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sooter, soutar, souter, souterin, sutor, suttor,
souter [ˈsutər]
n. A shoemaker, cobbler. MN. The longspined sea-scorpion Taurulus bubalis. I.Sh. The fan mussel Pinna fragilis
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
souters-ends: MN. The silverweed Argentina anserina.
souterin: Shoemaking.
Soutra, Soutrae,
Soutrae [ˈsutre]
pn. Soutra (Borders).
soag, soav, soave, soaved, sog, soge, sogg, sove, soved, sovin, suiv, suiven,
sove [I.Sh. sov]
also soge [I.Sh. sog]
n. A stunning blow, a shove, push or thrust.
v. To stun, to stupefy by a blow, to knock out. To sink into a stupor.
pt. pp. soved adj. Stunned, stupefied, unconscious.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sovin: A stunning blow. A doze.
soveran, soverane, sovran,
soverane [ˈsoːvəren]
n. A sovereign.
adj. Having superior rank, authority or power. Supreme.
soans, soans_nicht, sooans, sooans_nicht, souans, souans_nicht, souns, souns_nicht, sow$ns, sow$ns_nicht, sowan, sowans, sowans_nicht, sowans-swats, sowan-swats, sowen, sowen, sowen_nicht, sowen_nicht, sowens, sowens_nicht, sown,
sowans [ˈsʌuɪnz, ˈsuinz, swinz, MN. ˈsoɪnz]
n. pl. Oat husks and meal steeped in water.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
sowans nicht: Christmas eve.
sowan-swats [-swats,-swets]: The liquid poured off sowans.
soud, sowd,
sowd [sʌud]
n. A large quantity or amount of money or possessions. A large amount or number. Of liquor: a copious draught.
soudien, sowdan, sowdian,
sowdan [ˈsʌudən]
n. A sultan. A term of abuse for a tyrannical or cantankerous person. I.Sh. A big clumsy corpulent person.
persowdi, persowdie, persowdiment, pousowdie, pow$sowdie, powsoddie, powsoddy, powsoudie, powsowdie, powsowdy, soudie, soudy, sowdie, sowdy,
sowdie [ˈsʌude]
n. A fat lazy person. A hotch-potch, a heterogeneous mixture.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
powsowdie: A broth or thick soup made out of a sheep's head, a heterogeneous mixture of various ingredients.
sow, sowe,
sowe [sʌu]
n. A bride's outfit of clothes, a trousseau. A winding-sheet, a shroud.
saul, sole, sowel, sowell, sowl,
sowel [ˈsʌuəl]
n. A person i.e. a soul.
 
See also saul.

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