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Sou

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.

Soubise

A sauce made of white onions and melted butter mixed with velout/ sauce.

Soubrette

A female servant or attendant; specifically, as a term of the theater, a lady's maid, in comedies, who acts the part of an intrigante; a meddlesome, mischievous female servant or young woman.

Souchong

A kind of black tea of a fine quality.

Souffle

A side dish served hot from the oven at dinner, made of eggs, milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.

Souffle Soufflee

Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of color, as if blown from a bellows.

Sough

To whistle or sigh, as the wind.

Soul

To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.

soul

By or for African-Americans, or characteristic of their culture; as, soul music; soul newspapers; soul food.

soul kiss

A kiss in which both parties have their mouths open and pressed together, and the tongue of one or both is maneuvered within the mouth of the other.

Souled

Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; -- used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector.

Soulili

A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus). The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.

Soulless

Being without a soul, or without greatness or nobleness of mind; mean; spiritless.

Sound

To cause to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn; to sound an alarm.

Sounding

The act of one who, or that which, sounds (in any of the senses of the several verbs).

Sounding-board

A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.

Soundness

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.

Soup

To sweep. See Sweep, and Swoop.

Soupcon

A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soup/on of brandy; a soup/on of coquetry.

Soupe-maigre

Soup made chiefly from vegetables or fish with a little butter and a few condiments.

Souple

That part of a flail which strikes the grain.

Soupy

Resembling soup; souplike.

Sour

To become sour; to turn from sweet to sour; as, milk soon sours in hot weather; a kind temper sometimes sours in adversity.

Source

The act of rising; a rise; an ascent.

Sourde

To have origin or source; to rise; to spring.

Sourish

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

Sourly

In a sour manner; with sourness.

Sourness

The quality or state of being sour.

Soursop

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.

Souse

With a sudden swoop; violently.

Soused

Thoroughly drunken; inebriated.

Soutache

A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

Soutage

That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops.

Soutane

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.

Souterly

Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low.

South

To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

Southcottian

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.

Southeast

Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Southeastern

Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

Souther

A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.

Southerliness

The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.

Southerner

An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.

Southernly

Somewhat southern. In a southerly manner or course; southward.

Southernwood

A shrubby species of wormwood (Artemisia Abrotanum) having aromatic foliage. It is sometimes used in making beer.

Southing

Tendency or progress southward; as, the southing of the sun.

Southmost

Farthest toward the south; southernmost.

Southness

A tendency in the end of a magnetic needle to point toward the south pole.

Southpaw

A pitcher who pitches with the left hand.

Southron

An inhabitant of the more southern part of a country; formerly, a name given in Scotland to any Englishman.

Southward

The southern regions or countries; the south.

Southwards Southward

Toward the south, or toward a point nearer the south than the east or west point; as, to go southward.

Southwest

Pertaining to, or in the direction of, the southwest; proceeding toward the southwest; coming from the southwest; as, a southwest wind.

Southwester

A storm, gale, or strong wind from the southwest.

Southwesterly

To ward or from the southwest; as, a southwesterly course; a southwesterly wind.

Southwestern

Of or pertaining to the southwest; southwesterly; as, to sail a southwestern course.

Souvenir

That which serves as a reminder; a remembrancer; a memento; a keepsake.

Sovereign

The person, body, or state in which independent and supreme authority is vested; especially, in a monarchy, a king, queen, or emperor.

Sovereignly

In a sovereign manner; in the highest degree; supremely.

Sovereignty

The quality or state of being sovereign, or of being a sovereign; the exercise of, or right to exercise, supreme power; dominion; sway; supremacy; independence; also, that which is sovereign; a sovereign state; as, Italy was formerly divided into many sovereignties.

Sow

To scatter seed for growth and the production of a crop; -- literally or figuratively.

Sowar

In India, a mounted soldier.

Sowbane

The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.

Sowens

A nutritious article of food, much used in Scotland, made from the husk of the oat by a process not unlike that by which common starch is made; -- called flummery in England.

Sower

One who, or that which, sows.

Soya Soy

A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soybeans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

Soybean

An Asiatic leguminous herb (Glycine max, formerly Glycine Soja) the seeds of which (also called soy beans) are used in preparing the sauce called soy. Called also soya bean and soya.

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