5. A human being; a person; — a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Prov. xxv. 25. God forbid so many simple souls Should perish by the aword! Shak. Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul). Cowper.
6. A pure or disembodied spirit. That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven Shall bend the knee. Milton.
Note: Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds, most of which are of obvious signification; as, soul-betraying, soul- consuming, soul-destroying, soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul- exalting, soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing, soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc.
Syn.
— Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor. Cure of souls. See Cure, n.,
2.
— Soul bell, the passing bell. Bp. Hall.
— Soul foot. See Soul scot, below. [Obs.] — Soul scot or Soul
shot. Etym: [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. sawelsceat.] (O. Eccl.
Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul.
Ayliffe.
SOUL
Soul, v. t.
Defn: To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
SOULED
Souled, a.
Defn: Furnished with a soul; possessing soul and feeling; — used chiefly in composition; as, great-souled Hector. "Grecian chiefs . . . largely souled." Dryden.
SOULILI
Sou"li*li`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A long-tailed, crested Javan monkey (Semnopithecus mitratus).
The head, the crest, and the upper surface of the tail, are black.