinite article; as, some person, I know not who, gave me the information; some man will direct you to the house. Let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, some evil beast hath devoured him. Gen. xxxvii. 20. In this sense often followed by or other, or another. By some device or other.' Shak. Worshipped some idol or another.' Thackeray. 4. Expressing indeterminately that a thing is not very great; a little; moderate; as, the censure was, to some extent, just.-5. Used before a word of number, with the sense of about or near; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some seventy miles distant. Some dozen Romans of us. Shak.-6. Considerable in number or quantity. When the object is at some good distance.' Bacon.-7. Applied to those of one part or portion; certain; in distinction from others; as, some men believe one thing, But most your life and blest example win. Dryden. In this sense some is very commonly repeated, as above, and formerly other some was frequently used in the second place. Some was also frequently used pronominally as a singular = one. Hence the old and exceedingly common all and someone and all. We find in Byron even the possessive some's. 'Howsoe'er it shock some's self-love.' In Scotland, as well as in the United States, some is often used by the illiterate in the sense of somewhat, a little, rather; as, I am some better; it is some cold. Some (sum). [A. Sax. -sum, Icel. -sum, Dan. -8om, D. -zaam, G. -sam, all terminations denoting likeness, being of same origin as same. Comp. ly, which is equivalent to like.] A termination of certain adjectives; as in handsome, mettlesome, blithesome, fulsome, lonesome, gladsome, gamesome. It indicates a considerable degree of the thing or quantity; as, mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome, very glad or joyous. In buxom the termination is somewhat disguised. Somebody (sum'bo-di), n. 1. A person un- 2. A person of consideration. Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody. Acts v. 36. Somedealt (sum'děl), adv. In some measure or degree; somewhat. Spelled also Somedel, Somedele. Somegate (sum'gāt), adv. Somehow; somewhere. [Scotch.] Somehow (sum'hou), adv. One way or other; in some way not yet known; as, the thing must have happened somehow or other. It keeps one on, somehow, and you know it. Dickens. Somert (som'èr), n. A sumpter-horse. Somersault, Somerset (sum'èr-salt, sum'ér-set), n. [Corrupted from 0. Fr. soubresault; It. soprassalto, lit. an overleap; from L. supra, over, and salio, to leap.] A leap by which a person turns with the heels thrown over his head, completing a circuit, and again alights on his feet. Somerset (sum'èr-set), n. A saddle, the flaps of which are stuffed before and behind the legs of the rider. Somervillite (som'èr-vil-it), n. A Vesuvian mineral, occurring in pale, dull, yellow crystals, related to gehlenite. It is composed chiefly of silica, alumina, lime, and magnesia. Somesuch (sum'such), a. Denoting a person or thing of that kind. Something (sum'thing), n. 1. An indeterminate or unknown event; an affair; a matter; as, something must have happened to prevent the arrival of our friends; I shall call at two o'clock, unless something should prevent.-2. A substance or material thing unknown, indeterminate, or not specified; as, a machine stops because something obstructs its motion; there must be something to support a wall or an arch. SOMETIME 2. At some distance. It must be done to-night, and something from the palace. Shak Sometime (sum'tīm), adv. 1. Once; formerly. 'Herne the hunter sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest.' Shak.-2. At one time or other; now and then. Nothing in him seem'd inordinate, Save sometime too much wonder of his eye. Shak. Sometime (sum'tim), a. Having been formerly; being or existing formerly; former; late; whilom. 'Our sometime sister, now our queen.' Shak. Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized As a stray gift, by bounteous Heaven dismissed. Talfourd. Sometimes (sum'timz), adv. 1. At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; as, we are sometimes indisposed, sometimes occupied, sometimes at leisure; that is, at some times. It is good that we be sometimes contradicted. Fer. Taylor. 2. Once; formerly; at a past period indeflnitely referred to. That fair and warlike form, In which the majesty of buried Denmark Shak. Shak. Used adjectively. My sometimes royal master's face.' Somewhat (sum'whot), n. 1. Something, though uncertain what. There's somewhat in this world amiss Shall be unriddled by and by. Tennyson. 2. More or less; a certain quantity or degree, indeterminate; a part, greater or less. Somewhat of his good sense will suffer in this transfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughts will be lost. Dryden. In some degree or measure; rather; a little; as, this is somewhat more or less than was expected; he is somewhat aged; he is somewhat disappointed; somewhat disturbed. Somewhen (sum'when), adv. At some time, indefinitely. 