Soggy, sog′i, adj. soaked with water.—n. Sog, a bog.
So-ho, sō-hō′, interj. (Shak.) a form of call from a distance, a sportsman's halloo.
Soi-disant, swo-dē-zong′, adj. self-styled, pretended. [Fr.]
Soil, soil, n. the ground: the mould on the surface of the earth which nourishes plants: country.—adj. Soil′-bound, attached to the soil.—n. Soil′-cap, the covering of soil on the bed-rock.—adj. Soiled, having soil. [O. Fr. soel, suel, sueil—Low L. solea, soil, ground, L. solea, sole, allied to L. solum, ground, whence Fr. sol, soil.]
Soil, soil, n. dirt: dung: foulness: a spot or stain: a marshy place in which a hunted boar finds refuge.—v.t. to make dirty: to stain: to manure.—v.i. to take a soil: to tarnish.—n. Soil′iness, stain: foulness.—adj. Soil′less, destitute of soil.—ns. Soil′-pipe, an upright discharge-pipe which receives the general refuse from water-closets, &c., in a building; Soil′ure (Shak.), stain: pollution. [O. Fr. soil, souil (Fr. souille), wallowing-place—L. suillus, piggish—sus, a pig, a hog.]
Soil, soil, v.t. to feed at the stall for the purpose of fattening. [O. Fr. saouler—saol, saoul—L. satullus—satur, full.]
Soirée, swä-rā′, n. an evening party: an evening social meeting with tea, &c. [Fr.,—soir, evening (Prov. sera)—L. serus, late.]
Sojourn, sō′jurn, v.t. to stay for a day: to dwell for a time.—n. a temporary residence.—ns. Sō′journer; Sō′journing, Sō′journment, the act of dwelling in a place for a time. [O. Fr. sojourner—L. sub, under, diurnāre, to stay—Low L. jornus—L. diurnus, relating to day—dies, a day.]
Soke, sōk, n. the same as Soc (q.v.).—ns. Soke′man=Socman; Sō′ken, a district held by tenure of socage: a miller's right to the grinding of all the corn within a certain manor.
Sol, sol, n. the sun, Phœbus: (her.) a tincture, the metal or, or gold, in blazoning by planets. [L.]