2. To reduce to order from a confused state. Hooker.
3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sortedwith insects. Bacon.She sorts things present with things past. Sir J. Davies.
4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull. That he may sort out a worthy spouse. Chapman. I'll sort some other time to visit you. Shak.
5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.] I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. Shak.
SORTSort, v. i.
1. To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree. Nor do metals only sort and herd with metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals. Woodward. The illiberality of parents towards children makes them base, and sort with any company. Bacon.
2. To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.They are happy whose natures sort with their vocations. Bacon.Things sort not to my will. herbert.I can not tell you precisely how they sorted. Sir W. Scott.
SORTABLESort"a*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. sortable suitable.]
1. Capable of being sorted.
2. Suitable; befitting; proper. [Obs.] con.
SORTABLYSort"a*bly, adv.
Defn: Suitable. [Obs.] otgrave.
SORTALSort"al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to a sort. [Obs.] Locke.
SORTANCESort"ance, n. Etym: [From Sort, v. i.]
Defn: Suitableness; agreement. [Obs.] hak.
SORTERSort"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, sorts.
SORTESSor"tes, n.,
Defn: pl. of Sors.
SORTIESor"tie, n. Etym: [F., fr. sortir to go out, to issue, probably fr.L. sortus, for surrectus, p.p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up.See Source.] (Mil.)
Defn: The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
SORTILEGE Sor"ti*lege, n. Etym: [F. sortilège, fr. L. sors, sortis, a lot + legere to gather, to select.]
Defn: The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawinglots.A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott.
SORTILEGIOUSSor`ti*le"gious, a.
Defn: Pertaining to sortilege.
SORTILEGYSor"til"e*gy, n.
Defn: Sortilege. [R.] De Quincey.
SORTITASor*ti"ta, n. [It., a coming out.]
1. The air sung by any of the principal characters in an opera on entering.
2. A closing voluntary; a postlude.
SORTITION Sor*ti"tion, n. Etym: [L. sortitio, from sortiri to draw or cast lots, fr. sors, sortis, a lot.]
Defn: Selection or appointment by lot. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
SORTMENTSort"ment, n.
Defn: Assortiment. [Obs.]
SORUSSo"rus, n.; pl. Sori. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.
SORWESor"we, n. & v.
Defn: Sorrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SORWEFULSor"we*ful, a.
Defn: Sorrowful. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SORYSo"ry, n. Etym: [L. sory, Gr. (Old Min. Chem.)
Defn: Green vitriol, or some earth imregnated with it.
Defn: The letters signified by the signal ( . . . —-. . . ) prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912 for use by ships in distress.
SO-SOSo"-so`, a. Etym: [So + so.]
Defn: Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable;indifferent.In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of baconhangs up for a show. Goldsmith.He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.Prof. Wilson.
SO-SOSo"-so`, adv.
Defn: Tolerably; passably. H. James.
SOSSSoss, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Souse.]
Defn: To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily. [Obs.]Swift.
SOSSSoss, v. t.
Defn: To throw in a negligent or careless manner; to toss. [Obs.]Swift.
SOSSSoss, n.
1. A lazy fellow. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
2. A heavy fall. [Prov. Eng.] Hallowell.
SOSSSoss, n. Etym: [See Sesspol.]
Defn: Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle. [Prov. Eng.]
SOSTENUTOSos`te*nu"to, a. Etym: [It.] (Mus.)
Defn: Sustained; — applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.
SOT Sot, n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. sottus; of unknown origin, cf. Ir. sotal pride, soithir proud, or Chald. & NHeb. shoten foolish.]
1. A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt. [Obs.] outh. In Egypt oft has seen the sot bow down, And reverence some dOldham.
2. A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard. "A brutal sot." Granville. Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine. Roscommon.
SOTSot, a.
Defn: Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull. [Obs.] "Rich, but sot."Marston.
SOTSot, v. t.
Defn: To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot. [R.]I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted. Dryden.
SOTSot, v. i.
Defn: To tipple to stupidity. [R.] Goldsmith.
SOTADEANSo`ta*de"an, a.
Defn: Sotadic.
SOTADICSo*tad"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades. — n.
Defn: A Sotadic verse or poem.
SOTESote, a.
Defn: Sweet. [Obs.] Chaucer. Fairfax.
SOTEL; SOTILSo"tel, So"til, a.
Defn: Subtile. [Obs.]
SOTERIOLOGYSo*te`ri*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
1. A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health.
2. (Theol.)
Defn: The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ.
SOTHESothe ( or ), a.
Defn: Sooth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOTHIAC; SOTHICSo"thi*ac, Soth"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular. Sothiac, or Sothic, year (Chronol.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours, as distinguished from the Egyptian vague year, which contained 365 days. The Sothic period consists of 1,460 Sothic years, being equal to 1,461 vague years. One of these periods ended in July, a. d. 139.
