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from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.

Sweet.

Sweetly.

To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer.

A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs.

Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man. That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, to the glory of Thy holy name. Bk. of Com. Prayer.

Having a disposition or temper habitually sober. -- So"ber-mind`ed*ness, n.

To sober. [R.] Crabbe.

In a sober manner; temperately; cooly; calmly; gravely; seriously.

The quality or state of being sober.

A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances.

Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.

The unicameral national assembly of Bulgaria, elected for a term of five years by universal suffrage of adult males.

Habitual soberness or temperance as to the use of spirituous liquors; as, a man of sobriety. Public sobriety is a relative duty. Blackstone.

An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname. [Sometimes less correctly written soubriquet.]

of grrinding all the corn used within the manor or township which the mill stands. [Eng.] Soc and sac (O. Eng. Law), the full right of administering justice in a manor or lordship.

h the obligations were uncertain. The service must be certain, in order to be denominated socage, as to hold by fealty and twenty shillings rent. [Written also soccage.]

A tennant by socage; a socman.

The quality of being sociable; sociableness.

Capable of being, or fit to be, united in one body or company; associable. [R.] They are sociable parts united into one body. Hooker.