Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 115
Somnipathist (n.) A person in a state of somniapathy.
Somnipathy (n.) 催眠狀態；睡眠障礙 Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like. [Written also somnopathy.]
Somnolence (n.) Alt. of Somnolency.
Somnolency (n.) Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep.
Somnolence (n.) A very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents" [syn: sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence] [ant: sleeplessness, wakefulness].
Somnolent (a.) Sleepy; drowsy; inclined to sleep. -- Som"no*lent*ly, adv.
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a somnolent want of interest in them. -- De Quincey.
Somnolent (a.) Inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a somnolent effect" [syn: slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent].
Somnolism (n.) The somnolent state induced by animal magnetism (hypnotism); the hypnotic state. [archaic] --Thomas (Med. Dict.).
Somnolism (n.) The act or process of inducing the hypnotic state; hypnotism; hyonotizing. -- Stedman.
Somnipathy (n.) Sleep from sympathy, or produced by mesmerism or the like. [Written also somnopathy.]
Somnopathy (n.) Somnipathy.
Somnour (n.) A summoner; an apparitor; a sompnour. [Obs.] -- Piers Plowman. Somonaunce
Somonaunce (n.) Alt. of Somonce.
Somonce (n.) A summons; a citation. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Somonour (n.) A summoner. [Obs.]
Sompne (v. t.) To summon; to cite. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Sompnour (n.) A summoner. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Son (n.) A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.
Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son. -- Gen. xxi. 2.
Son (n.) A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.
I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings. -- Isa. xix. 11.
I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. -- Mal. iii. 6.
Son (n.) Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent.
The child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. -- Ex. ii. 10.
Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift. -- Shak.
Son (n.) A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.
Son (n.) The produce of anything.
Earth's tall sons, the cedar, oak, and pine. -- Blackmore.
Son (n.) (Commonly with the def. article) Jesus Christ, the Savior; -- called the Son of God, and the Son of man.
We . . . do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. -- 1 John iv. 14.
Who gave His Son sure all has given. -- Keble.
Note: The expressions son of pride, sons of light, son of Belial, are Hebraisms, which denote persons possessing the qualitites of pride, of light, or of Belial, as children inherit the qualities of their ancestors.
Sons of the prophets. See School of the prophets, under Prophet.
Sonance (n.) A sound; a tune; as, to sound the tucket sonance. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Sonance (n.) The quality or state of being sonant.
Sonant (a.) Of or pertaining to sound; sounding.
Sonant (a.) (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere breath sound; intonated; voiced; tonic; the opposite of nonvocal, or surd; -- sid of the vowels, semivowels, liquids, and nasals, and particularly of the consonants b, d, g hard, v, etc., as compared with their cognates p, t, k, f, etc., which are called nonvocal, surd, or aspirate.
Sonant (n.) A sonant letter.
Sonata (n.) (Mus.) An extended composition for one or two instruments, consisting usually of three or four movements; as, Beethoven's sonatas for the piano, for the violin and piano, etc.
Note: The same general structure prevails in symphonies, instrumental trios, quartets, etc., and even in classical concertos. The sonata form, distinctively, characterizes the quick opening movement, which may have a short, slow introduction; the second, or slow, movement is either in the song or variation form; third comes the playful minuet or the more modern scherzo; then the quick finale in the rondo form. But both form and order are sometimes exceptional.
Sonatina (n.) [It.] (Mus.) A short and simple sonata. Soncy
Soncy (a.) Alt. of Sonsy.
Sonsy (a.) Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sond
Sond (v. t.) Alt. of Sonde.
Sonde (v. t.) That which is sent; a message or messenger; hence, also, a visitation of providence; an affliction or trial. [Obs.]
Ye have enough, parde, of Goddes sond. -- Chaucer.
Sonde (v. t.) (Rocketry) a rocket or balloon sent into the upper atmosphere to measure atmospheric conditions or other phenomena at altitudes unattainable by aircraft.
