Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 119

Sound (v. i.) 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.

Sound (v. i.) 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 To sound 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.

Sound (v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn ; to sound an alarm.

A bagpipe well could he play and soun[d]. -- Chaucer.

Sound (v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound; as, to sound a note with the voice, or on an instrument.

Sound (v. t.) 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.

Sound (v. t.) 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.

Sound (v. t.) 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.

Sound (v. t.) To signify; to import; to denote. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Soun[d]ing alway the increase of his winning. -- Chaucer.

Sound (a.) Financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy" [ant: unsound].

Sound (a.) Exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" [syn: healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, level-headed, sound].

Sound (a.) In good condition; free from defect or damage or decay; "a sound timber"; "the wall is sound"; "a sound foundation" [ant: unsound].

Sound (a.) In excellent physical condition; "good teeth"; "I still have one good leg"; "a sound mind in a sound body" [syn: good, sound].

Sound (a.) Logically valid; "a sound argument" [syn: reasoned, sound, well-grounded].

Sound (a.) Having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property" [syn: legal, sound, effectual].

Sound (a.) Free from moral defect; "a man of sound character"

Sound (a.) (Of sleep) Deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep" [syn: heavy, profound, sound, wakeless].

Sound (a.) Thorough; "a sound thrashing."

Sound (n.) The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause; "the sound of rain on the roof"; "the beautiful sound of music" [ant: quiet, silence].

Sound (n.) The subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" [syn: sound, auditory sensation].

Sound (n.) Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium; "falling trees make a sound in the forest even when no one is there to hear them."

Sound (n.) The sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them."

Sound (n.) The audible part of a transmitted signal; "they always raise the audio for commercials" [syn: audio, sound].

Sound (n.) (Phonetics) An individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language [syn: phone, speech sound, sound].

Sound (n.) A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water [syn: strait, sound].

Sound (n.) A large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast."

Sound (v.) Appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting."

Sound (v.) Make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" [syn: sound, go].

Sound (v.) Give off a certain sound or sounds; "This record sounds scratchy."

Sound (v.) Announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm."

Sound (v.) Utter with vibrating vocal chords [syn: voice, sound, vocalize, vocalise] [ant: devoice].

Sound (v.) Cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note."

Sound (v.) Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line [syn: fathom, sound].

Sound, () Audio.

Sound, () An inference system A is sound with respect to another system B if A can only reach conclusions which are true in B.  A type inference system is considered sound with respect to a semantics if the type inferred for an expression is the same as the type inferred for the meaning of that expression under the semantics.

The dual to soundness is completeness. (1995-03-01)

Soundable (a.) Capable of being sounded.

Soundable (a.) (Of depth) Capable of being sounded or measured for depth [syn: fathomable, plumbable, soundable] [ant: unfathomable].

Soundage (n.) Dues for soundings.

Sound-board (n.) A sounding-board.

To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. -- Milton.

Soundbox (n.) 【音】樂器的共鳴箱 A resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) [syn: soundbox, body].

Sounder (n.) 使東西鳴響者;鳴響的東西 One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.

Sounder (n.) (Zool.) A herd of wild hogs.

Sounder (n.) A device for making soundings.

Sound healing (n.)  [U] 聲音療法 A type of meditation that involves listening to the human voice and different objects that produce sound.

// In an increasingly stressful world, sound healing is on the verge of joining yoga and meditation in mainstream consciousness. Its not just about achieving a deeper state of sleep, either In effect, its much like meditation, except instead of regulated breathing, the path to betterment is guided by sound.

Sounding (a.) 發出聲音的;誇大其辭的 Making or emitting sound; hence, sonorous; as, sounding words. -- Dryden.

Sounding (n.) 測探水深;調查,試探 The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).

Sounding (n.) (Naut.) Measurement by sounding; also, the depth so ascertained.

Sounding (n.) (Naut.) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom; -- usually in the plural.

Sounding (n.) (Naut.) 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 (a.) Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk" [syn: looking, sounding].

Sounding (a.) Having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion" -- Wordsworth.

Sounding (a.) Making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding."

Sounding (n.) A measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line.

Sounding (n.) The act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line).

Sounding-board (n.) (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.