SOTILTESo"til*te, n.
Defn: Subtlety. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOTTEDSot"ted,
Defn: a. & p. p. of Sot. Befooled; deluded; besotted. [Obs.] "This sotted priest." Chaucer.
SOTTERYSot"ter*y, n.
Defn: Folly. [Obs.] Gauden.
SOTTISHSot"tish, a. Etym: [From Sot.]
Defn: Like a sot; doltish; very foolish; drunken.How ignorant are sottish pretenders to astrology! Swift.
Syn.— Dull; stupid; senseless; doltish; infatuate.— Sot"tish*ly, adv.— Sot"tish*ness, n.
SOTTO VOCESot`to vo"ce. Etym: [It.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an undertone.
2. Spoken low or in an undertone.
SOUSou, n.; pl. Sous or. Etym: [F. sou, OF. sol, from L. solidus a goldcoin, in LL., a coin of less value. See Sold, n., Solid, and and cf.Sol, Soldo.]
Defn: An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (sou.
SOUARI NUTSou*a"ri nut`. (Bot.)
Defn: The large edible nutlike seed of a tall tropical American tree (Caryocar nuciferum) of the same natural order with the tea plant; — also called butternut. [Written also sawarra nut.]
SOUBAHSou"bah, n.
Defn: See Subah.
SOUBAHDARSou"bah*dar, n.
Defn: See Subahdar.
SOUBISESou`bise" (soo`bez"), n.
1. [F.] A sauce made of white onions and melted butter mixed with velouté sauce.
2. A kind of cravat worn by men in the late 18th century.
SOUBRETTESou`brette", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman.
SOUBRIQUETSou`bri`quet", n.
Defn: See Sobriquet.
SOUCESouce, n.
Defn: See 1st Souse.
SOUCESouce, v. t. & i.
Defn: See Souse. [Obs.] penser.
SOUCHONGSou*chong", n. Etym: [Chin. seou chong little plant or sort.]
Defn: A kind of black tea of a fine quality.
SOUDANSou*dan", n.Etym: [F.]
Defn: A sultan. [Obs.]
SOUDED; SOUDETSoud"ed, Soud"et, a. Etym: [See Solder.]
Defn: United; consolidated; made firm; strengthened. [Obs.]O martyr souded for virginity! Chaucer.
SOUFFLESouf"fle, n. Etym: [F.] (Med.)
Defn: A murmuring or blowing sound; as, the uterine souffle heard over the pregnant uterus.
SOUFFLESouf"flé, n. Etym: [F., fr. soufflé, p.p. of souffler to puff.](Cookery)
Defn: A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.
SOUFFLEESoufflée.
Defn: Filled with air by beating, and baked; as, an omelette soufflé.
SOUGHSough, n.
Defn: A sow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOUGHSough, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: A small drain; an adit. [Prov. Eng.] W. M. Buchanan.
SOUGH Sough, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. s (in comp.) a rushing sound, or OE. swough, swogh, a sound, AS. sw to rustle. Cf. Surf, Swoon, v. i.]
1. The sound produced by soughing; a hollow murmur or roaring. The whispering leaves or solemn sough of the forest. W. Howitt.
2. Hence, a vague rumor or flying report. [Scot.]
3. A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying. [Scot.] Jamieson.
SOUGHSough, v. i.
Defn: To whistle or sigh, as the wind.
SOUGHTSought,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Seek.
SOUKESouke, v. t. & i.
Defn: To suck. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOULSoul, a.
Defn: Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOULSoul, a.
Defn: Sole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOULSoul, v. i. Etym: [F. soûler to satiate. See Soil to feed.]
Defn: To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.] Warner.
SOULSoul, n. Etym: [OE. soule, saule, AS. sawel, sawl; akin to OFries. s,OS. s, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. s, s, Icel. sala, Sw. själ, Dan. siæl,Goth. saiwala; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to L. saeculum alifetime, age (cf. Secular.)]
1. The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; — sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; — sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; — sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling. In a more general sense, "an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence." Tylor. The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when our bodily eyes are closing. Law.
2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. "The hidden soul of harmony." Milton. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul. Milton.
3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able gemeral is the soul of his army. He is the very soul of bounty! Shak.
4. Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness. That he wants algebra he must confess; But not a soul to give our arms success. Young.
5. A human being; a person; — a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Prov. xxv. 25. God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the aword! Shak. Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.
6. A pure or disembodied spirit. That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee. Milton.
Note: Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds, most of which are of obvious signification; as, soul-betraying, soul- consuming, soul-destroying, soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul- exalting, soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing, soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc.
