Reverse Dictionary: SO – SOK

SOAK, SOAKED, SOAKING – ADJECTIVES
– DRUNKEN soaked or saturated with moisture …c1420
– DUNG-WET as wet as dung, thoroughly wet or soaked, having been out in dirty weather …1599 obs.
– SABBED soaked …1920 Sc.
– SATTERED saturated, thoroughly soaked …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SUGGING soaking …1733 Eng. dial.

SOAK etc. – NOUNS
– IMBUTION steeping, soaking …1657 obs. rare
– SAB a soaking, saturating, esp. of a heavy downpour of rain, a thunder shower …1768 Sc.

SOAK etc. – VERBS
– BESOB to soak …1609 obs.
– BLASH to drench, to soak …Bk1911 Sc.
– DAICHER to soak …1874 Sc.
– DEG;  DEGG to sprinkle water upon anything; to bedew, to moisten, to soak …1781 Eng. dial.  
– DRUNKEN to drench, to saturate or soak with liquid …a1300 obs.
– IMBUTE to steep, to soak …1657 obs. rare
– SAB to soak, to seep, to saturate …1866 Sc.
– SAPPLE to soak, to saturate with water, rain, etc.; to steep clothes in soapy water …1836 Sc.
– SEEP to undergo to subject something to soaking in hot liquid …1886 Amer. dial.
– SIPE to undergo to subject something to soaking in hot liquid …1886 Amer. dial.
– SUG to soak …1633 Eng. dial.

SO-AND-SO – NOUNS
– the quality or condition of being so-and-so SUCH-AND-SUCHNESS 1885

SOAP, SOAPINESS, SOAPY – ADJECTIVES
– SALVY greasy, oily, soapy …1897 Eng. dial.
– SAPONACEOUS of the nature of or resembling soap; containing soap; soapy …1710
– SAPONARY soapy …1661 obs. rare

SOAP etc. – NOUNS
– BEAR GREASE G.I. soap (pronounced B’ar) …Bk1944 service sl.
– BLOTS water for washing clothes; soapsuds, dirty water …Bk1911 Sc.
– BOB HOPE soap … …Aust. rhyming sl.
– LAND OF HOPEsoap …20C rhyming sl.
– QUARTERMASTER’S ERASMIC soap for scrubbing floors …20C army sl.
– SAIP-BELLS soap bubbles …1720 Sc.
– SAIPIE-SAPPLES soap suds, lather …1888 Sc.
– SAIPY-SUDS soap suds, lather …1896 Sc.
– SAPONACITY soapiness …1845 rare
– SAPONARINESS a soapy quality …1669 obs. rare
– SAPPLES soap-suds, lather for washing …1820 Sc.
– TABLET a flat cake of soap …1582
– WADGE a bar of soap …1839 Sc.

SOAP etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– GAMMY VENDOR one who makes a very inferior soap and sells it as ‘Windsor Soap’ and who, while at a house, purloins spoons or anything else within easy reach; one who sells bad goods …1857 UK criminals’ sl. obs.

SOAPBOX ORATOR – NOUNS, PERSON
– a soap-box orator YARRA BANKER 1895 Aust. sl.
– a soap-box orator YARRA-SIDER L19 Aust. sl.

SOAP OPERA – NOUNS
– SOAP a soap opera …1943 Amer. sl.
– SOAPER a soap opera; a radio or TV drama series which tells the interminable tale of supposedly ‘ordinary life’  …1930s orig. US sl.
– SOAPIE; SOAPY a TV soap opera …1980s Aust. & NZ colloq.
– SUDSER a soap opera, or soap-opera-like show …1969 Amer. sl.

SOAP OPERA – NOUNS, PERSON
– SOAPER a person who makes or acts in a soap opera; a person who watches a soap opera US sl.
– SOAP-FREAK a fan or devotee of daily television or radio drama series …1930s US sl.
– YUCK a soap-opera addict …Bk1962 Amer. broadcasting sl.

SOB, SOBBING – ADJECTIVES
– SINGULTIENT sobbing …1660 rare

SOB etc. – NOUNS
– RAISING the noise made in crying or sobbing …Bk1905 Eng. dial. obs.
– SINGULT a sob …1590 now arch.
– SINGULTUS a sob …1824
– THOUT a sob …1768 Sc.
– YESK a sob …a700 obs.
– YESKING sobbing …a1050 obs.
– YEX a sob …a700 obs.
– YEXING sobbing …a1050 obs.
– YOOP a word expressing the sound made by convulsive sobbing …1848
– YOX a sob …B1900 obs.

