soubrette, n.f., (thea.) waiting-woman, abigail, lady’s maid.
soubreveste, n.f., sleeveless upper coat.
soubuse, n.f., (orni.) hen harrier.
souche, n.f., stump, stock, stub, stem (of trees); block; blockhead; head, founder (genealogy); chimney-neck, chimney-shaft, chimney-stalk; (bot.) subterranean stock; counterfoil (of passports, etc.); voucher, counterfoil (of checks, receipts, etc.); tally. C’est une vraie —; he is a regular blockhead. Faire —; to be the first of a branch, to found a family. — de cheminée; chimney-stock. — d’enclume; anvil-block.
souchet, n.m., (bot.) galingale; (mas.) ragstone; (orni.) shoveler, shoveler-duck.
souchetage (soosh-taj), n.m., counting stumps (of felled timber).
soucheteur (soosh-teur), n.m., surveyor of stocks, stubs, in a forest.
souci, n.m., anxious care, anxiety; (bot.) marigold; (orni.) golden-crested wren. Sans —; free from care. Avoir —; to take care. Avoir des —s; to have cares. Être dévoré de —; to be careworn. C’est le moindre, or le cadet, de mes —s; I don’t care a rap about it, or it doesn’t trouble me in the least. — d’eau, — des marais; (bot.) marsh-marigold. — des champs; (bot.) wild marigold; cow-marigold. — figue; (bot.) fig-marigold.
se soucier, v.r., to care, to mind, to be concerned, to concern one’s self, to be anxious, to be uneasy; to like, to want. Il ne s’en soucie guère; he cares little for, or about, it. Il ne se soucie de rien; he cares for nothing. Je ne m’en soucie plus; I have no further wish for it. S’en — comme de l’an quarante; not to care a rush, or a rap.
soucieu-x, -se, adj., anxious, full of care, careworn, pensive, thoughtful.