Syn.— Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor. Cure of souls. See Cure, n.,2.— Soul bell, the passing bell. Bp. Hall.— Soul foot. See Soul scot, below. [Obs.] — Soul scot or Soulshot. Etym: [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. sawelsceat.] (O. Eccl.Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul.Ayliffe.
SOULSoul, v. t.
Defn: To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.]Chaucer.
SOULEDSouled, a.
Defn: Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; — used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector. "Grecian chiefs . . . largely souled." Dryden.
SOULILISou"li*li`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus).The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.
SOULLESSSoul"less, a.
Defn: Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless. Slave, souless villain, dog! Shak.
SOULLESSLYSoul"less*ly, adv.
Defn: In a soulless manner. Tylor.
SOUNSoun, n. & v.
Defn: Sound. [Obs.] aucer.
SOUNDSound, n. Etym: [AS. sund a swimming, akin to E. swim. See Swim.]
Defn: The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.
SOUNDSound, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A cuttlefish. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
SOUND Sound, a. [Compar. Sounder; superl. Soundest.] Etym: [OE. sound, AS. sund; akin to D. gezond, G. gesund, OHG. gisunt, Dan. & Sw. sund, and perhaps to L. sanus. Cf. Sane.]
1. Whole; unbroken; unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.
2. Healthy; not diseased; not being in a morbid state; — said of body or mind; as, a sound body; a sound constitution; a sound understanding.
3. Firm; strong; safe. The brasswork here, how rich it is in beams, And how, besides, it makes the whole house sound. Chapman.
4. Free from error; correct; right; honest; true; faithful; orthodox; — said of persons; as, a sound lawyer; a sound thinker. Do not I know you a favorer Of this new seat Ye are nor sound. Shak.
5. Founded in truth or right; supported by justice; not to be overthrown on refuted; not fallacious; as, sound argument or reasoning; a sound objection; sound doctrine; sound principles. Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me. 2 Tim. i. 13.
6. heavy; laid on with force; as, a sound beating.
7. Undisturbed; deep; profound; as, sound sleep.
8. Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land.
Note: Sound is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sound-headed, sound-hearted, sound-timbered, etc. Sound currency (Com.), a currency whose actual value is the same as its nominal value; a currency which does not deteriorate or depreciate or fluctuate in comparision with the standard of values.
SOUNDSound, adv.
Defn: Soundly.So sound he slept that naught might him awake. Spenser.
SOUNDSound, n. Etym: [AS. sund a narrow sea or strait; akin to Icel., Sw.,Dan. & G. sund, probably so named because it could be swum across.See Swim.] (Geog.)
Defn: A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound. The Sound of Denmark, where ships pay toll. Camden. Sound dues, tolls formerly imposed by Denmark on vessels passing through the Baltic Sound.
SOUNDSound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sounding.] Etym:[F. sonder; cf. AS. sundgyrd a sounding rod, sundline a sounding line(see Sound a narrow passage of water).]
1. To measure the depth of; to fathom; especially, to ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try; to test; to probe. I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your breast. Dryden. I've sounded my Numidians man by man. Addison.
3. (Med.)
Defn: To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient.
SOUNDSound, v. i.
Defn: To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or otherdevice.I sound as a shipman soundeth in the sea with his plummet to know thedepth of sea. Palsgrave.
SOUNDSound, n. Etym: [F. sonde. See Sound to fathom.] (Med.)
Defn: Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture.
SOUNDSound, n. Etym: [OE. soun, OF. son, sun, F. son, fr. L. sonus akin toSkr. svana sound, svan to sound, and perh. to E. swan. Cf. Assonant,Consonant, Person, Sonata, Sonnet, Sonorous, Swan.]
1. The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear; a sensation or perception of the mind received through the ear, and produced by the impulse or vibration of the air or other medium with which the ear is in contact; the effect of an impression made on the organs of hearing by an impulse or vibration of the air caused by a collision of bodies, or by other means; noise; report; as, the sound of a drum; the sound of the human voice; a horrid sound; a charming sound; a sharp, high, or shrill sound. The warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions. Milton.
2. The occasion of sound; the impulse or vibration which would occasion sound to a percipient if present with unimpaired; hence, the theory of vibrations in elastic media such cause sound; as, a treatise on sound.
Note: In this sense, sounds are spoken of as audible and inaudible.
3. Noise without signification; empty noise; noise and nothing else. Sense and not sound . . . must be the principle. Locke. Sound boarding, boards for holding pugging, placed in partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds. — Sound bow, in a series of transverse sections of a bell, that segment against which the clapper strikes, being the part which is most efficacious in producing the sound. See Illust. of Bell. — Sound post. (Mus.) See Sounding post, under Sounding.
SOUND Sound, v. i. Etym: [OE. sounen, sownen, OF. soner, suner, F. sonner, from L. sonare. See Sound a noise.]
