Part 572

Soo*chong" (?), n. Same as Souchong.

||Soo"dra (?). Same as Sudra.

{ Soo"fee (?), Soo"fee*ism (?) }. Same as Sufi, Sufism.

Soo"jee (?), n. Same as Suji.

Soon (?), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s&?;na; cf. OFries. s&?;n, OS. sna, sno, OHG. sr, Goth. suns.] 1. 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.

2. Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.

How is it that ye are come so soon to- day?

Ex. ii. 18.

3. Promptly; quickly; easily.

Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide.

Shak.

4. Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.

I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.

Addison.

As soon as, or So soon as, immediately at or after another event. "As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing." Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So. -- Soon at, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] "I shall be sent for soon at night." Shak. -- Sooner or later, at some uncertain time in the future; as, he will discover his mistake sooner or later. -- With the soonest, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.] Holland.

Soon, a. Speedy; quick. [Obs.] Shak.

Soo"nee (?), n. See Sunnite.

Soon"ly (?), adv. Soon. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Soord (?), n. Skin of bacon. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Soor"ma (?), n. [Hind. & Per. surma.] A preparation of antimony with which Mohammedan men anoint their eyelids.

Soo*shong" (?), n. See Souchong.

Soo"soo (?), n. (Zoöl.) A kind of dolphin (Platanista Gangeticus) native of the river Ganges; the Gangetic dolphin. It has a long, slender, somewhat spatulate beak. [Written also susu.]

Soot (? or ?; 277), n. [OE. sot, AS. s&?;t; akin to Icel. s&?;t, Sw. sot, Dan. sod, OD. soet, Lith. s&?;dis; cf. Gael. suith, Ir. suth.] A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke.

Soot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sooting.] To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer.

{ Soot (?), Soot"e (?) }, a. [See Sweet.] Sweet. [Obs.] "The soote savour of the vine." Chaucer.

Soot"er*kin (?), n. [Cf. Prov. G. suttern to boil gently.] A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme.