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To render quiet; to soothe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To sweeten; to soothe. [Obs.] Bacon.

Soothing.

Serving to assuage pain; soothing. The anodyne draught of oblivion. Burke.

tually liable or likely; -- used of things. My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. Temple. This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf-cutting ant. Lubbock.

A soothsaying; a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Skillful plan; device. They employed every art to soothe . . . the discontented warriors. Macaulay.

A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex. [Written also haruspice.]

A peculiar acrid and bitter oil, obtained from wood soot.

Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.] Music her soft assuasive voice applies. Pope.

To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency.

One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound. Dryden.

Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.

To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. Hence: To soothe; to mitigate. [Archaic] Shak.

Having the qualities of balm; odoriferous; aromatic; assuaging; soothing; refreshing; mild. "The balmy breeze." Tickell. Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep ! Young.

Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood Tennyson. Balsam apple (Bot.), an East Indian plant ( Momordica balsamina), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. -…

Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative.

To blacken with smut; to foul with soot.

A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! Shak.