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Soot. [Obs.] Spenser.

A kind of narrow braid, usually of silk; -- also known as Russian braid.

That in which anything is packed; bagging, as for hops. [Obs.] Halliwell.

A close garnment with straight sleeves, and skirts reaching to the ankles, and buttoned in front from top to bottom; especially, the black garment of this shape worn by the clergy in France and Italy as their daily dress; a cassock.

haucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale.

Of or pertaining to a cobbler or cobblers; like a cobbler; hence, vulgar; low. [Obs.]

A grotto or cavern under ground. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. "The queen of the south." Matt. xii. 42.

the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.

A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.

Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. Southdown sheep (Zoöl.), a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.

The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

A storm, strong wind, or gale coming from the southeast.

Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

Toward the southeast.

A strong wind, gale, or storm from the south.

The quality or state of being southerly; direction toward the south.

Southern.

Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the south…

An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.