1. To make a noise; to utter a voice; to make an impulse of the air that shall strike the organs of hearing with a perceptible effect. "And first taught speaking trumpets how to sound." Dryden. How silver-sweet sound lovers' tongues! Shak.
2. To be conveyed in sound; to be spread or published; to convey intelligence by sound. From you sounded out the word of the Lord. 1 Thess. i. 8.
3. To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard; hence, to seem; to appear; as, this reproof sounds harsh; the story sounds like an invention. Good sir, why do you start, and seem to fear Things that do sound so fair Shak. To sound in or into, to tend to; to partake of the nature of; to be consonant with. [Obs., except in the phrase To sound in damages, below.] Soun[d]ing in moral virtue was his speech. Chaucer. — To sound in damages (Law), to have the essential quality of damages. This is said of an action brought, not for the recovery of a specific thing, as replevin, etc., but for damages only, as trespass, and the like.
SOUNDSound, v. t.
1. To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn. A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d]. Chaucer.
2. To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.
3. To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds; to give a signal for by a certain sound; as, to sound a retreat; to sound a parley. The clock sounded the hour of noon. G. H. Lewes.
4. To celebrate or honor by sounds; to cause to be reported; to publish or proclaim; as, to sound the praises of fame of a great man or a great exploit.
5. To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character; as, to sound a piece of timber; to sound a vase; to sound the lungs of a patient.
6. To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] Milton. Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning. Chaucer.
SOUNDABLESound"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being sounded.
SOUNDAGESound"age (; 48), n.
Defn: Dues for soundings.
SOUND-BOARDSound"-board`, n.
Defn: A sounding-board.To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.
SOUNDERSound"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
SOUNDERSound"er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A herd of wild hogs.
SOUNDINGSound"ing, a.
Defn: Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words.Dryden.
SOUNDINGSound"ing, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).
2. (Naut.) Etym: [From Sound to fathom.] (a) measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained. (b) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; — usually in the plural. (c) The sand, shells, or the like, that are brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom. Sounding lead, the plummet at the end of a sounding line. — Sounding line, a line having a plummet at the end, used in making soundings. — Sounding post (Mus.), a small post in a violin, violoncello, or similar instrument, set under the bridge as a support, for propagating the sounds to the body of the instrument; — called also sound post. — Sounding rod (Naut.), a rod used to ascertain the depth of water in a ship's hold. — In soundings, within the eighty-fathom line. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
SOUNDING BALLOONSound"ing bal*loon".
Defn: An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.
SOUNDING-BOARDSound"ing-board`, n.
1. (Mus.)
Defn: A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
2. A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
3. pl.
Defn: See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.
SOUNDLESSSound"less, a.
Defn: Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
SOUNDLESSSound"less, a.
Defn: Having no sound; noiseless; silent.— Sound"less*ly, adv.— Sound"less*ness, n.
SOUNDLYSound"ly, adv.
Defn: In a sound manner.
SOUNDNESSSound"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.
Syn.— Firmness; strength; solidity; healthiness; truth; rectitude.
SOUNESoune, v. t. & i.
Defn: To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOUNSTSounst, a.
Defn: Soused. See Souse. [Obs.]
SOUP Soup, n. Etym: [F. soupe, OF. sope, supe, soupe, perhaps originally, a piece of bread; probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. sop sop, G. suppe soup. See Sop something dipped in a liquid, and cf. Supper.]
Defn: A liquid food of many kinds, usually made by boiling meat and vegetables, or either of them, in water, — commonly seasoned or flavored; strong broth. Soup kitchen, an establishment for preparing and supplying soup to the poor. — Soup ticket, a ticket conferring the privilege of receiving soup at a soup kitchen.
SOUPSoup, v. t.
Defn: To sup or swallow. [Obs.] Wyclif.
SOUPSoup, v. t.
Defn: To breathe out. [Obs.] amden.
SOUPSoup, v. t.
Defn: To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.]
SOUPCONSoup`çon", n. [F.]
Defn: A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soupçon of brandy; a soupçon of coquetry.
SOUPE-MAIGRESoupe`-mai"gre, n. Etym: [F.] (Cookery)
Defn: Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.
SOUPLESou"ple, n.
Defn: That part of a flail which strikes the grain. Knight.
SOUPYSoup"y, a.
Defn: Resembling soup; souplike.
SOURSour, a. [Compar. Sourer; superl. Sourest.] Etym: [OE. sour, sur, AS.s; akin to D. zuur, G. sauer, OHG. s, Icel. s, Sw. sur, Dan. suur,Lith. suras salt, Russ. surovui harsh, rough. Cf. Sorrel, the plant.]
1. Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. Bacon.
2. Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.
3. Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply. "A sour countenance." Swift. He was a scholar . . . Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him sweet as summer. Shak.