Sounding-board (n.) A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.

Sounding-board (n.) pl. See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.

Soundless (a.) Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. -- Shak.

Soundless (a.) Having no sound; noiseless; silent. -- Sound"less*ly, adv. -- Sound"less*ness, n.

Soundless (a.) Marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: silent, soundless, still].

Soundly (adv.) In a sound manner.

Soundly (adv.) Deeply or completely; "slept soundly through the storm"; "the baby is sleeping soundly."

Soundly (adv.) Completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly'); "he was soundly defeated"; "we beat him good" [syn: thoroughly, soundly, good].

Soundness (n.) 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.

Soundness (n.) A state or condition free from damage or decay [ant: unsoundness].

Soundness (n.) The quality of being prudent and sensible [syn: wisdom, wiseness, soundness] [ant: unsoundness].

Soundness (n.) The muscle tone of healthy tissue; "his muscular firmness" [syn: firmness, soundness] [ant: unsoundness].

Soundness, () The quality of being sound (2).

Soundness. () In usual health; without any permanent disease. 1 Carr. & Marsh. 291. To create unsoundness, it is requisite that the animal should not be useful for the purpose for which he is bought, and that inability to be so useful should arise from disease or accident. 2 M. & Rob. 137; 9 M. & W. 670. 2 M. & Rob. 113.

Soundness. () In the sale of slaves and animals they are sometimes warranted by the seller to be sound, and it becomes important to ascertain what is soundness. Roaring; (q.v.) a temporary lameness, which renders a horse less fit for service; 4 Campb. 271; sed vide 2 Esp. Cas. 573; a cough, unless proved to be of a temporary nature; 2 Chit. R. 245, 416; and a nerved horse, have been held to be unsound. But cribbiting is not a breach of a general warranty of soundness. Holt, Cas. 630.

Soundness. () An action on the case is the proper remedy for a verbal warrant of soundness. 1 H. Bl. R. 17; 3 Esp. 82; 9 B. & Cr. 259; 2 Dow. & Ry. 10; 1 Bing. 344; 5 Dow. & R. 164; 1 Taunt. 566; 7 East, 274; Bac. Ab. Action on the Case, E.

Soundtrack (n.) Sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film.

Soundtrack (n.) [C] 電影聲帶;(尤指)電影配樂;電影原聲帶 The sounds, especially the music, of a film, or a separate recording of this.

// The best  thing about the movie is its soundtrack.

Soune (v. t. & i.) To sound. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Sounst (a.) Soused. See Souse. [Obs.]

Soup (n.) 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.

Soup (v. t.) To sup or swallow. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.

Soup (v. t.) To breathe out. [Obs.] -- amden.

Soup (v. t.) To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop. [Obs.]

Soup (n.) Liquid food especially of meat or fish or vegetable stock often containing pieces of solid food.

Soup (n.) Any composition having a consistency suggestive of soup.

Soup (n.) An unfortunate situation; "we're in the soup now."

Soup (v.) Dope (a racehorse).

Soupe-maigre (n.) [F.] (Cookery) Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Souple (n.) That part of a flail which strikes the grain. -- Knight.

Soupy (a.) Resembling soup; souplike.

Soupy (a.) Having the consistency and appearance of soup; "a soupy fog."

Soupy (a.) Effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel"; "maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy].

Sour (a.) 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.

Sour (a.) Changed, as by keeping, so as to be acid, rancid, or musty, turned.

Sour (a.) 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.

Sour (a.) Afflictive; painful. "Sour adversity." -- Shak.

Sour (a.) Cold and unproductive; as, sour land; a sour marsh.

Sour dock (Bot.), sorrel.

Sour gourd (Bot.), The gourdlike fruit Adansonia Gregorii, and Adansonia 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.

Sour (n.) A sour or acid substance; whatever produces a painful effect. -- Spenser.

Sour (v. t.) 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.

Sour (v. t.) To make cold and unproductive, as soil. -- Mortimer.

Sour (v. t.) To make unhappy, uneasy, or less agreeable.

To sour your happiness I must report, The queen is dead. -- Shak.

Sour (v. t.) To cause or permit to become harsh or unkindly. "Souring his cheeks." -- Shak.

