Part 226

Sole trader. A feme sole trader.

Sol`-fa" (?), v. t. To sing to solmization syllables.

Sol"id-drawn`, a. Drawn out from a heated solid bar, as by a process of spiral rolling which first hollows the bar and then expands the cavity by forcing the bar over a pointed mandrel fixed in front of the rolls; -- said of a weldless tube.

So"lo, a. (Music) Performing, or performed, alone; uncombined, except with subordinate parts, voices, or instruments; not concerted.

Sol"o*mon's seal. A mystic symbol consisting of two interlaced triangles forming a star with six points, often with one triangle dark and one light, symbolic of the union of soul and body.

Solo whist. A card game played with the full pack ranking as at whist, each player declaring for which of seven different points he proposes to play.

So`ma*tol"o*gy, n. 1. (Biol.) The science which treats of anatomy and physiology, apart from psychology.

2. (Anthropol.) The consideration of the physical characters of races and classes of men and of mankind in general.

Son"der*class` (?), n. [G. sonderklasse special class.] (Yachting) A special class of small yachts developed in Germany under the patronage of Emperor William and Prince Henry of Prussia, and so called because these yachts do not conform to the restrictions for the regular classes established by the rules of the International Yacht Racing Union. In yachts of the sonderclass, as prescribed for the season of 1911, the aggregate of the length on water line, extreme beam, and extreme draft must be not more than 32 feet; the weight, not less than 4,035 pounds (without crew); the sail area, not more than 550 square yards; and the cost of construction (for American boats) not more than $2400. The crew must be amateurs and citizens of the country in which the yacht was built.

So*no"ran (?), a. (Biogeography) Pertaining to or designating the arid division of the Austral zone, including the warmer parts of the western United States and central Mexico. It is divided into the Upper Sonoran, which lies next to the Transition zone, and the Lower Sonoran, next to the Tropical.

Soon"er (?), n. In the western United States, one who settles on government land before it is legally open to settlement in order to gain the prior claim that the law gives to the first settler when the land is opened to settlement; hence, any one who does a thing prematurely or anticipates another in acting in order to gain an unfair advantage.

Sooner State. Oklahoma; -- a nickname.

||Sor*ti"ta (?), n. [It., a coming out.] 1. The air sung by any of the principal characters in an opera on entering.

2. A closing voluntary; a postlude.

So"rus (?), n. (a) In parasitic fungi, any mass of spores bursting through the epidermis of a host plant. (b) In lichens, a heap of soredia on the thallus.

SOS. The letters signified by the signal ( . . . --- . . . ) prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912 for use by ships in distress.

||Sou`bise" (s`bz"), n. 1. [F.] A sauce made of white onions and melted butter mixed with velouté sauce.

2. A kind of cravat worn by men in the late 18th century.

||Souf`flé" (?), a. [F., fr. soufflé, p. p. of souffler to puff.] 1. (Ceramics) Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of color, as if blown from a bellows.

2. (Cookery) Often ||Soufflée. Filled with air by beating, and baked; as, an omelette soufflé.

Sound"ing bal*loon". An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.

||Soup`çon" (?), n. [F.] A suspicion; a suggestion; hence, a very small portion; a taste; as, coffee with a soupçon of brandy; a soupçon of coquetry.

South"paw` (?), a. (Baseball) Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher.

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South"paw`, n. A pitcher who pitches with the left hand.

{ Space bar or key }. (Mach.) A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters.

Spad (?), n. (Mining) A nail one or two inches long, of iron, brass, tin, or tinner iron, with a hole through the flattened head, used to mark stations in underground surveying.

Spark, v. i. (Elec.) To produce, or give off, sparks, as a dynamo at the commutator when revolving under the collecting brushes.