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as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as supposed to be known. Why is his chariot so long in coming Judges v. 28.

So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety).

Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolerable; indifferent. In some Irish houses, where things are so-so, One gammon of bacon hangs up for a show. Goldsmith. He [Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty. Prof. Wilson.

hat it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.

The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.

One who, or that which, soaks.

Wetting thoroughly; drenching; as, a soaking rain. -- Soak"ing*ly, adv.

Full of moisture; wet; soppy.

The sole of a shoe. [Obs. or R.]

A chain by which a leading horse draws a plow. Knight.

A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and…

enus Sapindus, esp. Sapindus saponaria, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen; -- also called soap tree.

Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.

Quality or state of being soapy.

A perennial herb (Gypsophila Struthium) the root of which is used in Spain as a substitute for soap.

See Steatite, and Talc.

Suds made with soap.

A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet.

Resembling soap; having the qualities of, or feeling like, soap; soft and smooth.

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.