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Giving sound when struck; resonant; as, sonorous metals.

The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation. Dr. H. More.

See Soncy. [Scot.] Burns.

A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress.

Probably from "saintes" saints, or from sanctities; -- used as an oath. [Obs.] Shak.

Same as Souchong.

Same as Sudra.

Same as Sufi, Sufism.

Same as Suji.

In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. "Sooner said than done." Old Proverb. "As soon as it might be." Chaucer. She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore Soon learned. Milton.

See Sunnite.

In the western United States, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement in order to gain the prior claim that the law gives to the first settler when the land is opened to settlement; hence, any one who does a thing prematurely or anticipates another in acting in order to gain an unfair…

Oklahoma; -- a nickname.

Soon. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Skin of bacon. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.

See Souchong.

sta Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also susu.]

To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer.

Sweet. [Obs.] "The soote savour of the vine." Chaucer.