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_Ramsay._
_To_ SNURL, _v. n._ To contract like hard twisted yarn, S. O.
_Gl. Sibb._
Isl. _snurd-a_, id.
~Snurlie~, _adj._ Knotty, S. B.
SOAKIE, _adj._ Plump, in full habit, Loth.
SOAM, _s._
V. ~Sowme~.
SOB, _s._ A land-storm, S. B.
V. ~Summer-sob~.
SOBIR, SOBYR, SOBER, _adj._
1. Poor, mean, S.
Belg. _sobere_, id.
_Douglas._
2. Little, small, S.
_Rollocke._
3. Weak, feeble.
_Bannatyne P._
4. In a poor state of health, S.
5. Sometimes denoting a moderate state of health, S.
6. Applied to a person or thing that does not merit commendation, S.
_To_ ~Sober, Sobyr~, _v. a._ To compose, to keep under, S.
_Wallace._
SOC, SOCK, SOK, _s._ The right of a baron, to hold a court within his own domains, S.
A. S. _soc_, curia, jurisdictio.
~Soccoman~, ~Sockman~, _s._
1. One who holds lands by soccage.
_Reg. Maj._
2. A tenant subjected to certain restrictions, and bound to perform certain services, Aberd.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ SOCHER, (gutt.) _v. n._ To make much of one's self, to live delicately, particularly by the use of palatable draughts, S.
Gael. _socair_, ease, rest; _sogh_, delicacy.
SOCK, SOK, _s._ A ploughshare, S.
Fr. _soc_, id.
_Pal. Hon._
SODDIS, SODDS, _s. pl._ A sort of saddle used by the lower cla.s.ses, made of cloth stuffed, S.
_Maitland P._
A. S. _seod_, pl. _seodas_, a sack.
SODIOUR, _s._ A soldier.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _sodoier_, id.
SODROUN, SUDROUN, SOTHROUN, _s._
1. Englishmen.
_Wallace._
2. The English language, as distinguished from the Scottish.