4. Afflictive; painful. "Sour adversity." Shak.
5. Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh. Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel. — Sour gourd (Bot.), the gourdlike fruit Adansonia Gregorii, and A. digitata; also, either of the trees bearing this fruit. See Adansonia. — Sour grapes. See under Grape. — Sour gum (Bot.) See Turelo. — Sour plum (Bot.), the edible acid fruit of an Australian tree (Owenia venosa); also, the tree itself, which furnished a hard reddish wood used by wheelwrights.
Syn. — Acid; sharp; tart; acetous; acetose; harsh; acrimonious; crabbed; currish; peevish.
SOURSour, n.
Defn: A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect.Spenser.
SOURSour, v. t. Etym: [AS. s to sour, to become sour.]
1. To cause to become sour; to cause to turn from sweet to sour; as, exposure to the air sours many substances. So the sun's heat, with different powers, Ripens the grape, the liquor sours. Swift.
2. To make cold and unproductive, as soil. Mortimer.
3. To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable. To sour your happiness I must report, The queen is dead. Shak.
4. To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. "Souring his cheeks." Shak. Pride had not sour'd nor wrath debased my heart. Harte.
5. To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.
SOURSour, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soured; p. pr. & vb. n. Souring.]
Defn: To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity. They keep out melancholy from the virtuous, and hinder the hatred of vice from souring into severity. Addison.
SOURCESource, n. Etym: [OE. sours, OF. sourse, surse, sorse, F. source, fr.OF. sors, p.p. of OF. sordre, surdre, sourdre, to spring forth or up,F. sourdre, fr. L. surgere to lift or raise up, to spring up. SeeSurge, and cf. Souse to plunge or swoop as a bird upon its prey.]
1. The act of rising; a rise; an ascent. [Obs.] Therefore right as an hawk upon a sours Up springeth into the air, right so prayers . . . Maken their sours to Goddes ears two. Chaucer.
2. The rising from the ground, or beginning, of a stream of water or the like; a spring; a fountain. Where as the Poo out of a welle small Taketh his firste springing and his sours. Chaucer. Kings that rule Behind the hidden sources of the Nile. Addison.
3. That from which anything comes forth, regarded as its cause or origin; the person from whom anything originates; first cause. This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself. Locke. The source of Newton's light, of Bacon's sense. Pope.
Syn.— See Origin.
SOURCROUTSour"crout`, n.
Defn: See Sauerkraut.
SOURDESourde, v. i. Etym: [F. sourdre. See Source.]
Defn: To have origin or source; to rise; to spring. [Obs.]Now might men ask whereof that pride sourdeth. Chaucer.
SOURINGSour"ing, n. (Bot.)
Defn: Any sour apple.
SOURISHSour"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.
SOURKROUTSour"krout`, n.
Defn: Same as Sauerkraut.
SOURLYSour"ly, adv.
Defn: In a sour manner; with sourness.
SOURNESSSour"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being sour.
SOURSSours, n.
Defn: Source. See Source. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOURSOPSour"sop`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.
SOURWOODSour"wood`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The sorrel tree.
SOUS; SOUSESous, Souse (F. soo; colloq. Eng. sous), n.
Defn: A corrupt form of Sou. [Obs.] Colman, the Elder.
SOUSE Souse, n. Etym: [OF. sausse. See Sauce.] [Written also souce, sowce, and sowse.]
1. Pickle made with salt.
2. Something kept or steeped in pickle; esp., the pickled ears, feet, etc., of swine. And he that can rear up a pig in his house, Hath cheaper his bacon, and sweeter his souse. Tusser.
3. The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]
4. The act of sousing; a plunging into water.
SOUSESouse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soused; p. pr. & vb. n. Sousing.] Etym:[Cf. F. saucer to wet with sauce. See Souse pickle.]
1. To steep in pickle; to pickle. "A soused gurnet." Shak.
2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid. They soused me over head and ears in water. Addison.
3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly. Although I be well soused in this shower. Gascoigne.
SOUSE Souse, v. i. Etym: [Probably fr. OF. sors, p.p. of sordre to rise, and first used of an upward swood, then of a swoop in general, but also confused with Souse, v. t. See Source.]
Defn: To swoop or plunge, as a bird upon its prey; to fall suddenly;to rush with speed; to make a sudden attack.For then I viewed his plunge and souse Into the foamy main. Marston.Jove's bird will souse upon the timorous hare. J. Dryden. Jr.
SOUSESouse, v. t.
Defn: To pounce upon. [R.] [The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers, To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. Shak.
SOUSESouse, n.
Defn: The act of sousing, or swooping.As a falcon fair That once hath failed or her souse full near.Spenser.
SOUSESouse, adv.
Defn: With a sudden swoop; violently. Young.