SOB etc. – VERBS
– BEAL to cry, to sob, to weep …1886 Eng. dial.
– BIBBLE to shed tears; to cry and sob; to snivel …19C Eng. dial.
– KEB to pant for breath; to sob …1888 Eng. dial.
– SIKE to sob or cry …1841 Eng. dial.
– THOUT to sob …1790 Sc.
– YESK to sob …c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YEX to sob …c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– YEXEN to sob …a1400 obs.
– YOX to sob …B1900 obs.

SOBER – ADJECTIVES
– sober JOBER AS A SUDGE Bk2006 US sl.
– sober, quiet, sedate DOUCE E18 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

SOBER – PHRASES
– clean and sober C. AND S. Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl.

SOBRIETY – NOUNS
– a roadside sobriety test QUIZ 1976 US sl.

SOBRIETY – VERBS
– to walk along a chalked line in order to prove one’s sobriety WALK A CHALK CRACK;  WALK A CHALK LINE;  WALK THE CHALK E19 sl.

SOCCER – NOUNS
– ALLEY the line marking the goal in a game of football …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– ALLEY-MOUTH a boundary or goal in the game of football …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– APRIL FOOLS football pools …c1930 rhyming sl.
– BLADDER a football …1864 Eng. dial.
– BLETHER a football …1864 Eng. dial.
– FOOTER the game of football (soccer) …1863 UK sl.
– FOOTIE;  FOOTY the game of football (soccer) …1940 UK sl.
– MUD HOG football played in rainy, muddy conditions …1992 Trinidad and Tobago sl.
– NOSEBLEED POSITION of a football team: to be in an unusually high position in a league table …Brit. sl.
– NO SIDE the announcement of the conclusion of a game of football …1882
– SPIDER GOALIE a situation where anyone in a soccer team can be a goalkeeper …c1990s playground sl.
– WOGBALL soccer …1984 Aust. sl.
– WORMS a line cut in the turf as a goal-line at football …c1880 UK sl.

SOCCER – NOUNS, PERSON
– BAWMEN ball players, but generally applied to football players …1825 Sc. 
– CLOGGER a player in soccer who habitually fouls in tackling …M18 sl.
– DEADHEAD a member of a football or cricket team called upon to play at a pinch …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DONKEY a footballer known for his or her lack of skill …Brit. sl., derogatory
– GALACTICO a skilled and celebrated footballer (soccer), esp. one bought by a team for a very large fee; a football superstar; so, a pre-eminent figure in any field, esp. sport …2003
– GAME BOY a soccer supporter who looks for fights with rival supporters …2000s sl. 
– GOALHANGER a player who spends much of the game near the opposing team’s goal in the hope of scoring easy goals …derogatory
– SCARFER a football supporter …1980s sl.

SOCCER – VERBS
– CLOG in soccer, to foul an opponent …sl.
– SKI in soccer: to kick the ball unnecessarily high in the air …1945 US sl.
– STUB to kick a football about …Bk1904 sl.

SOCIABLE – ADJECTIVES
– ACCOMPANABLE sociable, companionable …1548 obs.
– ACCOMPANIABLE sociable, companionable …1580 obs.
– CONVERSIVE sociable …1661 obs.
– COOL socially adept …sl.
– FELLOWLY sociable, companionable …1928 Amer. dial.
– INNERLY pleasant, cheerful, sociable; kindly, affectionate, compassionate…1888 Sc.
– JANNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward; genuine  …1828 Eng. dial.
– JONNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward, genuine …1828 Eng. dial.
– JUNKETING that holds or attends feasts, parties, etc.; convivial, sociable …1653 obs.
– MATELY friendly, sociable, intimate …1822 rare
– PUKKA proper, socially acceptable …L18
– TOP-DRAWER of the highest stand, esp. socially …colloq.
– SILVER-TAILED wealthy, affluent, socially prominent …1890 sl., orig. Aust.