Pride had not sour'd nor wrath debased my heart. -- Harte.

Sour (v. t.) To macerate, and render fit for plaster or mortar; as, to sour lime for business purposes.

Soured (imp. & p. p.) of Sour.

Souring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sour.

Sour (v. i.) 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.

Sour (a.) Smelling of fermentation or staleness [syn: sour, rancid].

Sour (a.) Having a sharp biting taste [ant: sweet].

Sour (a.) One of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons.

Sour (a.) In an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: off, sour, turned].

Sour (a.) Inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key" [syn: false, off-key, sour].

Sour (a.) Showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius" -- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen].

Sour (n.) A cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar.

Sour (n.) The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth [syn: sour, sourness, tartness].

Sour (n.) The property of being acidic [syn: sourness, sour, acidity].

Sour (v.) Go sour or spoil; "The milk has soured"; "The wine worked"; "The cream has turned--we have to throw it out" [syn: sour, turn, ferment, work].

Sour (v.) Make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acidulate, acetify] [ant: dulcify, dulcorate, edulcorate, sweeten].

Source (n.) 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.

Source (n.) 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.

Source (n.) 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.

Source (n.) The place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn: beginning, origin, root, rootage, source].

Source (n.) A document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story."

Source (n.) Anything that provides inspiration for later work [syn: source, seed, germ].

Source (n.) A facility where something is available.

Source (n.) A person who supplies information [syn: informant, source].

Source (n.) Someone who originates or causes or initiates something; "he was the generator of several complaints" [syn: generator, source, author].

Source (n.) (Technology) A process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide" [ant: sink].

Source (n.) Anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies; "an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival" [syn: reservoir, source].

Source (n.) A publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to; "he carried an armful of references back to his desk"; "he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation" [syn: reference, source].

Source (v.) Get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies."

Source (v.) Specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report."

Source (n.) [very common] In reference to software, source is invariably shorthand for ?source code?, the preferred human-readable and human-modifiable form of the program. This is as opposed to object code, the derived binary executable form of a program. This shorthand readily takes derivative forms; one may speak of ?the sources of a system? or of ?having source?.

Source code

Source

Source language

(Or "source", or rarely "source language") computer+program+({software">The form in which a computer program ({software) is written by the programmer.  Source code is written in some formal programming language which can be compiled automatically into object code or machine code or executed by an interpreter.

Source code might be stored in a source code management system.

If you have the source code for a program rather than just its compiled, executable form, then you can, with the right tools, modify it to fix bugs or add new features.  This is the basis of the open source philosophy - empowering people to improve the software they use for the benefit of themselves and others.

The Jargon File would have us believe that an old-time hacker might refer to source code informally as "English", with the implication that to him his favourite programming language is at least as readable as English. (2014-06-27)

Sourcrout (n.) See Sauerkraut.

Sourde (v. i.) To have origin or source; to rise; to spring. [Obs.]

Now might men ask whereof that pride sourdeth. -- Chaucer.

Souring (n.) (Bot.) Any sour apple.

Souring (n.) The process of becoming sour.

Sourish (a.) Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.

Sourish (a.) Tasting sour like a lemon [syn: lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart].

Sourkrout (n.) Same as Sauerkraut.

Sourly (adv.) In a sour manner; with sourness.

Sourly (adv.) In a sour manner; "he complained sourly that the new rules only benefitted the managers."

Sourness (n.) The quality or state of being sour.

Sourness (n.) The taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth [syn: sour, sourness, tartness].

Sourness (n.) The property of being acidic [syn: sourness, sour, acidity].

Sourness (n.) A sullen moody resentful disposition [syn: sulkiness, sullenness, moroseness, sourness].

Sours (n.) Source. See Source. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Soursop (n.) (Bot.) 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.

Soursop (n.) Small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit [syn: soursop, prickly custard apple, soursop tree, Annona muricata]

Soursop (n.) Large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples [syn: soursop, guanabana].

Compare: Sorrel

Sorrel (n.) (Bot.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc.

Mountain sorrel. (Bot.) See under Mountain.

Red sorrel. (Bot.) (a) A malvaceous plant ({Hibiscus Sabdariffa) whose acid calyxes and capsules are used in the West Indies for making tarts and acid drinks.