SOUSLIKSous"lik, n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Suslik.
SOUTSout, n.
Defn: Soot. [Obs.] Spenser.
SOUTACHESou`tache", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; — also known asRussian braid.
SOUTAGESout"age ( or ; 48), n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops. [Obs.]Halliwell.
SOUTANE Sou`tane", n. Etym: [F., fr. Sp. sotana, or It. sottana, LL. subtana, fr. L. subtus below, beneath, fr. sub under.] (Eccl. Costume)
Defn: A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.
SOUTERSou"ter, n. Etym: [AS. s, fr. It. sutor, fr. suere to sew.]
Defn: A shoemaker; a cobbler. [Obs.] Chaucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, — all is one. Tyndale.
SOUTERLYSou"ter*ly, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low. [Obs.]
SOUTERRAINSou"ter*rain, n. Etym: [F. See Subterranean.]
Defn: A grotto or cavern under ground. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.
SOUTH South (; by sailors sou), n. Etym: [OE. south, suþ, AS. suedh for sunedh; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. suedhr, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden, Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. sq. root297. See Sun.]
1. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. "The queen of the south." Matt. xii. 42.
3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] Shak.
SOUTHSouth, a.
Defn: Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. "At the south entry." Shak. South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.
SOUTHSouth
Defn: , adv.
1. Toward the south; southward.
2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.
SOUTHSouth, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.]
1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; — said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.
SOUTHCOTTIANSouth*cot"ti*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.
SOUTHDOWNSouth"down`, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. Southdown sheep (Zoöl.), a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.
SOUTHDOWNSouth"down`, n.
Defn: A Southdown sheep.
SOUTHEASTSouth`east" (; by sailors sou"-), n.
Defn: The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
SOUTHEASTSouth`east (; by sailors sou"-), a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.
SOUTHEASTERSouth`east"er, n.
Defn: A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.
SOUTHEASTERSouth`east"er, adv.
Defn: Toward the southeast.
SOUTHEASTERNSouth`east"ern, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.
SOUTHEASTWARD; SOUTHEASTWARDLYSouth`east"ward, South`east"ward*ly, adv.
Defn: Toward the southeast.
SOUTHERSouth"er, n.
Defn: A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.
SOUTHERLINESSSouth"er*li*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.
SOUTHERLYSouth"er*ly, a.
Defn: Southern.
SOUTHERNSouth"ern, a. Etym: [AS. s. See South.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. — Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. — Southern States (U.S. Hist. & Geog.), the States of the American Union lying south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, with Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Before the Civil War, Missouri also, being a slave State, was classed as one of the Southern States.
SOUTHERNSouth"ern, n.
Defn: A Southerner. [R.]
SOUTHERNERSouth"ern*er, n.
Defn: An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the SouthernStates of North America; opposed to Northerner.
SOUTHERNLINESSSouth"ern*li*ness, n.
Defn: Southerliness.
SOUTHERNLYSouth"ern*ly, a.
Defn: Somewhat southern.— adv.
Defn: In a southerly manner or course; southward.
SOUTHERNMOSTSouth"ern*most`, a.
Defn: Farthest south.
SOUTHERNWOODSouth"ern*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.
SOUTHINGSouth"ing, n.
1. Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun. Emerson.
2. The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place.
3. (Astron.)
Defn: Distance of any heavenly body south of the equator; south declination; south latitude.
4. (Surv. & Navigation)
Defn: Distance southward from any point departure or of reckoning, measured on a meridian; — opposed to northing.
SOUTHLYSouth"ly, adv.
Defn: Southerly. [Obs. & R.]
SOUTHMOSTSouth"most`, a.
Defn: Farthest toward the south; southernmost. [R.] Milton.
SOUTHNESSSouth"ness, n.
Defn: A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole. Faraday.
SOUTHPAWSouth"paw`, a. (Baseball)
Defn: Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [Cant]
SOUTHPAWSouth"paw`, n.
Defn: A pitcher who pitches with the left hand. [Cant]
SOUTHRENSouth"ren, a.
Defn: Southern. [Obs.] "I am a Southren man." Chaucer.
SOUTHRONSouth"ron, n.
Defn: An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.
SOUTHSAYSouth"say`, v. i.
Defn: See Soothsay. [Obs.]
SOUTHSAYERSouth"say`er, n.
Defn: See Soothsayer. [Obs.]
SOUTH; SOUTHERLYSouth` south"er*ly. (Zoöl.)
Defn: the old squaw; — so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
SOUTHWARD; SOUTHWARDSSouth"ward, South"wards, adv.
Defn: Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.
SOUTHWARDSouth"ward, a.
Defn: Toward the south.
SOUTHWARDSouth"ward, n.
Defn: The southern regions or countries; the south. Sir W. Raleigh.