SOCIABLE – NOUNS, PERSON
– EXTROVERT a sociable or unreserved person …1918

SOCIABLE – VERBS
– UNBUCKLE to unbend, to become less stiff, to throw off reserve, to become sociable …1886

SOCIAL, SOCIAL CLIMBER, SOCIALITE – NOUNS, PERSON (for other parts of speech see SOCIAL EVENT, etc.)
– ALMIGHTIES a jocular name for people who are, or think they are, the best society of a community …1966 Amer. dial.
– BIT OF POSH an upper-class or socially superior young woman regarded as a sexual object …1977 UK sl.
– CACK-BROAD a fashionable, wealthy, or society woman; one who flaunts their wealth, esp. a nouveau riche woman  …1940s African-American sl.
– CACKLE-BROAD a ‘Cack-Broad’ …1940s African-American sl.
– CACOGEN an anti-social person …Bk1994
– DEBBIES’ DELIGHT an elegant and attractive young man in high society …1934 Brit. sl., mainly derogatory
– DEBS’ DELIGHT an elegant and attractive young man in high society …1934 Brit. sl. mainly derogatory
– GADABOUT a person who leads an active social life …Bk1988 Aust. sl.
– GADFLY a person who frequently goes out socializing; a gadabout; a social butterfly …1605
– GANDY DANCER an active socialite; a man about town; a womanizer …1992 US sl.
– GIDDY KIPPER a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite …c1895 sl.
– GIDDY WHELK a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite …c1895 sl.
– GIDDY WHELP a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite …c1895 sl.
– GIDDY YOUNG WHELK a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite …c1895 sl.
– GIDDY YOUNG WHELP a young man about town; one of fashionable society; a socialite …c1895 sl.
 – GIRL ABOUT TOWN a female who is constantly seen at fashionable social occasions; a socialite; generally, a female with a modern or sophisticated outlook and lifestyle …1749
– GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person …1965 Amer. dial.
– HALF-STRAINER a social climber; one who tries to live above one’s true station; one who puts on airs, and tries to associate with his superiors …1887 Amer. dial.
– HALF-WAY STRAINER a social climber; one who tries to live above one’s true station; one who puts on airs, and tries to associate with his superiors …1896 Amer. dial. 
– LUSHER a high liver, a voluptuary …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– MISS ASTOR  a woman who puts on a lot of airs; an elite ‘social leader’ of a community; usually mocking …1966 Amer. dial.
– MISS LIZZIE TISH an elite social leader of a community; usually used mockingly…1960s US sl.
– MISS TIZZIE LISH an elite social leader of a community; usually used mockingly…1960s US sl. 
– MR. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person …1965 Amer. dial.
– MRS. ASTOR a woman who puts on a lot of airs; an elite ‘social leader’ of a community; usually mocking …1966 Amer. dial. 
– MRS. GOTROCKS a nickname for a rich, high-society person …1965 Amer. dial.
– MUFFIN one’s ‘girl’, by arrangement, for the social life of a season …1856 Can. sl. obs.
– PADDINGTON LEFTIE an upwardly and greedily mobile ‘parlour’ socialite …Bk1986 Aust. sl.
– PARVE a parvenu, a person from a humble background who has rapidly gained wealth or an influential social position; a nouveau riche; an upstart, a social climber …1980s Aust. sl. 
– PINK a society belle; a girl or woman of the social elite …1830 Amer. dial.
– QUAL a person of high social position; also, a stuck-up, wealthy person; generally used in plural …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– QUALITY people of good social position; the gentry; the upper classes …1693 arch. & Eng. dial.
– QUALITY FOLKS people of high social status …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. 
– SILVER PHEASANT a beautiful upper-class or society woman …1920s sl.
– SILVERTAIL an affected person; one who puts on airs and graces; a social climber …1942 sl.
– TUFT-HUNTER a snob; a toady; a social climber …M19 sl. 
– TUSH a wealthy, light-skinned society Black person …1970 African-American sl. 
– UPPITIES social climbers …L19 US sl. 
– WINDY SKEW a giddy, pleasure-hunting socialite …1807 Sc.

SOCIAL CLIMBING – ADJECTIVES
– socially aspirant TUFT-HUNTING M19 sl.

SOCIAL CLIMBING – NOUNS
– social climbing, pursuing aristocratic connections TUFT-HUNTING L18 sl.

SOCIAL ERROR – NOUNS, PERSON
– a person who commits a major social error; thus the error itself FLAMER 1960s sl.