Red sorrel. (Bot.) (b) A troublesome weed ({Rumex Acetosella), also called sheep sorrel.

Salt of sorrel (Chem.), Binoxalate of potassa; -- so called because obtained from the juice of Rumex Acetosella, or Rumex Axetosa.

Sorrel tree (Bot.), A small ericaceous tree ({Oxydendrum arboreum) whose leaves resemble those of the peach and have a sour taste. It is common along the Alleghanies. Called also sourwood.

Wood sorrel (Bot.), Any plant of the genus Oxalis.

Sourwood (n.) (Bot.) The sorrel tree. Sous

Sourwood (n.) Deciduous shrubby tree of eastern North America having deeply fissured bark and sprays of small fragrant white flowers and sour-tasting leaves [syn: sorrel tree, sourwood, titi, Oxydendrum arboreum].

Sous (n.) Alt. of Souse

Souse (n.) A corrupt form of Sou. [Obs.] -- Colman, the Elder.

Souse (n.) Pickle made with salt.

Souse (n.) 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.

Souse (n.) The ear; especially, a hog's ear. [Prov. Eng.]

Souse (n.) The act of sousing; a plunging into water.

Souse (n.) A drunkard. [slang]

Soused (imp. & p. p.) of Souse.

Sousing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Souse.

Souse (v. t.) To steep in pickle; to pickle.

Souse (v. t.) To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.

They soused me over head and ears in water. -- Addison.

Souse (v. t.) To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.

Although I be well soused in this shower. -- Gascoigne.

Souse (v. i.) 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.

Souse (v. t.) To pounce upon. [R.]

[The gallant monarch] like eagle o'er his serie towers, To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. -- Shak.

Souse (n.) The act of sousing, or swooping.

As a falcon fair That once hath failed or her souse full near. -- Spenser.

Souse (adv.) With a sudden swoop; violently. -- Young.

Souse (n.) A person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually [syn: alcoholic, alky, dipsomaniac, boozer, lush,

soaker, souse].

Souse (n.) Pork trimmings chopped and pickled and jelled.

Souse (n.) The act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a good drenching" [syn: drenching, soaking, souse, sousing].

Souse (v.) Cover with liquid; pour liquid onto; "souse water on his hot face" [syn: drench, douse, dowse, soak, sop, souse].

Souse (v.) Immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate; "dip the garment into the cleaning solution"; "dip the brush into the paint" [syn: dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse].

Souse (v.) Become drunk or drink excessively [syn: souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up].

Souse (v.) Cook in a marinade; "souse herring."

Souslik (n.) [F.] (Zool.) See Suslik.

Suslik (n.) [Russ. s['u]slik'.] (Zool.) A ground squirrel ({Spermophilus citillus) of Europe and Asia. It has large cheek pouches. [Written also souslik.]

Souslik (n.) Rather large central Eurasian ground squirrel [syn: suslik, souslik, Citellus citellus].

Sout (n.) Soot. [Obs.] -- Spenser.

Soutache (n.) [F.] (鑲邊用的)裝飾細繩(帶) A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

Soutache (n.) A narrow braid used as a decorative trimming.

Soutache (n.) A narrow, flat ornamental braid used to trim garments.

Soutage (n.) That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops. [Obs.] -- Halliwell.

Soutane (n.) (Eccl. Costume) 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.

Soutane (n.) A long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman Catholic priests.

Souter (n.) 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.

Souterly (a.) Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low. [Obs.]

Souterrain (n.) A grotto or cavern under ground. [Obs.] -- Arbuthnot.

South (n.) 南;南方[the S];(常大寫)(一國,一地區之)南部[the S];(大寫)南半球;南半球經濟不發達國家;南極地區;美國南部各州 [the S] 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.

South (n.) 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.

South (n.) Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

South (n.) The wind from the south. [Obs.] -- Shak.

South (a.) 南的;南方的;南部的;在南方的;向南的;朝南的;(風)來自南方的 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.

South (adv.) 向南方,在南方 Toward the south; southward.

South (adv.) From the south; as, the wind blows south. -- Bacon.