SOUTHWARDLYSouth"ward*ly, adv.
Defn: In a southern direction.
SOUTHWESTSouth`west (; colloq. sou"-.), n.
Defn: The point of the compass equally from the south and the west; the southwest part or region.
SOUTHWESTSouth`west", a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.
SOUTHWESTERSouth`west"er (; colloq. , n.
1. A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.
2. A hat made of painted canvas, oiled cloth, or the like, with a flap at the back, — worn in stormy weather.
SOUTHWESTERLYSouth`west"er*ly, a.
Defn: To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.
SOUTHWESTERNSouth`west"ern, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.
SOUTHWESTWARD; SOUTHWESTWARDLYSouth`west"ward, South`west"ward*ly, adv.
Defn: Toward the southwest.
SOUVENANCE; SOVENAUNCESou"ve*nance, So"ve*naunce, n. Etym: [F. souvenance.]
Defn: Remembrance. [Obs.]Of his way he had no sovenance. Spenser.
SOUVENIR Sou`ve*nir ( or ), n. Etym: [F., fr. souvenir to remember, fr. L. subvenire to come up, come to mind; sub under + venire to come, akin to E. come. See Come, and cf. Subvention.]
Defn: That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.
SOVEREIGN Sov"er*eign ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [OE. soverain, sovereyn, OF. soverain, suvrain, F. souverain, LL. superanus, fr. L. superus that is above, upper, higher, fr. super above. See Over, Super, and cf. Soprano. The modern spelling is due to a supposed connection with reign.]
1. Supreme or highest in power; superior to all others; chief; as, our sovereign prince.
2. Independent of, and unlimited by, any other; possessing, or entitled to, original authority or jurisdiction; as, a sovereign state; a sovereign discretion.
3. Princely; royal. "Most sovereign name." Shak. At Babylon was his sovereign see. Chaucer.
4. Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount. We acknowledge him [God] our sovereign good. Hooker.
5. Efficacious in the highest degree; effectual; controlling; as, a sovereign remedy. Dryden. Such a sovereign influence has this passion upon the regulation of the lives and actions of men. South. Sovereign state, a state which administers its own government, and is not dependent upon, or subject to, another power.
SOVEREIGNSov"er*eign ( or ; 277), n.
1. The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor. No question is to be made but that the bed of the Mississippi belongs to the sovereign, that is, to the nation. Jefferson.
2. A gold coin of Great Britain, on which an effigy of the head of the reigning king or queen is stamped, valued at one pound sterling, or about $4.86.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any butterfly of the tribe Nymphalidi, or genus Basilarchia, as the ursula and the viceroy.
Syn.— King; prince; monarch; potentate; emperor.
SOVEREIGNIZESov"er*eign*ize, v. i.
Defn: To exercise supreme authority. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.
SOVEREIGNLYSov"er*eign*ly, adv.
Defn: In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.Chaucer.
SOVEREIGNTY Sov"er*eign*ty, n.; pl. Sovereignties. Etym: [OE. soverainetee, OF. sovraineté, F. souveraineté.]
Defn: The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties. Woman desiren to have sovereignty As well over their husband as over their love. Chaucer.
SOVRANSov"ran, a.
Defn: A variant of Sovereign. [Poetic]On thy bald, awful head, O sovran Blanc. Coleridge.
SOWSow, v. i.
Defn: To sew. See Sew. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOW Sow, n. Etym: [OE. sowe, suwe, AS. sugu, akin to su, D. zog, zeug, OHG. su, G. sau, Icel. syr, Dan. so, Sw. sugga, so, L. sus. Gr. "y^s, sy^s, Zend. hu boar; probably from the root seen in Skr. su to beget, to bear; the animal being named in allusion to its fecundity. sq. root294. Cf. Hyena, Soil to stain, Son, Swine.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The female of swine, or of the hog kind.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A sow bug.
3. (Metal.) (a) A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed. (b) The bar of metal which remains in such a runner. (c) A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander.
4. (Mil.)
Defn: A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, or the like. Craig. Sow bread. (Bot.) See Cyclamen. — Sow bug, or Sowbug (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of terrestrial Isopoda belonging to Oniscus, Porcellio, and allied genera of the family Oniscidæ. They feed chiefly on decaying vegetable substances. — Sow thistle Etym: [AS. sugepistel] (Bot.), a composite plant (Sonchus oleraceus) said to be eaten by swine and some other animals.
SOWSow, v. t. [imp. Sowed; p. p. Sown or Sowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Sowing.]Etym: [OE. sowen, sawen, AS. sawan; akin to OFries. s, D. zaaijen,OS. & HG. sajan, G. säen, Icel. sa, Sw. så, Dan. saae, Goth. saian,Lith. seti, Russ. sieiate, L. serere, sevi. Cf. Saturday, Season,Seed, Seminary.]
