So"ma*tome (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, body + te`mnein to cut.] (Anat. & Zoöl.)
See Somite.
So"ma*to*pleure (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, body + pleyra` side.]
(Anat.) The outer, or parietal, one of the two lamellæ into which the
vertebrate blastoderm divides on either side of the notochord, and from
which the walls of the body and the amnion are developed. See
Splanchnopleure.
So`ma*to*pleu"ric (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the somatopleure.
So`ma*tot"ro*pism (?), n. [Gr. sw^ma, sw`matos, the body + tre`pein to
turn.] (Physiol.) A directive influence exercised by a mass of matter
upon growing organs. Encyc. Brit.
{ Som"ber, Som"bre } (?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf. Sp. sombra, shade,
prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the shade; L. sub under + umbra
shade. See Umbrage.] 1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a
somber forest; a somber house.
2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person; somber
reflections.
The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was also short.
Beaconsfield.
{ Som"ber, Som"bre }, v. t. To make somber, or dark; to make shady.
[R.]
{ Som"ber, Som"bre }, n. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness.
[Obs.]
{ Som"ber*ly, Som"bre*ly }, adv. In a somber manner; sombrously;
gloomily; despondingly.
{ Som"ber*ness, Som"bre*ness }, n. The quality or state of being
somber; gloominess.
||Som*bre"ro (?), n. [Sp., from sombra shade. See Sombre.] A kind of
||broad-brimmed hat, worn in Spain and in Spanish America. Marryat.
Som"brous (?), a. [Cf. Sp. sombroso.] Gloomy; somber. "Tall and
sombrous pines." Longfellow.
-- Som"brous*ly, adv. -- Som"brous*ness, n.
-some (-sm). A combining form or suffix from Gr. sw^ma (gen. sw`matos)
the body; as in merosome, a body segment; cephalosome, etc.
-some (-sm). [AS. -sum; akin to G. & OHG. -sam, Icel. samr, Goth.
lustusams longed for. See Same, a., and cf. Some, a.] An adjective
suffix having primarily the sense of like or same, and indicating a
considerable degree of the thing or quality denoted in the first part
of the compound; as in mettlesome, full of mettle or spirit; gladsome,
full of gladness; winsome, blithesome, etc.
Some (sm), a. [OE. som, sum, AS. sum; akin to OS., OFries., & OHG. sum,
OD. som, D. sommig, Icel. sumr, Dan. somme (pl.), Sw. somlige (pl.),
Goth. sums, and E. same. √191. See Same, a., and cf. -some.] 1.
Consisting of a greater or less portion or sum; composed of a quantity
or number which is not stated; -- used to express an indefinite
quantity or number; as, some wine; some water; some persons. Used also
pronominally; as, I have some.
Some theoretical writers allege that there was a time when there
was no such thing as society.
Blackstone.
2. A certain; one; -- indicating a person, thing, event, etc., as not
known individually, or designated more specifically; as, some man, that
is, some one man. "Some brighter clime." Mrs. Barbauld.
Some man praiseth his neighbor by a wicked intent.
Chaucer.
Most gentlemen of property, at some period or other of their lives,
are ambitious of representing their county in Parliament.
Blackstone.
3. Not much; a little; moderate; as, the censure was to some extent
just.
4. About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but
formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a
village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour
hence. Shak.
The number slain on the rebel's part were some two thousand.
Bacon.
5. Considerable in number or quantity. "Bore us some leagues to sea."
Shak.
On its outer point, some miles away. The lighthouse lifts its
massive masonry.
Longfellow.
6. Certain; those of one part or portion; -- in distinction from other
or others; as, some men believe one thing, and others another.
Some [seeds] fell among thorns; . . . but other fell into good
ground.
Matt. xiii. 7, 8.
7. A part; a portion; -- used pronominally, and followed sometimes by
of; as, some of our provisions.
Your edicts some reclaim from sins, But most your life and blest
example wins.
Dryden.