Defn: Suitableness; agreement. [Obs.] hak.
SORTER
Sort"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, sorts.
SORTES
Sor"tes, n.,
Defn: pl. of Sors.
SORTIE
Sor"tie, n. Etym: [F., fr. sortir to go out, to issue, probably fr.
L. sortus, for surrectus, p.p. of surgere to raise up, to rise up.
See Source.] (Mil.)
Defn: The sudden issuing of a body of troops, usually small, from a besieged place to attack or harass the besiegers; a sally.
SORTILEGE Sor"ti*lege, n. Etym: [F. sortilège, fr. L. sors, sortis, a lot + legere to gather, to select.]
Defn: The act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing
lots.
A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott.
SORTILEGIOUS
Sor`ti*le"gious, a.