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_Barbour._
A. S. _sunnan-daeg_, id.
SONS, SONCE, _s._
1. Prosperity, felicity, Loth.
_Dunbar._
2. Abundance.
_Wyntown._
Gael. Ir. _sonas_, prosperity, happiness.
~Sonsy~, ~Sonse~, _adj._
1. Lucky, fortunate, S. B.
_Lyndsay._
2. Good-humoured, well-conditioned, S.
_Pop. Ball._
3. Having a pleasant look, S.
_Burns._
4. Plump, thriving, S.
_Ramsay._
5. Denoting fullness, conjoined with cordiality in the host.
_Kelly._
_To_ SOOCH, (gutt.) _v. n._ To swill, S.
E. _swig_; Isl. _siug-a_, sorbeo.
~Sooch~, _s._ A copious draught, S.
_To_ SOOGH, _v. n._
V. ~Souch~, _v._
SOOTH, _adj._ True, S.
V. ~Soith~.
_Kelly._
SOOTY-SKON, _s._ A cake baked with _soot_, to be eaten on _Halloween_, S. B.
SOP, _s._ A slight meal.
V. ~Soup~.
_Barbour._
SOP, _s._ Juice, moisture.
_Douglas._
Teut. _sop_, liquamen, liquor.
SOP, SOPE, _s._
1. A crowd.
_Barbour._
2. Any body, consisting of a variety of parts or particles conjoined.
_Douglas._
Isl. _sopp-ur_, pila, sphaera.
_To_ SOPE, SOUP, _v. n._ To become weary, to faint.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _swaif_, cessavit; A. S. _swaef-ian_, deficere.
SOPHAM, SOPHINE, _s._ A sophism; Fr. _sophime_.
_Wallace._