SOCIAL EVENT – ADJECTIVES
– RANDY fond of attending social gatherings …Bk1905 Eng. dial.

SOCIAL EVENT – NOUNS
– BELLY-RIVE a great feast; a social gathering …Bk1911 Sc.
– CRUSH a reception, dance, party, or other large social gathering …c1900 Amer. sl.
– JAUL a party; a festival or other social occasion …1970s S. Afr.
– LEVEE a formal or fashionable social event, often held in someone’s honour; a less formal social gathering, often held as a fundraiser …1766 Amer. dial.
– RACKET an organized social event, designed to make money for the sponsor …L19 sl.
– SET a party, a social event …1959 Amer. dial., Black usage

SOCIAL EVENT – NOUNS, PERSON
– JOLLER one who attends a party, concert, or social gathering …1980s S. Afr.

SOCIALIST – NOUNS, PERSON
– a socialist RED-RAGGER 1916 Aust. sl., derogatory

SOCIALIZE – VERBS
– to associate with socially BOBBASHEELY;  BOBBASHIELY 1962 Amer. dial.
– to socialize and chat; to converse with another CONVERSATE Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– to socialize idly; to gad or fool about; to waste time HACK AROUND 1923 US college sl.
– to socialize idly; to gad or fool about; to waste time HACK 1888 Amer. sl.
– to socialize; to fool about HACK ABOUT 1920s US college sl.

SOCIAL OUTCAST – see OUTCAST

SOCIETY – ADJECTIVES
– IN IT at the heart of society …L19 sl.
– OF GOOD FASHION of high quality or breeding; of eminent social standing or repute …c1675 obs.
– OF HIGH FASHION of high quality or breeding; of eminent social standing or repute …c1489 obs.

SOCIETY – NOUNS
– ISM AND SCHISM denotes society’s ways, class consciousness, sub-systems and/or classifications …1970s W. Indies & Brit. Black teen sl.
– ISM AND SKISM denotes society’s ways, class consciousness, sub-systems and/or classifications …1970s W. Indies & Brit. Black teen sl.
– LACY SET society …Bk1942 US sl.
– QUALITY, THE the upper classes; society …18C

SOCIETY – NOUNS, PERSON  (see SOCIAL)

​ SOCIETY – VERBS
– KEEP UP WITH THE JONESES to maintain one’s social position; to ensure that one does not let one’s neighbours or peers ‘get ahead’ …1910s sl.
– LOSE CASTE to lose social rank, to descend in the social scale …1816
– UNCOMPANE to avoid or shun society …1589 obs.

SOCK – ADJECTIVES
– VANDIT of socks: having been dyed in such a fashion as to be variegated in colour …1973 Sc.

SOCK – NOUNS
– AIR HOSE invisible socks; no socks …Bk2000 Amer. sl.
– ALMOND ROCKS socks …1841 rhyming sl.
– ALMONDS socks …1932 rhyming sl. for ‘almond rocks’ 
– ARMY ROCKS socks …UK WWI sl.
– BLANKET NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock …1906 Amer. dial.
– BRIGHTS white socks …1969 US sl.
– CALIFORNIA MOCCASINS n. a makeshift foot covering made of a cloth sack worn instead of a sock or shoe …1920s Amer. dial.
– CALIFORNIA OVERSHOES a makeshift foot covering made of a cloth sack worn instead of a sock or shoe …19C Amer. dial..
– CALIFORNIA SOCKS a makeshift foot covering made of a cloth sack worn instead of a sock or shoe …1900s Amer. dial.
– CHARLIE ROCKS socks …1920s US sl.
– EAST INDIA DOCKS socks …1998 UK rhyming sl.
– FELLOW AND A WENCH, A a pair of mismatched socks or stocking; that is, a companion and a noncompanion …1952 Amer. dial.
– FOOTIES socks …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– GOVERNMENT SOCKS no socks at all; bare legs …1923 Amer. dial.
– JACK IN THE BOX socks …20C rhyming sl.
– KATHARINE DOCKS socks …20C rhyming sl.
– LEG SACKS socks, stockings …1930s African-American sl.
– NEAP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock …1906 Amer. dial.
– NERVO AND KNOX socks …1940s Brit. rhyming sl.
– NIP a piece of old blanket folded around the feet inside the shoe packs for warmth; hence, a sock …1906 Amer. dial.
– POP-POP a hole in one’s sock or stocking …1940s Irish sl.
– POPPY a hole in one’s sock or stocking …1940s Irish sl.
– POTATO a hole in a sock or stocking through which the skin shows …1885 sl.
– RAZZLE-DAZZLER a sock that dazzles (generally in plural) …1897 sl.
– ROBERTS bobby socks …Bk1947 Amer. sl.
– ROCKS socks …1979 UK rhyming sl.
– SIDNEY ROCKS socks …1920s US sl.
– SILKS silk or nylon socks …1972 US sl.
– SPUD a hole in a sock or stocking though which the skin shows …1960 sl.
– TEDS socks …1878 Eng. dial.
– VAMPETH that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock …c1430 obs.
– VAMPEY;  VAMPY that part of hose or stockings which covers the foot and ankle; also, a short stocking, a sock …c1425 obs.