Sondeli (n.) (Zool.) The musk shrew. See under Musk.
Song (n.) That which is sung or uttered with musical modulations of the voice, whether of a human being or of a bird, insect, etc. "That most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets." -- Hawthorne.
Song (n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music; a ballad.
Song (n.) More generally, any poetical strain; a poem.
The bard that first adorned our native tongue Tuned to his British lyre this ancient song. -- Dryden.
Song (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
This subject for heroic song. -- Milton.
Song (n.) An object of derision; a laughingstock.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. -- Job xxx. 9.
Song (n.) A trifle ; an insignificant sum of money; as, he bought it for a song. "The soldier's pay is a song." -- Silliman.
Old song, A trifle; nothing of value. "I do not intend to be thus put off with an old song." -- Dr. H. More.
Song bird (Zool.), Any singing bird; one of the Oscines.
Song sparrow (Zool.), A very common North American sparrow ({Melospiza fasciata, or Melospiza melodia) noted for the sweetness of its song in early spring. Its breast is covered with dusky brown streaks which form a blotch in the center.
Song thrush (Zool.), A common European thrush ({Turdus musicus), noted for its melodius song; -- called also mavis, throstle, and thrasher.
Syn: Sonnet; ballad; canticle; carol; canzonet; ditty; hymn; descant; lay; strain; poesy; verse.
Songcraft (n.) The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification.
Songful (a.) Disposed to sing; full of song.
Songish (a.) Consisting of songs. [R.] -- Dryden.
Songless (a.) Destitute of the power of song; without song; as, songless birds; songless woods.
Songster (n.) One who sings; one skilled in singing; -- not often applied to human beings.
Songster (n.) (Zool.) A singing bird.
Songstress (n.) A woman who sings; a female singing bird. --Thomson.
Sonifer (n.) A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.
Soniferous (a.) Sounding; producing sound; conveying sound.
Sonification (n.) The act of producing sound, as the stridulation of insects.
Sons-in-law (n. pl. ) of Son-in-law.
Son-in-law (n.) The husband of one's daughter; a man in his relationship to his wife's parents.
To take me as for thy son in lawe. -- Chaucer.
Sonless (a.) Being without a son. -- Marston.
As no baron who was sonless could give a husband to his daughter, save with his lord's consent. -- J. R. Green.
Sonnet (n.) A short poem, -- usually amatory. [Obs.] -- Shak.
He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or hymn unto Apollo Pythius. -- Holland.
Sonnet (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
Note: In the proper sonnet each line has five accents, and the octave has but two rhymes, the second, third, sixth, and seventh lines being of one rhyme, and the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth being of another. In the sestet there are sometimes two and sometimes three rhymes; but in some way its two stazas rhyme together.
Often the three lines of the first stanza rhyme severally with the three lines of the second. In Shakespeare's sonnets, the first twelve lines are rhymed alternately, and the last two rhyme together.
Sonnet (v. i.) To compose sonnets. "Strains that come almost to sonneting." -- Milton.
Sonneteer (n.) A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt.
What woful stuff this madrigal would be
In some starved hackney sonneteer or me! -- Pope.
Sonneteer (v. i.) To compose sonnets. -- Lowell.
Sonneter (n.) A composer of sonnets.
Sonnetist (n.) A sonneter, or sonneteer. -- Bp. Hall.
Sonnetize (v. i.) To compose sonnets.
Sonnish (a.) Like the sun; sunny; golden. [Obs.] "Her sonnish hairs." -- Chaucer.
Sonnite (n.) See Sunnite.
Sonometer (n.) (Physiol.) An instrument for exhibiting the transverse vibrations of cords, and ascertaining the relations between musical notes. It consists of a cord stretched by weight along a box, and divided into different lengths at pleasure by a bridge, the place of which is determined by a scale on the face of the box.
Sonometer (n.) An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.
Sonorific (a.) Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body. [R.] -- I. Watts.
Sonority (n.) The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
Sonorous (a.) Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.