'At a later time, somewhen before the eighth century.' Dr. J. A. H. Murray [Rare.] Somewhat (sum'whot), adv. Somewhere (sum'whär), adv. In or to some place or other unknown or not specified; in one place or another; as, he lives somewhere in obscurity. 'Somewhere gone to dinner.' Shak. Of or 'Som Somnambular (som-nam'bû-lêr), a. relating to somnambulism or sleep. nambular repose.' E. B. Browning. Somnambulate (som-nam'bū-lāt), v.i. [L. somnus, sleep, and ambulo, ambulatum, to walk.] To walk in sleep; to wander in a dreamy state, as a somnambulist. Carlyle. Somnambulation (som-nam'bu-la"shon), n. [L. somnus, sleep, and ambulatio, ambulationis, a walking, from ambulo, to walk.] The act of walking in sleep; somnambulism. Somnambulator (som-nam'bü-lat-ér), n. Same as Somnambulist. Somnambule (som-nam'bul). n. A somnambulist; a sleep-walker. Quart. Rev. Somnambulic (som-nam'bū-lik), a. Walking in sleep; pertaining to or practising somnambulism; somnambulistic. Quart. Rev. Somnambulism (som-nam'bū-lizm), n. [See SOMNAMBULATE.] A peculiar perversion of the mental functions during sleep, in which the subject acts automatically. The organs of sense remain torpid and the intellectual powers are blunted. During this condition some instinctive excitation may take place, and there may be the production of impulses, in consequence, of different kinds. Walking in sleep is the most palpable, but 134 not the most marvellous characteristic of this condition. The person affected may perform many voluntary actions implying to all appearance a certain degree of perception of the presence of external objects. The somnambulist gets out of bed, often dresses himself, goes out of doors, and walks frequently over very dangerous places in safety. On awaking in the morning he is either utterly unconscious of having stirred during the night, or remembers it as a mere dream. Sometimes the transactions of the somnambulist are carried much farther; he will mount his horse and ride, or go to his usual occupation. In some cases somnambulists are capable of holding conversation. Somnambulism occurs in the sensitive and excitable, often in conjunction with other nervous affections, and is hereditary. Artificial somnambulism is induced in mesmerism, and the consciousness is for the time entirely absorbed by one set of ideas. See MESMERISM. Somnambulist (som-nam'bū-list), n. One who is subject to somnambulism; a person who walks in his sleep. Somnambulistic (som-nam'bu-lis"tik), a. Relating or pertaining to somnambulism; affected by somnambulism. Somnert (sum'nėr), n. A summoner; an apparitor. Somner and Sumner, however, are current as proper names. Another form of this word is Summers, upon which the remark has been made that those proper names which seem to be derived from the seasons, are only so in appearance. Spring is a topographical term, and inter same as Vintner, Autumn being non-existent. Latham. Somnial (som'ni-al), a. [L. somnium, a dream.] Pertaining to or involving dreams; relating to dreams. The somnial magic superinduced on, without suspending, the active powers of the mind.' Coleridge. [Rare.] Somniative (som'ni-at-iv), a. Pertaining to dreaming; relating to or producing dreams. Coleridge. [Rare.] Somniculous+ (som-nik'ü-lus), a. [L. somniculosus, drowsy, from somnus, sleep.] Inclined to sleep; drowsy. Somniferous (som-nif'èr-us),a. [L. somnifer -somnus, sleep, and fero, to bring; Fr. somnifere.] Causing or inducing sleep; soporific; as, a somniferous potion. Burton. Somnific (som-nif'ik), a. (L. somnus, sleep, and facio, to make.] Causing sleep; tending to induce sleep; somniferous; soporific. Somnifugous (som-nif'u-gus),a. [L. somnus, sleep, and fugo, to put to flight.] Driving away sleep; preventing sleep. Somniloquence (som-nil'o-kwens), n. act or custom of talking in sleep; somniloquism. The Somniloquism (som-nil'o-kwizm), n. Somniloquence, or sleep-talking. Somniloquist (som-nil'o-kwist), n. One who talks in his sleep. Somniloquous (som-nil'ō-kwus), a. [L. somnus, sleep, and loquor, to speak.] Apt to talk in sleep. Somniloquy (som-nil'ō-kwi), n. [See above.] A talking in sleep; the talking of one in a state of somnipathy. A per Somnipathist (som-nip'a-thist), n. son in a state of somnipathy. Somnipathy (som-nip'a-thi), n. [L. somnus, sleep, and Gr. pathos, suffering.] Sleep from sympathy or some external influence, as mesmerism. Somnium (som'ni-um), n. [L., from somnus, sleep.] A dream. Somnolence, Somnolency (som'no-lens, som'no-len-si), n. [L.L. somnolentia, somnulentia, from L somnulentus, sleepy, from somnus, sleep.] 1. Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. On the box sat a fat and red-faced boy in a state of somnolency. Dickens. 