SODA FOUNTAIN – NOUNS
– a soda fountain FIZZER Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.

SODA WATER – NOUNS
– soda water BALLOON JUICE L19 Brit. sl.

SODDEN – ADJECTIVES
– sodden, moist, wet, rainy; full of moisture SAPPY c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– sodden, soft, damp, wet SAM-ZODY 1889 Eng. dial.
– sodden, soft, damp, wet SAM-ZOED Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– sodden, watery, moist; in a state of perspiration SAMMY 1809 Eng. dial.
– sodden, wet, dripping; rainy SAPPIE 1821 Sc.

SOFA – NOUNS
– BAKING-PLACE a sofa or couch …1859 Eng. dial. sl.
– CHESTERFIELD a sofa or couch…1950 Can.
– DAVENO an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed …c1955 Amer. dial.
– DAVENPORT an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed …1902 Amer. dial.
– DAVVY a sofa or couch …1997 US sl.
– DAY-PORT an upholstered couch or sofa, sometimes convertible to a bed …1968 Amer. dial.
– LOP a couch or sofa on which one can stretch out to rest …1967 Amer. dial.
– PUT-YOU-UP a sofa or settee which can be converted into a bed…1924
– SET a sofa, a couch …1957 Amer. dial.
– SULTANE a sofa, a settee …1803
– TIKITEET a sofa …1932 Amer. dial.

SOFT, SOFTLY, SOFTNESS – ADJECTIVES
– CACKY soft, flabby, not firm, over-fat …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CANDY of a person: soft, weak, effeminate …1910s US sl.
– FAIR soft; slow …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FUFFY light and soft; spongy; fraught with dust, like a fuzzball …1824 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
– LIMP-WRISTED of men: effeminate; soft; weak; homosexual; usually derisive …1957 US sl.
– LUSH lax, flaccid; soft, tender …c1440 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MALM mellow, soft …1691 Eng. dial.
– MELCH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft …1790 Eng. dial.
– MELSH mild, warm; soft and moist; applied chiefly to the weather, but also occasionally to anything soft …1790 Eng. dial.
– NESH soft in texture or consistency; yielding easily to pressure or force; delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy …c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– QUAVY soft, flabby …1398 obs. rare
– QUEANIE effeminate; soft …c1910 Aust. sl.
– QUEANY effeminate; soft …c1910 Aust. sl.
– SAMPLE soft, supple, flexible …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SART soft …1777 Eng. dial.
– SOFT AS A BABY’S BOTTOM pert. to something which is very smooth or soft …20C colloq.
– SMOOTH AS A BABY’S BOTTOM pert. to something which is very smooth or soft …20C colloq.
– TEERY soft, smooth, mellow …1879 Eng. dial.
– YAPPY foolish, soft; idiotic …M19 sl.
 
SOFT etc. – ADVERBS
– BASELY in a low tone, softly, quietly …1562 obs.
– CANNILY sagaciously, skilfully, prudently; cautiously, slyly; gently, softly; comfortably …1636 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– FAIRLY gently, peaceably, quietly, softly …c1400 obs.
– LOWNLY softly, quietly; in a low voice …1820 Sc. rare
– NESH softly, gently, tenderly …1297 obs. rare
– NESHLY softly, gently …c897 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SART softly …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SARTLY softly …1777 Eng. dial.
 
