A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America.

An arctic finch (Plectrophenax nivalis syn. Plectrophanes nivalis) common, in winter, both in Europe and the United States, and often appearing in large flocks during snowstorms. It is partially white, but variously marked with chestnut and brown. Called also snow bunting, snowflake, snowfleck, and snowflight. Any finch of the genus Junco which appears in flocks in winter time, especially Junco hyemalis in the Eastern United States; -- called also blue snowbird. See Junco. The fieldfare.

A very small humming bird (Microchaera albocoronata) native of New Grenada.

A bank of drifted snow.

A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty.

A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

See Snowbird, 1.

The hooded merganser.

Destitute of snow.

An implement operating like a plow, but on a larger scale, for clearing away the snow from roads, railways, etc.

A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.

A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow.

Traveling on snowshoes.

One who travels on snowshoes; an expert in using snowshoes.

A large mass or avalanche of snow which slips down the side of a mountain, etc.

A storm with falling snow.

White like snow.

A knot; a protuberance; a song.

Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel.

A miser; a sneaking fellow.

The act of snuffing; perception by snuffing; a sniff.

A small box for carrying snuff about the person.

One who snuffs.

An instrument for cropping and holding the snuff of a candle.

In a snuffing manner.

The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.

One who snuffles; one who uses cant.

Soiled with snuff.

To place snugly.

A snug, cozy place.

To move one way and the other so as to get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.

In a snug manner; closely; safely.

The quality or state of being snug.

An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the bows of a vessel.

Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.

So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

Tolerably; passably.

To lie steeping in water or other liquid; to become sturated; as, let the cloth lie and soak.

The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.

One who, or that which, soaks.

Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain.

Full of moisture; wet; soppy.

A dirty pond.

A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow.

To rub or wash over with soap.

Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.

Quality or state of being soapy.

A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.

See Steatite, and Talc.

Suds made with soap.

A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.

Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.

See Sore, reddish brown.

a. n. from Soar.

Sweet.

Sweetly.

The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the breath, as in sorrow.

A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.

To become sober; -- often with down.

To sober.

Grave; serious; solemn; sad.

The quality or state of being sober.

A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances. A sucker, as of tree or shrub.

Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.

The unicameral national assembly of Bulgaria, elected for a term of five years by universal suffrage of adult males.

Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety.

An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.

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.

A tenure of lands and tenements by a certain or determinate service; a tenure distinct from chivalry or knight's service, in which the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent.

A tennant by socage; a socman.

The quality of being sociable; sociableness.

A gathering of people for social purposes; an informal party or reception; as, a church sociable.

The quality of being sociable.

In a sociable manner.

Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties.

A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.

One who advocates or practices the doctrines of socialism.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, socialism.

The quality of being social; socialness.

To render social.

In a social manner; sociably.

The quality or state of being social.

To associate.

Of or pertaining to society; social.

Societarian.

The relationship of men to one another when associated in any way; companionship; fellowship; company.

One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism.

The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally.

To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism.

Of or pertaining to sociology, or social science.

One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology.

That branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science.

To hurl, drive, or strike violently; -- often with it as an object.

to save (money); to put (something) into a reserve store.

to cause (an airport) to cease functioning, by severe weather conditions, such as fog or a snowstorm. Used often in the passive; the airport was socked in for two days by a blizzard.

That which finishes or ends a matter; a settler; a poser, as a heavy blow, a conclusive answer, and the like.

An opening into which anything is fitted; any hollow thing or place which receives and holds something else; as, the sockets of the teeth.

Having a socket.

Destitute of socks or shoes.

Wet; soaky.

A plain block or plinth forming a low pedestal; any base; especially, the base of a statue, column, or the like. See Plinth. A plain face or plinth at the lower part of a wall.

One who holds lands or tenements by socage; a socager.

Tenure by socage.

A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.

Of or pertaining to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean, on the east coast of Africa. A native or inhabitant of Socotra.

Of or pertaining to Socrates, the Grecian sage and teacher. (b. c. 469-399), or to his manner of teaching and philosophizing.

In the Socratic method.

The philosophy or the method of Socrates.

A disciple or follower of Socrates.

To cover with sod; to turf.

Sodium oxide or hydroxide. Popularly, sodium carbonate or bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is also called baking soda

a bicuit leavened with baking soda and with buttermilk or sour milk.

a bread made with buttermilk and leavened with baking soda.

a counter at which people may sit and be served soda pop, ice cream, or light meals. Such counters may be located for example in restaurants, ice cream shops, drugstores, departments stores.

a person who serves soda, ice cream, similar foods from behind a soda fountain.

a popular non-alcoholic beverage, sweetened by various means, containing flavoring and supersaturated with carbon dioxide, so as to be effervescent when the container is opened; -- in different localities it is variously called also soda, pop, mineral water, and minerals. It has many variants. The sweetening agent may be natural, such as cane sugar or corn syrup, or artificial, such as saccharin or aspartame. The flavoring varies widely, popular variants being fruit juices, fruit sirups, cream, or cola flavoring; the soda pop is usually served chilled.

originally, a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate to which an acid (such as phosphoric acid) has been added to generate carbon dioxide and thus cause effervescence; the term now is also used as a synonym for soda pop. Soda water without flavoring is used as a beverage or as a component of a mixed beverage. It is typically bottled or canned under pressure so that the carbon dioxide and effervescence will be preserved until use.

Pertaining to, or containing, soda.

A mineral of a white to blue or gray color, occuring commonly in dodecahedrons, also massive. It is a silicate of alumina and soda with some chlorine.