Sonorous (a.) Loud-sounding; giving a clear or loud sound; as, a sonorous voice.
Sonorous (a.) Yielding sound; characterized by sound; vocal; sonant; as, the vowels are sonorous.
Sonorous (a.) Impressive in sound; high-sounding.
The Italian opera, amidst all the meanness and familiarty of the thoughts, has something beautiful and sonorous in the expression. -- Addison.
There is nothing of the artificial Johnsonian balance in his style. It is as often marked by a pregnant brevity as by a sonorous amplitude. -- E. Everett.
Sonorous (a.) (Med.) Sonant; vibrant; hence, of sounds produced in a cavity, deep-toned; as, sonorous rhonchi.
Sonorous figures (Physics), Figures formed by the vibrations of a substance capable of emitting a musical tone, as when the bow of a violin is drawn along the edge of a piece of glass or metal on which sand is strewed, and the sand arranges itself in figures according to the musical tone. Called also acoustic figures.
Sonorous tumor (Med.), A tumor which emits a clear, resonant sound on percussion. -- So*no"rous*ly, adv. -- So*no"rous*ness, n.
Sonship (n.) The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation. -- Dr. H. More.
Sonsy (a.) See Soncy. [Scot.] --Burns.
Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
Sonties (n.) Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Soochong (n.) Same as Souchong.
Soodra () Same as Sudra. Soofee
Sudra (n.) The lowest of the four great castes among the Hindoos. See Caste. [Written also Soorah, Soodra, and Sooder.]
Soofee () Alt. of Soofeeism.
Soofeeism () Same as Sufi, Sufism.
Soojee (n.) Same as Suji.
Suji (n.) Indian wheat, granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina. [Written also soojee.]
Soon (adv.) In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. "Sooner said than done." -- Old Proverb. "As soon as it might be." -- Chaucer.
She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned. -- Milton.
Soon (adv.) Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? -- Ex. ii. 18.
Soon (adv.) Promptly; quickly; easily.
Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide. -- Shak.
Soon (adv.) Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.
I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles. -- Addison.
As soon as, or So soon as, Immediately at or after another event. "As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing." -- Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So.
Soon at, As soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] "I shall be sent for soon at night." -- Shak.
Sooner or later, At some uncertain time in the future; as,
he will discover his mistake sooner or later.
With the soonest, As soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] -- Holland.
Soon (a.) Speedy; quick. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Soon (adv.) In the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently"; "we should have news before long" [syn: soon, shortly, presently, before long].
Soonee (n.) See Sunnite.
Soonly (adv.) Soon. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Soord (n.) Skin of bacon. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Soorma (n.) A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.
Sooshong (n.) See Souchong.
Soosoo (n.) (Zool.) A kind of dolphin ({Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also susu.]
Soot (n.) A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.
Soot (n.) [ U ] A black powder composed mainly of carbon, produced when coal, wood, etc. is burned.
// It can be dangerous to let too much soot accumulate inside a chimney.
Sooted (imp. & p. p.) of Soot.
Sooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Soot.
Soot (v. t.) To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. --Mortimer.
Soot
Soot (a.) Alt. of Soote.
Soote (a.) Sweet. [Obs.] "The soote savour of the vine." -- Chaucer.
Sooterkin (n.) A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme.
Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. -- Pope.
Sooth (a.) 【古】 真實的；柔軟的，甜蜜的；撫慰的 True; faithful; trustworthy. [Obs. or Scot.]
The sentence [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt. -- Chaucer.
That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare. -- Spensser.
Sooth (a.) Pleasing;
delightful; sweet. [R.]
The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains. -- Milton.
With jellies soother than the creamy curd. -- Keats.
Sooth (n.) 【古】真實 [U] Truth; reality. [Archaic]
The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. -- Chaucer.
In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. -- Shak.
In good sooth, Its mystery is love, its meaninng youth. -- Longfellow.
Sooth (n.) Augury; prognostication. [Obs.]
The soothe of birds by beating of their wings. -- Spenser.