SOFT etc. – NOUNS
– CACK anything very soft …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– FUFF a soft feathery mass …1700 chiefly Sc.
– MALACISSATION  the act of making soft or supple …1638 obs. rare
– MARDNESS softness, lack of endurance, indulgence …1885 Eng. dial.
– MARSHMALLOW a soft, weak thing …Bk1950s US sl.
– MOLLITUDE softness, tenderness, weakness, effeminacy …1656 obs.
– NESHHEAD softness …c1440 obs. rare
– NESHING a becoming or making soft …1398
– NESHNESS softness, weakness …c897
– TENERITUDE tenderness, softness …c1440 obs. rare
 
SOFT etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
– BALMY a fool, a simpleton; a soft, weak-minded person …1887 Eng. dial.
– BARM-HEAD a soft, foolish person …1865 Eng. dial.
– BAWKEN a soft or innocent youth …1890 Ireland
– BEFFIN a soft, stupid person …Bk1898 Sc.
– BERRY an easy opponent, anyone seen as soft …1887 US sl.
– CA a soft, foolish person …1825 Sc.
– CACKTY a soft, cowardly fellow …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CAKEY a simpleton; a soft, silly person …1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– CHARLEY-BOY a soft or effeminate young man …1896 US sl.
– EASY a soft or gullible person; an easy mark …1903 US sl.
– FACILE MAN, A one who possesses that softness of disposition that he is liable to be easily wrought upon by others …1825 Sc.
– GAAKY a soft or awkward person …Bk1893 Eng. dial.
– GABY a simpleton; a fool; a blockhead; a stupid or silly fellow; a soft person; a dunce; a clownish person; one who gapes and stares about in ignorant wonder …1796 colloq. & Eng. dial.
– GEOLPH;  GEULPH a big, soft lad …Bk1886 Eng. dial.
– GILPY a young man or boy, esp. a lively or impudent one; a roguish boy; also, a soft, stupid person  …1718 Sc. obs.
– GLIPE a young, thoughtless girl; a soft, stupid person …1821 Sc.
– GLOIT a soft delicate person …1824 Sc.
– O a stupid or silly fellow; a softy …Bk1880 Eng. dial. 
– SACKEY;  SACKIE;  SACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward …Bk1862 Eng. dial.
– SAPSY a soft, weak-willed, characterless person …1969 Sc.
– SAUNY-GO-SOFTLY a soft fellow …Bk1880 Eng. dial.
– SAWNEY-BOOS a soft fellow; a simpleton …Bk1875 Eng. dial.
– SAWNEY-BOX a soft, fellow; a simpleton …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SAWNEY-GAWNEY a soft fellow; a simpleton …Bk1881 Eng. dial.
– SAWNEY-GO-SOFTLY a soft fellow; a simpleton …Bk1904 N. Ireland
– SKITWIT a soft, foolish, scatterbrained person …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SOFT SOLES a soft effeminate man …1824 Sc.
– SUMPH a soft stupid fellow; a simpleton, a blockhead …1719 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– ZACKY a soft fellow; a dupe; a coward …Bk1904 Eng. dial.
 
SOFT etc. – VERBS
– ELVER to grow soft …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– LENIATE to render mild or soft; to soften, to soothe, to make calm …1622 obs.
– MALM to become soft …1641 obs.
– NESH to become soft …c897 obs.
– TENDER to make soft or delicate …1966 Amer. dial.
– WAFFLE to make or become soft, limp, or flabby …1784 Sc.

SOFTBALL – NOUNS
– the game of softball KITTENBALL 1940 Amer. dial.
– the game of softball KITTYBALL 1942 Amer. dial.

SOFTEN, SOFTENING – ADJECTIVES
– MALACISSANT softening …1638 obs. rare

SOFTEN etc. – VERBS
– BEMULCE to soothe or soften …1531
– DOUCE to soften, to mollify …1593 obs.
– DULCERATE to sweeten; to soften, to soothe, to ease…1586 rare
– DULCIFY to sweeten in temper, to make more agreeable or pleasant; to soften, to mollify, to appease…1647
– DULCORATE to sweeten; to soften, to soothe, to ease…a1425 obs.
– EMOLLIATE to soften, to weaken, to render effeminate …1802
– LEACH to soften, to melt …1614 obs.
– LEATH to mitigate, to soften, to relax …c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LENIATE to render mild or soft; to soften, to soothe, to make calm …1622 obs.