Southed (imp. & p. p.) of South

Southing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of South

South (v. i.) To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

South (v. i.) (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.

South (adv.) In a southern direction; "we moved south" [syn: south, to the south, in the south].

South (a.) Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance" [ant: north].

South (n.) The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line.

South (n.) The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland].

South (n.) The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn: south, due south, southward, S].

South (n.) A location in the southern part of a country, region, or city.

South (n.) The direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass Point.

South () Heb. Negeb, that arid district to the south of Palestine through which lay the caravan route from Central Palestine to Egypt (Gen. 12:9; 13:1, 3; 46:1-6). "The Negeb comprised a considerable but irregularly-shaped tract of country, its main portion stretching from the mountains and lowlands of Judah in the north to the mountains of Azazemeh in the south, and from the Dead Sea and southern Ghoron the east to the Mediterranean on the west." In Ezek. 20:46 (21:1 in Heb.) three different Hebrew words are all rendered "south." (1) "Set thy face toward the south" (Teman, the region on the right, 1 Sam. 33:24); (2) "Drop thy word toward the south" (Negeb, the region of dryness, Josh. 15:4); (3) "Prophesy against the forest of the south field" (Darom, the region of brightness, Deut. 33:23). In Job 37:9 the word "south" is literally "chamber," used here in the sense of treasury (comp. 38:22; Ps. 135:7). This verse is rendered in the Revised Version "out of the chamber of the south."

Southbound (a.) 往南的;南行的 Moving toward the south; "a southbound train" [syn: {southbound}, {southward}].       

Southbound (a.) Travelling or leading towards the south.

Southbound traffic.

The southbound carriageway of the A1.

Compare: Carriageway

Carriageway (n.) [British]  車道 Each of the two sides of a dual carriageway or motorway, each of which usually have two or more lanes.

The eastbound carriageway of the M4.

Carriageway (n.)  The part of a road intended for vehicles rather than pedestrians.

Compare: Pedestrain    

Pedestrian (n.) 步行者,行人 [C] A person walking rather than travelling in a vehicle.

The road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it.

[As modifier] A pedestrian bridge.

Pedestrian (a.) 徒步的,步行的 [B];行人的,人行的 [B];(文章等)平淡的,沉悶的;(人)缺乏想像力的;平庸的 Lacking inspiration or excitement; dull.

Disenchantment with their pedestrian lives.

Compare: Disenchantment

Disenchantment (n.) [Mass noun] 醒悟,覺醒;「除魅」 A feeling of disappointment about someone or something you previously respected or admired; disillusionment.

Their growing disenchantment with the leadership.

Compare: Disillusionment

Disillusionment (n.) [Mass noun] 醒悟;理想破滅 [U] A feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be.

The high abstention rate at the election reflected the voters' growing disillusionment with politics.

Compare: Abstention

Abstention (n.) 戒絕;節制;棄權 An instance of declining to vote for or against a proposal or motion.

A resolution passed by 126 votes to none, with six abstentions.

Abstention (n.) [Mass noun]  Restraint in one's consumption; abstinence.

Alcohol consumption versus abstention.

Southcottian (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) 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.

Southdown (n.) (產於英格蘭南部的)無角短毛羊;無角短毛羊肉  A Southdown sheep.

Southdown (a.) Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England.

Compare: The Thames

The Thames (n.) (also The River Thames) 泰唔士河 A river in the south of England that flows through London, Oxford, and some other towns.

Southdown sheep (Zool.), 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.

Southeast (n.) [the S] 東南;東南方;(常大寫)東南部,東南地區 The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

Southeast (a.) [B] (在)東南的;向東南的;東南部的;來自東南的 Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Southeast (adv.) To, toward, or in the southeast [syn: southeast, south-east, sou'-east].

Southeast (a.) Coming from the southeast; "southeasterly breezes" [syn: southeasterly, southeast].

Southeast (a.) Situated in or oriented toward the southeast [syn: southeast, southeastern, southeasterly].

Southeast (n.) The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees [syn: southeast, sou'-east, southeastward, SE].

Southeast (n.) The southeastern region of the United States [syn: Southeast, southeastern United States].

Southeast (n.) The direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point.

Southeast (n.) A location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city.

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