2. In pathol. a state intermediate between sleeping and waking. Somnolent (som'no-lent), a. [See above.] Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. De Quincey. Somnolently(som'no-lent-li), adv. Drowsily. Somnolism (som'no-lizm), n. The state of being in magnetic sleep; the doctrine of magnetic sleep. Somnopathist (som-nop'a-thist), n. Same as Somnipathist. Somnopathy (som-nop'a-thi), n. Same as Somnipathy. Somnus (som'nus), n. In class. myth. the personification and god of sleep, described as a brother of Death (Mors), and as a son Son (sun), n. [A. Sax. sunu, Icel. sonr, sunr, Sw. son, Dan, son, Goth. sunus, OH.G. sunu, Mod. G. sohn. The word is widely spread. and the Sanskrit form of it is not very different from the English, viz. sûnu, son. The root meaning is seen in Skr. su, to beget.] 1. A male child; the male issue of a parent, father or mother; as, Jacob had twelve sons; Ishmael was the son of Hagar by Abraham. It is also used of animals. 'A black bull, the son of a black cow.' Darwin.-2. A male descendant, however distant; hence in the plural, sons signifies descendants in general, a sense much used in the Scriptures. Adam's sons are my brethren. Shak 3. One adopted into a family; any young male dependant; any person in which the relation of a son to a parent is perceived or imagined. The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. Ex. ii. 1o. 4. The compellation of an old man to a young 6. The produce of anything. Pope. Sir R. Blackmore. 7. A person whose character partakes so Darkens the street, then wander forth the sens 8. The second person of the Godhead; Jesus Christ, the Saviour: called the Son of God, and Son of Man. The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 1 John iv. 14. The term son of God is also applied in Scripture to an angel; and also to a true believer, who is the son of God by adoption. As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God. Rom. viii. 14. Sonance (so'nans), n. 1. A sound; a tune; a call. Shak.-2. Sound; the quality of being sonant. Sonant (so'nant), a. [L sonans, ppr. of sono, to sound.] 1. Pertaining to sound; sounding.-2. In pronunciation, applied to certain alphabetic sounds, as those of the vowels, semi-vowels, nasals, and flat mutes, as b, d. v, z, g, the sound of which is prolonged or uttered with some degree of resonance or intonation, in opposition to aspirates, as s, th, and hard mutes or surds, as ƒ, p, t. Sonant (so'nant), n. In pronunciation, a sonant letter. See the adjective, No. 2. Sonata (sō-nä’ta), n. [It., from It. and L sonare, to sound.] In music, a term originally applied to any kind of composition for instruments, in contradistinction to vocal compositions, which were called cantatas. The name was subsequently, however, restricted to compositions for solo instruments (generally the pianoforte). Sonatas are of a certain form, consisting of several movements at first, three, the allegro, adagio, and rondo, to which afterwards a fourth was added, the minuetto or scherzo -which differ from each other in time and sentiment, but are held together by the general character pervading them all. Sonchus (son'kus), n. [L., Gr. songchos, the sow-thistle.] A genus of plants, nat order Compositæ, sub-order Cichoracem. The species are inhabitants of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, and four are natives of Great Britain, where they are known by the name of sow-thistle. The most common species is S. oleraceus (the common sow-thistle). It has downy subumbellate flower-stalks: small yellow flowers, and a conical involucre when in seed, and is greedily fed upon As a Song (song), n. [A. Sax. sang, song, from singan, to sing. See SING.] 1. That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of the human voice or that of a bird; a singing. -2. A little poem to be sung, or uttered with musical modulations; a ballad. The term is applied to either a short poetical or musical composition, but most frequently to both in union. poetical composition it may be largely defined a short poem divided into portions of returning measure, and turning upon some single thought or feeling. As a union of poetry and music, it may be defined a very brief lyrical poem, founded commonly upon agreeable subjects, to which is added a melody for the purpose of singing it. As denoting a musical composition, song is used to signify a vocal melody of any length or character, and not confined to a single movement; but as regards performance, it is generally confined to an air for a single voice-airs for more than one voice being, however, sometimes called part-songs. See PART-SONG-3. A lay; a strain; a poem. 'Nothing but songs of death.' Shak. The bard that first adorn'd our native tongue, Tun'd to his British lyre this ancient song. Dryden. 4. Poetry in general; poetical composition; poesy; verse. The subject for heroic song Milton. 