Vocabulary : Soft-shell to Soil pipe
Soft-shell : Alt. of Soft-shelled
Soft-shelled : Having a soft or fragile shell.
Soft-spoken : Speaking softly; having a mild or gentle voice; hence, mild; affable.
Soger : Var. of Soldier.
Sogginess : The quality or state of being soggy; soddenness; wetness.
Soggy : Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber.
Soho : Ho; -- a word used in calling from a distant place; a sportsman's halloo.
Soi-disant : Self-named; self-styled. ;; Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
Soil : To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an inclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food; as, to soil a horse. ;; The upper stratum of the earth; the mold, or that compound substance which furnishes nutriment to plants, or which is particularly adapted to support and nourish them. ;; Land; country. ;; Dung; faeces; compost; manure; as, night soil. ;; To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. ;; A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer. ;; To make dirty or unclean on the surface; to foul; to dirty; to defile; as, to soil a garment with dust. ;; To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. ;; To become soiled; as, light colors soil sooner than dark ones. ;; That which soils or pollutes; a soiled place; spot; stain.
Soil pipe : A pipe or drain for carrying off night soil.
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