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SOPPES DE MAYN, some restorative cordial.
_Sir Gawan._
SORDANE, _adj._ Perhaps, private.
Fr. _sourdine_, id.
Dunbar.
SORDES, _s._ Filth, S. B.
_Law Case._
Lat. _sordes_, id.; Isl. _saurd-a_, to defile.
~Sordid~, _pret._ Defiled.
_Barbour._
SORE, _adj._ A sorrel or reddish colour.
Fr. _saure_, id.
_Douglas._
SORY. L. _scry_, cry.
_Wallace._
SORING, _part. pr._ Bewailing.
_Burel._
A. S. _sorg-ian_, lugere.
_To_ SORN, SORNE, _v. n._
1. To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board, S.
_Macbean._
2. Denoting the depredations made by an invading army.
_Muse's Thren._
O. Fr. _sejourn-er_, commorari.
_To_ ~Soiorne~, _v. a._ To quarter, to lodge forcibly.
_Acts Ja. I._
~Sornare~, ~Sorner~, _s._ One who takes free quarters, S.
_Acts Ja. II._
SORROW, _s._ A term unwarrantably used in imprecations, or strong a.s.severations, equivalent to E. _plague_, _pox_, &c. or _fiend_, _de'il_.
_Leg. St Androis._
SOSS, _s._ A mixture of incongruous kinds of food, S.
O. Fr. Teut. _sausse_, condimentum, _sauss-en_, condire.
_To_ ~Soss~, _v. a._ To mix in a strange manner, S.
_To_ ~Soss~, _v. n._ To use incongruous aliments or medicines mixed together, S.
SOSS, _s._ The flat sound caused by a heavy but soft body, when it comes hastily to the ground, or squats down, S. _souse_, E.
_Ramsay._
SOT, _s._ A fool, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
_To_ SOTTER, _v. n._
1. To boil slowly, S.
A. S. _seoth-an_, Isl. _siod-a_, to boil.
2. Used to denote the bubbling noise made by any thing in boiling, S.
_To_ SOUCH, SOOGH, SWOUCH, (gutt.) _v. n._