5. A mere trifle; something of little or no value; as, I bought it for a mere song.-An old song, a trifle; an insignificant sum. Byron. I do not intend to be thus put off with an old song. Dr. H. More. The cost would be a trifle-an old song. -SYN. Sonnet, ballad, canticle, carol, canzonet, ditty, hymn, descant, lay, strain, poesy, verse. Song, pret. of sing. Sung or sang. Spenser. Song-bird (song berd), n. A bird that sings. The song-birds are chiefly confined to certain families of the order Insessores. Song-craft (song'kraft), n. The art of composing songs; skill in versification. 'Written with little skill of song-craft.' Longfel Low. Songful (song'ful), a. Disposed or able to sing: melodious. Songish (song'ish), a. Consisting of or containing songs. [Rare.] The songish part must abound in the softness and variety of numbers, its intention being to please the hearing. Dryden. Songless (songles), a. 1. Destitute of the power of song; as, songless birds.-2. Without song; not singing. Silent rows the songless gondolier. Byron. Song-sparrow (song'spa-ró), n. 1. A name Sometimes given to the hedge-sparrow (which see)-2. A bird of the finch family, found in North America; the Fringilla me Songster (song'stér), n. [A. Sax. sangestre, a female singer-sang, a song, and fem. term. -estre. About the fourteenth century somaster began to be applied to males.] 1. One who sings; one skilled in singing: not often applied to human beings, or only in slight contempt.-2 A bird that sings; as, the little songster in his cage. Songstress (song'stres). n. [Songster and term. -ess. The word has thus a double fem. termination. See SONGSTER] A female singer. The voice and skill of a real songstress' T. Warton. Song-thrush (song'thrush), n. The mavis or throstle (Turdus musicus). See MAVIS. Soniferous (so-nifer-us),a. [L. sonus, sound, and fero, to bear.] Conveying sound; producing sound. A distinction has been made hetween Boniferous bodies and sonorous bodies, the latter class being such as produce or originate sound, and the former such as convey the sound, or rather the vibrations of the latter, to the ear. Son-in-law (sun'in-la), n. A man married to one's daughter. 135 Sonless (sun'les), a. Having no son; without a son. Make her sonless. Marston. Sonne,t n. The sun. Chaucer. Sonnet (son'et), n. [Fr. sonnet, from It. sonnetto, a dim. from L. sonus, a sound. See SOUND.] 1. A form of verse of Italian origin, consisting of a short poem of fourteen lines, two stanzas of four verses each, called the octave, and two of three each, called the sestette, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule. The octave of the proper sonnet consists of two quatrains, the rhymes of which are restricted to two-one for the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth lines; the other for the second, third, sixth, and seventh. In the sestette, which is commonly made up of two tercets, the rhymes may be two or three, variously distributed. The sonnet generally consists of one principal idea, pursued through the various antitheses of the different strophes. The lightness and richness of the Italian and Spanish languages enable their poets to express every feeling or fancy in the sonnet; but with us it has been found most suitable to grave, dignified, and contemplative subjects.-2. A short poem; a ballad; a song. And sung his dying sonnets to the fiddle.' Dr. Wolcot. I have a sonnet that will serve the turn. Shak. Sonnet (son'et), v.i. To compose sonnets. Nor list I sonnet of my mistress' face, To paint some blowesse with a borrow'd grace. Sonneteer (son-et-er), v. i. To compose sonBp. Hall. nets; to rhyme. Rhymers sonneteering in their sleep. E. B. Browning. Sonneteer (son-et-er), n. [Fr. sonnetier.] A composer of sonnets or small poems; a small poet: usually in contempt. What woful stuff this madrigal would be, Pope. Sonnet-writer (son'et-rit-ér), n. A writer of sonnets; a sonneteer. Sonnish,+ a. Like the sun or the beams of the sun; sunny. Chaucer. Sonnite (sun'īt), n. One of a Mohammedan sect; a Sunnite. See SUNNITE, SUNNAH. Sonometer (so-nom'et-ér), n. (L. sonus, sound, and Gr. metron, a measure.] 1. An apparatus for illustrating the phenomena exhibited by sonorous bodies, and the ratios of their vibrations, by the transverse vibrations of tense strings or wires.-2. An instrument consisting of a small bell fixed on a table for testing the effects of treatment for deafness.-3. In elect. an apparatus for testing metals by bringing them in contact with an induction coil, with which is associated a telephone and microphone. Each metal, acting differently on the coil, produces a different sound. Sonorific (so-nō-rif'ik), a. [L. sonus sound, and facio, to make.] Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body. Watts. Sonority (sō-nō'ri-ti), n. Sonorousness. Athenæum. [Rare.] Sonorous (so-no'rus), a. [L. sonorus, from sonus, sound. See SOUND.] 