1. To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate. "He would sow some difficulty." Chaucer. A sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside. Matt. xiii. 3, 4. And sow dissension in the hearts of brothers. Addison.
2. To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle. The intellectual faculty is a goodly field, . . . and it is the worst husbandry in the world to sow it with trifles. Sir M. Hale. [He] sowed with stars the heaven. Milton. Now morn . . . sowed the earth with orient pearl. Milton.
SOWSow, v. i.
Defn: To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; — literally or figuratively. They that sow in tears shall reap in joi. Ps. cxxvi. 5.
SOWANSSow"ans ( or ), n. pl.
Defn: See Sowens.
SOWARSow"ar, n. Etym: [Per. sawar a horseman.]
Defn: In India, a mounted soldier.
SOWBANESow"bane`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), — said to be fatal to swine.
SOWCESowce, n. & v.
Defn: See Souse. [Obs.]
SOWDANSow"dan, n. Etym: [F. soudan. See Soldan.]
Defn: Sultan. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOWDANESSESow"dan*esse`, n.
Defn: A sultaness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOWENS Sow"ens ( or ), n. pl. Etym: [Scottish; cf. AS. seáw juice, glue, paste.]
Defn: A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; — called flummery in England. [Written also sowans, and sowins.]
SOWERSow"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, sows.
SOWINSSow"ins ( or ), n. pl.
Defn: See Sowens.
SOWL; SOWLE Sowl, Sowle, v. t. Etym: [Cf. prov. G. zaulen, zauseln, G. zausen to tug, drag.]
Defn: To pull by the ears; to drag about. [Obs.] hak.
SOWLSowl, v. i.
Defn: See Soul, v. i. [Obs.]
SOWNSown,
Defn: p. p. of Sow.
SOWNESowne, v. t. & i.
Defn: To sound. [Obs.] Chaucer.
SOWSESowse, n. & v.
Defn: See Souse. [Obs.] ryden.
SOWTERSow"ter, n.
Defn: See Souter. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
SOYSoy, n. Etym: [Chinese shoyu.]
1. A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.
SOYLESoyle, v. t. Etym: [Aphetic form of assoil.]
Defn: To solve, to clear up; as, to soyl all other texts. [Obs.]Tyndate.
SOYLESoyle, n. Etym: [Cf. Soil to feed.]
Defn: Prey. [Obs.] Spenser.
SOYNEDSoyn"ed ( or ), a. Etym: [F. soigner to care.]
Defn: Filled with care; anxious. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
SOZZLESoz"zle, v. t. Etym: [Freq. from soss, v.]
1. To splash or wet carelessly; as, to sozzle the feet in water. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.
2. To heap up in confusion. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.
SOZZLESoz"zle, n.
1. One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman. [Local, U.S.]
2. A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled. [Prov. Eng.]
SPASpa, n.
Defn: A spring or mineral water; — so called from a place of this name in Belgium.
SPAADSpaad, n. Etym: [Cf. G. spath spar. See Spar the mineral.] (Min.)
Defn: A kind of spar; earth flax, or amianthus. [Obs.] oodward.
SPACE Space, n. Etym: [OE. space, F. espace, from L. spatium space; cf. Gr. span. Cf. Expatiate.]
1. Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. Locke.
2. Place, having more or They gave him chase, and hunted him as hare; Long had he no space to dwell [in]. R. of Brunne. While I have time and space. Chaucer.
3. A quantity or portion of extension; distance from one thing to another; an interval between any two or more objects; as, the space between two stars or two hills; the sound was heard for the space of a mile. Put a space betwixt drove and drove. Gen. xxxii. 16.
4. Quantity of time; an interval between two points of time; duration; time. "Grace God gave him here, this land to keep long space." R. of brunne. Nine times the space that measures day and night. Milton. God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. Tillotson.
5. A short time; a while. [R.] "To stay your deadly strife a space." Spenser.
6. Walk; track; path; course. [Obs.] This ilke [same] monk let old things pace, And held after the new world the space. Chaucer.
7. (print.) (a) A small piece of metal cast lower than a face type, so as not to receive the ink in printing, — used to separate words or letters. (b) The distance or interval between words or letters in the lines, or between lines, as in books.
Note: Spaces are of different thicknesses to enable the compositor to arrange the words at equal distances from each other in the same line.
8. (Mus.)
Defn: One of the intervals, or open places, between the lines of the staff. Absolute space, Euclidian space, etc. See under Absolute, Euclidian, etc. — Space line (Print.), a thin piece of metal used by printers to open the lines of type to a regular distance from each other, and for other purposes; a lead. Hansard. — Space rule (Print.), a fine, thin, short metal rule of the same height as the type, used in printing short lines in tabular matter.