Soar, a. See Sore, reddish brown.
Soar falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.
Soar"ing, a. & n. from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.
||So*a"ve (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Sweet.
||So*a`ve*men"te (?), adv. [It.] (Mus.) Sweetly.
Sob (?), v. t. [See Sop.] To soak. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Sob, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Sobbing.] [OE.
sobben; akin to AS. seófian, siófian, to complain, bewail, seófung,
siófung, sobbing, lamentation; cf. OHG. s&?;ftön, s&?;ft&?;n, to sigh,
MHG. siuften, siufzen, G. seufzen, MHG. s&?;ft a sigh, properly, a
drawing in of breath, from s&?;fen to drink, OHG. s&?;fan. Cf. Sup.] To
sigh with a sudden heaving of the breast, or with a kind of convulsive
motion; to sigh with tears, and with a convulsive drawing in of the
breath.
Sobbing is the same thing [as sighing], stronger.
Bacon.
She sighed, she sobbed, and, furious with despair. She rent her
garments, and she tore her hair.
Dryden.
Sob, n. 1. The act of sobbing; a convulsive sigh, or inspiration of the
breath, as in sorrow.
Break, heart, or choke with sobs my hated breath.
Dryden.