Soss, n. [See Sesspol.] Anything dirty or muddy; a dirty puddle. [Prov.
Eng.]
||Sos`te*nu"to (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Sustained; -- applied to a movement
||or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the
||nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are
||to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.
Sot (?), n. [F., fr. LL. sottus; of unknown origin, cf. Ir. sotal
pride, soithir proud, or Chald. & NHeb. shoten foolish.] 1. A stupid
person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt. [Obs.] outh.
In Egypt oft has seen the sot bow down, And reverence some
d&?;ified baboon.
Oldham.
2. A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard. "A
brutal sot." Granville.
Every sign That calls the staring sots to nasty wine.
Roscommon.
Sot (?), a. Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull. [Obs.] "Rich, but sot."
Marston.