Lie snug, and hear what critics say.
Swift.
3. Compact, convenient, and comfortable; as, a snug farm, house, or
property.
Snug, n. (Mach.) Same as Lug, n., 3.
Snug, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snugging(?).] To
lie close; to snuggle; to snudge; -- often with up, or together; as, a
child snugs up to its mother.
Snug, v. t. 1. To place snugly. [R.] Goldsmith.
2. To rub, as twine or rope, so as to make it smooth and improve the
finish.
Snug"ger*y (?), n.; pl. Snuggeries (&?;). A snug, cozy place. [Colloq.]
Dickens.
Snug"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snuggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuggling (?).] [Freq. of snug.] To move one way and the other so as to
get a close place; to lie close for comfort; to cuddle; to nestle.
Snug"ly, adv. In a snug manner; closely; safely.
Snug"ness, n. The quality or state of being snug.
Sny (?), n. [Cf. Icel. sna to turn.] An upward bend in a piece of
timber; the sheer of a vessel.
Sny"ing, n. (Naut.) A curved plank, placed edgewise, to work in the
bows of a vessel. R. H. Dana, Jr.
So (?), adv. [OE. so, sa, swa, AS. sw; akin to OFries, s, s&?;, D. zoo,
OS. & OHG. s&?;, G. so, Icel. sv, sv&?;, svo, so, Sw. s&?;, Dan. saa,
Goth. swa so, sw&?; as; cf. L. suus one's own, Skr. sva one's own,
one's self. √192. Cf. As, Custom, Ethic, Idiom, Such.] 1. In that
manner or degree; as, indicated (in any way), or as implied, or as
supposed to be known.
Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Judges v. 28.
2. In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason;
whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote
comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as.
As a war should be undertaken upon a just motive, so a prince ought
to consider the condition he is in.
Swift.
3. In such manner; to such degree; -- used correlatively with as or
that following; as, he was so fortunate as to escape.
I viewed in may mind, so far as I was able, the beginning and
progress of a rising world.
T. Burnet.
He is very much in Sir Roger's esteem, so that he lives in the
family rather as a relation than dependent.
Addison.
4. Very; in a high degree; that is, in such a degree as can not well be
expressed; as, he is so good; he planned so wisely.
5. In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that
condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with
reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with
the verb to be, as a predicate.
Use him [your tutor] with great respect yourself, and cause all
your family to do so too.
Locke.
It concerns every man, with the greatest seriousness, to inquire
into those matters, whether they be so or not.
Tillotson.
He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou.
Shak.
6. The case being such; therefore; on this account; for this reason; on
these terms; -- used both as an adverb and a conjuction.
God makes him in his own image an intellectual creature, and so
capable of dominion.
Locke.
Here, then, exchange we mutually forgiveness; So may the guilt of
all my broken vows, My perjuries to thee, be all forgotten.
Rowe.
7. It is well; let it be as it is, or let it come to pass; -- used to
express assent.
And when 't is writ, for my sake read it over, And if it please
you, so; if not, why, so.
Shak.
There is Percy; if your father will do me any honor, so; if not,
let him kill the next Percy himself.
Shak.
8. Well; the fact being as stated; -- used as an expletive; as, so the
work is done, is it?
9. Is it thus? do you mean what you say? -- with an upward tone; as, do
you say he refuses? So? [Colloq.]
10. About the number, time, or quantity specified; thereabouts; more or
less; as, I will spend a week or so in the country; I have read only a
page or so.
A week or so will probably reconcile us.
Gay.
See the Note under Ill, adv.
So . . . as. So is now commonly used as a demonstrative correlative of
as when it is the puprpose to emphasize the equality or comparison
suggested, esp. in negative assertions, and questions implying a
negative answer. By Shakespeare and others so . . . as was much used
where as . . . as is now common. See the Note under As, 1.
So do, as thou hast said.
Gen. xviii. 5.
As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
Ps. ciii. 15.
Had woman been so strong as men.
Shak.
No country suffered so much as England.
Macaulay.
-- So far, to that point or extent; in that particular. "The song was
moral, and so far was right." Cowper. -- So far forth, as far; to such
a degree. Shak. Bacon. -- So forth, further in the same or similar
manner; more of the same or a similar kind. See And so forth, under
And. -- So, so, well, well. "So, so, it works; now, mistress, sit you
fast." Dryden. Also, moderately or tolerably well; passably; as, he
succeeded but so so. "His leg is but so so." Shak. -- So that, to the
end that; in order that; with the effect or result that. -- So then,
thus then it is; therefore; the consequence is.
So (?), conj. Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if.
Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose play upon the
earth, so truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing
and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength.
Milton.
So, interj. Be as you are; stand still; stop; that will do; right as
you are; -- a word used esp. to cows; also used by sailors.
Soak (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Soaking.]
[OE. soken, AS. socian to sioak, steep, fr. s&?;can, s&?;gan, to suck.
See Suck.] 1. To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance
has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid;
to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak
cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like.