1. Giving sound, as when struck; resonant; sounding; as, metals are sonorous bodies. 'Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds.' Milton.-2. Loud sounding; giving a clear, loud, or full-volumed sound; as, a sonorous voice. 'A deep sonorous sound.' Longfellow. -3. Yielding sound; characterized by sound; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.-4. High sounding; magnificent of sound. The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarity of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression, Addison. -Sonorous figures, a name given to those figures which are formed by the vibrations produced by sound. Thus, when some fine sand is strewed on a disc of glass or metal, and a violin-bow drawn down on its edge, a musical note will be heard, and at the same instant the sand will be in motion, and gather itself to those parts which continue at rest, that is, to the nodal lines, forming what are termed sonorous figures. See Nodal Lines under NODAL. Sonorously (so-no'rus-li), adv. In a sonor ous manner; with sound; with a high sound. Sonorousness (sō-nõ'rus-nes), n. The state or quality of being sonorous; as, (a) the SOOP quality of yielding sound when struck, or coming in collision with another body; as the sonorousness of metals. (b) Having or giving a loud or clear sound; as, the sonorqusness of a voice or an instrument. (c) Magnificence of sound. Sonship (sun'ship), n. The state of being a son, or of having the relation of a son; filiation. Admission or adoption into sonship. Waterland. 'The badge and cognizance of sonship.' Dr. H. More. Sonsy, Sonsie (son'si), a. [Gael. and Ir. sonas, prosperity, happiness.] Lucky; fortunate; happy; good-humoured; well-conditioned; plump; thriving; having sweet engaging looks. [Provincial English and Scotch.] Sontiest (sonʼtiz), n. A corruption perhaps of sanctity, or of Fr. santé, health. The form santy also occurs. By God's sonties, 'twill be a hard way to hit. Shak. A mixed striped fabric of Soocey (sö'së), n. Simmonds. silk and cotton in India. Soochong (so-shong'), n. Same as Souchong. Soodra, Sooder (so'dra, sö'der), n. The fourth or lowest caste into which the Hindus are divided. It comprehends the artisans and labourers. Written also Sudra. See CASTE. Soofee (sö-fe'), n. Same as Sofi, Sufi. Soofeeism (sö-fé'izm), n. Same as Sofism, Sufism. Sooja (sö'ja), n. The Japanese name of the sauce known in this country by the name of soy (which see). Soojee (so'je), n. In Hindustan, a granular preparation of wheat. It is a kind of semolina. Soolt (söl), n. A relish eaten with bread. See SOUL. Soon (son), adv. [O.E. sone, sune, A. Sax. sóna, soon; O.Fris. son, Goth. suns, O.D. saen, soon, immediately. Probably from pronominal root seen in A. Sax. se, Skr. sa, that.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise; soon after dinner; I shall soon return; we shall soon have clear weather. Now doth he frown, And 'gins to chide, but soon she stops his lips. Shak. 2. Early; without the usual delay; before any time supposed. How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? 3. Easily; quickly; shortly. Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. Shak. 4. Readily; willingly; gladly. In this sense generally accompanied by would or some other word expressing will. I would as soon see a river winding am ng woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. Addison. 5. So early as; no later than: used in several old phrases; as, soon at night, that is, this very night; this evening. We'll have a posset for't soon at night, in faith, at the latter end of a sea-coal fire. Shak. Similarly, soon at five o'clock;' 'soon at supper-time.' Shak.-As soon as, so soon as, immediately at or after another event; as, as soon as the mail arrives, I will inform you. It came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing. Ex. xxxii. 19. -Sooner or later, at a future time, near or remote. The establishment of limited constitutional government will sooner or later be made universal, Brougham. -Early, Socn, Betimes. See under EARLY. SYN. Early, betimes, quick, quickly, promptly, presently. Soont (son), a. Speedy; quick. 'A soon and prosperous issue.' Sir P. Sidney. Make your soonest haste.' Shak. Soondree (son'drë), n. The native name of a tree found on the coasts of India wherever the tides occasionally rise and inundate the land. It belongs to the genus Heriteria (H. robusta), and is said to give name to the Sonderbunds, or great forest of soondree trees, a woody tract of country on the Bay of Bengal, forming the delta of the Ganges. Written also Sundra-tree. Soonee (sön'ě), n. One of a Mohammedan sect; a Sunnite. Soonly (sön'li), adv. Quickly; speedily. A mason meets with a stone that wants no cutting, and seonly approving of it, places it in his work. Dr. H. More. Soop (söp), v. t. To sweep. [Scotch.] |