SOFT-HEADED – ADJECTIVES
– BALMY soft, idiotic, weak-minded; insane …1851 sl.
– DAFFY imbecile, soft …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DATY soft-headed; sun-struck …20C military sl.
– HAGGIS-HEADED soft-headed, foolish, stupid …1715 Sc.

SOFT-HEADED – NOUNS, PERSON
– BALMY a soft, weak-minded person …1903 sl.
– CABBAGE-HEAD a brainless fellow; a stupid person; a soft-headed or witless person; a blockhead, dolt, oaf, fool, or simpleton; a thickhead; a silly person …1682 sl. 
– HAGGIS a term of contempt applied to a lumpish, unwieldy person; a soft, ‘pudding-headed’ person …1886 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– LIGHTS a fool; a soft-head; an oaf …1682 Brit. colloq.
– NAFFY a soft-headed person; a simpleton; a blockhead; an idiot …Bk1855 Eng. dial.
– PASH-HEAD a simpleton, an idiot; a soft-headed person …1890 Eng. dial. 

SOFT-HEARTED – ADJECTIVES
– soft-hearted MANY-HEARTED Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– soft-hearted SOFT-BOILED colloq.
– soft-hearted, disposed to help people LADY-HEARTED c1938 Amer. dial.

SOFT-HEARTED – NOUNS, PERSON
– a soft-hearted, naive person SOB SISTER 1912 US sl.

SOFT-SPOKEN – ADJECTIVES
– soft-spoken; affectedly prim or proper in speech, etc.; reticent, shy at speaking out MIM-MOUTHED 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– soft-spoken; affectedly prim or proper in speech, etc.; reticent, shy at speaking out MIM-SPOKEN 1896 Sc.

SOGGY – ADJECTIVES
– soggy and limp with moisture SAD 1922 Sc.

SOIL, SOILED, SOILING – ADJECTIVES
– ALL OVER DIRT dirty; soiled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– BAWDY soiled, dirty, filthy …1377 obs.
– BEASTLY dirty, soiled …1854 Eng. dial.
– BEDIRTIN soiled with excrement …Bk1911 Sc.
– BEDRITTEN befouled or soiled with ordure; dirty …Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BEMUCKED soiled, made dirty …1864 Eng. dial. obs.
– CABBED blotched, messy, soiled by handling …1854 Eng. dial.
– CABBLED dirty, soiled by handling …19C Eng. dial.
– CHEESY dirty; soiled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CRUMBY dirty; filthy; soiled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– CRUMMY dirty; soiled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– DEET dirtied, soiled …1740 Eng. dial.
– DEETED dirtied, soiled …1864 Eng. dial.
– DINGY dirty, soiled …M18 Eng.
– DUNGY covered in or spattered with dung; soiled or polluted with dung or filth; dirty, filthy; mucky, muddy …c1450
– FADGY faded, soiled …1895 Eng. dial.
– GROUTY muddy, dirty, soiled, begrimed …1744-50 Eng. dial.
– GUMMY sticky, soiled, dirty …1640 obs.
– HANGY of soil: sticky, wet, clayey …B1900 Eng. dial.
– HASKY dry and stony, as soil; gravelly …1649 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– LUSTY of soil: fertile, prolific …1601 obs.
– MACKLY spotted or soiled …1975 Amer. dial.
– MUCKED UP dirty; soiled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MUCKY dirty; soiled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– NURLY of soil: lying in lumps …B1900 Eng. dial.
– SINKY of sand or soil: yielding …1827 rare
– SLOPPED UP dirty; soiled …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– SOUDLY soiled, dirty …c1470 Sc. obs.
– SUDDLY;  SUDLY soiled, dirty …c1470 Sc. obs.
– ULIGINOSE of soil: soaked with water; swampy …c1440 rare
– WAXY of soil: smooth and sticky
 
SOIL etc. – NOUNS
– BLACK GROUND loose, dark soil …1966 Amer. dial.
– BLACKJACK a heavy dark soil …1967 Amer. dial.
– BLACKLAND a heavy, loose, or sometimes sticky dark soil; also, countryside which has such soil …1803 Amer. dial.
– BLACK WAX a dark soil which is sticky or wax-like …1893 Amer. dial.
– DUMMOCK a small heap of soil or dirt …19C Eng. dial.
– SULLEY;  SULLY an act of sullying, soiling, or polluting; a stain, a blemish …1602 obs.
 
