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
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.] Somnolence
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.
Son (n.) A male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is" [syn: son, boy] [ant: daughter, girl].
Son (n.) The divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) [syn: Son, Word, Logos].
SON, () kindred. An immediate male descendant. In its technical meaning in devises, this is a word of purchase, but the testator may make it a word of descent. Sometimes it is extended to more remote descendants.
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.
Sonant (a.) Produced with vibration of the vocal cords; "a frequently voiced opinion"; "voiced consonants such as `b' and `g' and `z'"; [syn: voiced, sonant, soft] [ant: hard, surd, unvoiced, voiceless].
Sonant (n.) A speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords [syn: sonant, voiced sound].
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.
Sonata (n.) A musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms.
Sonata, () The code name for the major Mac OS release due in mid-1999. (1997-10-15)
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.
Compare: Musk
Musk (n.) A substance of a reddish brown color, and when fresh of the consistency of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.
Musk (n.) (Zool.) The musk deer. See Musk deer (below).
Musk (n.) The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.
Musk (n.) (Bot.) (a) The musk plant ({Mimulus moschatus). Erodium ({Erodium moschatum">
Musk (n.) (Bot.) (b) A plant of the genus Erodium ({Erodium moschatum); -- called also musky heron's-bill.
Musk (n.) (Bot.) (c) A plant of the genus Muscari; grape hyacinth.
Musk beaver (Zool.), Muskrat (1).
Musk beetle (Zool.), A European longicorn beetle ({Aromia moschata), having an agreeable odor resembling that of attar of roses.
Musk cat. See Bondar.
Musk cattle (Zool.), Musk oxen. See Musk ox (below).
Musk deer (Zool.), A small hornless deer ({Moschus
moschiferus), which inhabits the elevated parts of Central Asia. The upper canine teeth of the male are developed into sharp tusks, curved downward. The male has scent bags on the belly, from which the musk of commerce is derived. The deer is yellow or red-brown above, whitish below. The pygmy musk deer are chevrotains, as the kanchil and napu.
Musk duck. (Zool.) (a) The Muscovy duck.
Musk duck. (Zool.) (b) An Australian duck ({Biziura lobata).
Musk lorikeet (Zool.), The Pacific lorikeet ({Glossopsitta australis) of Australia.
Musk mallow (Bot.), A name of two malvaceous plants:
Musk mallow (Bot.), (a) A species of mallow ({Malva moschata), the foliage of which has a faint musky smell.
Musk mallow (Bot.) (b) An Asiatic shrub. See Abelmosk.
Musk orchis (Bot.), A European plant of the Orchis family ({Herminium Minorchis); -- so called from its peculiar scent.
Musk ox (Zool.), An Arctic hollow-horned ruminant ({Ovibos moschatus), now existing only in America, but found fossil in Europe and Asia. It is covered with a thick coat of fine yellowish wool, and with long dark hair, which is abundant and shaggy on the neck and shoulders. The full-grown male weighs over four hundred pounds.
Musk parakeet. (Zool.) Same as Musk lorikeet (above).
Musk pear (Bot.), A fragrant kind of pear much resembling the Seckel pear.
Musk plant (Bot.), The Mimulus moschatus, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor.
Musk root (Bot.), The name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard ({Nardostachys Jatamansi) and of a species of Angelica.
Musk rose (Bot.), A species of rose ({Rosa moschata"> Musk rose (Bot.), A species of rose ({Rosa moschata), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms.
Musk seed (Bot.), The seed of a plant of the Mallow family ({Hibiscus moschatus), used in perfumery and in flavoring. See Abelmosk.
Musk sheep (Zool.), the musk ox.
Musk shrew (Zool.), A shrew ({Sorex murinus"> Musk shrew (Zool.), a shrew ({Sorex murinus), found in India. It has a powerful odor of musk. Called also sondeli, and mondjourou.
Musk thistle (Bot.), A species of thistle ({Carduus nutans), having fine large flowers, and leaves smelling strongly of musk.
Musk tortoise, Musk turtle (Zool.), A small American fresh-water tortoise ({Armochelys odorata syn. Ozotheca odorata), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also stinkpot.
Musk (v. t.) To perfume with musk.
Musk (n.) An odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative.
Musk (n.) The scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer.
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.
Song (n.) A short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" [syn: song, vocal].
Song (n.) A distinctive or characteristic sound; "the song of bullets was in the air"; "the song of the wind"; "the wheels sang their song as the train rocketed ahead".
Song (n.) The act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" [syn: song, strain].
Song (n.) The characteristic sound produced by a bird; "a bird will not learn its song unless it hears it at an early age" [syn:
birdcall, call, birdsong, song].
Song (n.) A very small sum; "he bought it for a song".
Song (n.) The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy [syn: Sung, Sung dynasty, Song, Song dynasty].
Songcraft (n.) The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification.
A half-effaced inscription, Written with little skill of songcraft. -- Longfellow.
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.
Songster (n.) A composer of words or music for popular songs [syn: songwriter, songster, ballad maker].
Songster (n.) A person who sings.
Songster (n.) Any bird having a musical call [syn: songbird, songster].
Songstress (n.) A woman who sings; a female singing bird. -- Thomson.
Songstress (n.) A woman songster (especially of popular songs).
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.
Sonnet (n.) A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme.
Scheme (v.) Praise in a sonnet.
Scheme (v.) Compose a sonnet.
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.
Sonneteer (n.) A poet who writes sonnets.
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.
Sonometer (n.) An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of hearing [syn: audiometer, sonometer].
Sonorific (a.) Producing sound; as, the sonorific quality of a body. [R.] -- I. Watts.
Sonority (n.) The quality or state of being sonorous; sonorousness.
Sonority (n.) Having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant [syn: plangency, resonance, reverberance, ringing, sonorousness, sonority, vibrancy].
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.
Sonorous (a.) Full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice" [syn: heavy, sonorous].
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.
Soncy, Sonsy (a.) Lucky; fortunate; thriving; plump. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Sond
Sonsy (a.) (Of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed].
Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.
Sontag (n.) United States writer (born in 1933) [syn: Sontag, Susan Sontag].
Sonties (n.) Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Soochong (n.) Same as Souchong.
Soochong (n.) A fine quality of black tea native to China [syn: souchong, soochong].
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.
Soot (n.) A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink [syn: carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock].
Soot (v.) Coat with soot.
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.