| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| sod | of Seethe, The rock dove., imp. of Seethe., That stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass, or any portion of that surface; turf; sward., To cover with sod; to turf. | |
| sob | verb t. | To soak., To sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the breath., The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow., Any sorrowful cry or sound. |
| soc | noun | The lord’s power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction., Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens., An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. |
| soe | noun | A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl. |
| sol | noun | The sun., Gold; — so called from its brilliancy, color, and value., A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale., The tone itself., A sou., A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents. |
| son | noun | A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother., A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general., Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other male dependent., A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England., The produce of anything., Jesus Christ, the Savior; — called the Son of God, and the Son of man. |
| sop | verb t. | Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten., Anything given to pacify; — so called from the sop given to Cerberus, as related in mythology., A thing of little or no value., To steep or dip in any liquid. |
| sot | noun | A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt., A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard., Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull., To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot., To tipple to stupidity. |
| sou | noun | An old French copper coin, equivalent in value to, and now displaced by, the five-centime piece (/ of a franc), which is popularly called a sou. |
| sow | verb i. | To sew. See Sew., The female of swine, or of the hog kind., A sow bug., A channel or runner which receives the rows of molds in the pig bed., The bar of metal which remains in such a runner., A mass of solidified metal in a furnace hearth; a salamander., 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., To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate., To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle., To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; — literally or figuratively. |
| soy | noun | 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., The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja. |