SOIL etc. – VERBS
– AGGLE to soil or defile; to make a mess …1866 Sc.
– BAWD to befoul or dirty, to soil …c1529 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– BEASTLE to soil, to befoul; to make filthy …1867 Eng. dial.
– BEDRAGGLE to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt …1727
– BEDRITE to befoul or soil with ordure; to make dirty …1721 Sc.
– BEFYLE to soil, to defile …Bk1911 Sc.
– BEMAUL to maul; to bruise or soil by fighting or rough play …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BENASTY to soil, to make dirty; to befoul; to degrade …1917 Amer. dial.
– BESMIRCH to soil, to discolour, as with smoke, soot, or mud …a1700
– BESMUDGE to smear, to soil with mud or dirt …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BESMUTCH to besmirch; to soil …1832
– BESULLY to sully or soil badly …a1635
– BLUTHER to soil …Bk1911 Sc.
– CAB to clog with dirt; to soil by handling …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– COINQUINATE to soil all over, to pollute, to defile …a1528 obs.
– DABBER to fade, to droop, to wither; to soil …1854 Eng. dial.
– DABBLE to soil with splashes of any liquid …1575
– DAGGLE to wet and soil a garment etc., by trailing it through mud or wet grass …1530
– DAPPER to fade, to droop, to wither; to soil …1854 Eng. dial.
– DASHLE to soil …1824 Sc.
– DAVER to fade; to wither; to droop; to soil …1621 Eng. dial. 
– DAWP to soil by touch …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DIGHT to dirty, to soil, used ironically …1740 Eng. dial.
– DINGE to soil or dirty …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– DIRT to soil, to dirty; also, to befoul with excrement …c1860 Eng. dial.
– FLOBBER to dirty, to soil …1377 obs. rare
​- MACULATE to spot, stain, soil, defile, pollute …1432-50
– MISMENSE to soil, to sully, to damage, to make untidy; also, to disgrace …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– MUMMICK to soil, as one’s clothing …1895 Amer. dial.
– NASTEN to soil, to befoul; to render nasty …1873 Eng. dial.
– NASTER to soil, to befoul; to render nasty …1899 Eng. dial.
– NASTY to soil or make dirty or nasty …1728 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– NEVEL to handle or finger things awkwardly so as to soil or disarrange …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– OGGEL to soil, to besmear …1898 Sc. 
– PINGUEFY of soil: to make rich or fertile …1610 obs.
​- RAY to defile, to soil; to pollute with dung …1828 Eng. dial.
– SCAD to soil by frequent use; to fade; used esp. of dress …Bk1904 Sc.
– SLIBBLE to let slide over so as to soil …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SLURRY to dirty, to soil, to smear, to daub …LME obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– SMUTTY to soil, to dirty …1933 Amer. dial.
– SUD to befoul, to soil …1593 obs.
– SUDDLE to soil, to sully, to defile …1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SULE to soil, to sully …c897 obs.
– SULSH to soil; to dirty …Bk1869 Eng. dial.
– TASH to soil, to tarnish, to stain, to dirty; to bespatter; to spoil slightly …1829 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– UGGLE to soil, to besmear …1898 Sc.
– VARG to soil, to defile …1866 Sc.
– VARGLE to soil, to defile …1866 Sc.
– VERG to soil, to defile …Bk1905 Sc.

SOJOURN, SOJOURNER, SOJOURNING – NOUNS
– TARRIANCE temporary residence or continuance in a place; sojourn, abiding …1530 arch.
– TARRY temporary residence, sojourn …c1375
– XENIZATION the fact of sojourning as a stranger …1818

SOJOURN etc – NOUNS, PERSON
– ADVENTIVE an immigrant, a sojourner …a1626 obs.
– PERHENDINANCER a sojourner, a lodger …1489 obs. rare

SOJOURN etc – VERBS
– BAIT of travellers: to stop at an inn, orig, to feed the horses, but later also to rest and refresh themselves; hence, to make a brief stay or sojourn …1375
– BIDE to remain in residence; to dwell, to reside, to sojourn …c1280 arch.
– HABIT to dwell, to abide, to reside, to sojourn …?a1366 obs.
– INN to sojourn …1862 Eng. dial.
– KECK to stay or put up at a house temporarily when away from home …1880 Eng. dial.
– TARRY to lodge someplace; to sojourn, to abide temporarily …1704 Amer. dial.