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social, sosh, sosherie, soshery,
social [soʃəl]
adj. Social.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sociable: Law-abiding, peaceable.
sosh: col. Sociable, frank, open. U. SW. f people: plump, neat-looking, cheerful, contented.
sosherie: col. Sociability, conviviality.
society, sosh, sussehity,
society [səˈsəiətɪ]
n. Society.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sosh: DD. sl. The Cooperative Society.
fit-sock, fit-socks, sack, sacks, soack, soacks, soak, soaks, soax, sock, socks, sok, soks,
sock [sok]
n. A sock, A ploughshare. I.Sh. Any garment made of wool.
pl. socks
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
fit-sock: A short sock. The foot of a stocking.
socket, sockit,
socket [ˈsokət]
n. A socket.
soad, sod,
sod [sɔd, sod]
n. A piece of turf. A piece of surface turf used as fuel, a kind of peat. A heavy, fat person, any dead-weight.
v. To cover with a piece of turf.
soadie, sodae, sodae-heid, sodae-heidit, soda-heid, soddie, soddy, sodi, sodie, sodie-heid, sodie-heidit, sodium, sody, sody-heidit,
sodae [ˈsodi, ˈsode, ˈsodə]
n. Soda.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sodae-heid: A slow-witted dense person.
sodae-heidit: Scatterbrained.
sodium: Sodium
red-sodger, reid-sodger, rid-sodger, soadger, soadgers, sodger, sodgers, sodgir, sodjer, sodjers, sodjur, sodyer, soger, sogjer, soja, sojer, sojers, sojur, sojurs,
sodger [ˈsodʒər]
n. A soldier.
pl. sodgers The stalks and heads of plantain used in a childrens game. The poppy Papaver rhoeas.
v. To march in a stolid dogged way, to trudge.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
reid sodger [rid-, rɪd-]: A ladybird. SN. A red-coloured spider. WC. MN. The minnow Phoxinus phoxinus.
staund-sodger: A sentry.
knock-soe, so, soe, sow,
soe [I.Sh. soː]
n. Fishing bait.
v. To throw or spit out bait.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
knock-soe: Pounded bait.
soafy, sofa, sofae, sofy,
sofae [ˈsofə, -ˈe, -ɪ, -a]
n. A sofa.
soie, soy,
soie [soi]
n. A fine cloth similar to serge (Silk of Rouen).

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