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or 'blight '; a sooty powder, hav- 

 ing no odour, found in oats and 

 "barley, caused by the parasitic 

 fungus ' Urego segetum ' also 

 called 'dust-brand.' 



snuffles, n. plu., snuf'-h (Dut 

 snu/den, to breathe through the 

 nose), obstruction of the nose 

 through mucus. 



soboles, n., stib'-dl-ez (L. soboles, a 

 sprout, a shoot), in bot. , a creep- 

 ing underground stem. 



socia parotidis, so^shi-d pdr-ot'id' 

 is (L. socia, a companion j par- 

 otis, a tumour near the ears, 

 parotidis, of a parotis), in anat. , 

 a small detached portion of the 

 parotid gland, which occasionally 

 exists as a separate lobe, just 

 beneath the zygomatic arch. 



SDda, n., sod'- a (Ger., Sp. soda), 

 an alkali obtained from the ashes 

 of certain sea-plants, or from 

 common salt : liquor sodae, lik'dr 

 sod'-e (L. sodce, of soda), the 

 liquor of soda, that is, a solution 

 of caustic soda, made by heating 

 carbonate of soda with slaked 

 lime : carbonate of soda, the 

 proper name of soda as above, 

 used chiefly for cleanliness, and 

 soap-making: bicarbonate of soda, 

 is only slightly alkaline, and not 

 caustic, used in the preparation of 

 effervescing drinks, and in making 

 'medicinal soda-water': sulph- 

 ate of soda, Glauber's salt, found 

 in certain mineral waters, and in 

 sea-water : sulphite of soda, im- 

 portant for its sulphurous acid : 

 nitrate of soda, a very deliques- 

 cent salt, used in making the 

 arseniate of soda or nitric acid, 

 and as a manure : phosphate of 

 soda, a tasteless purging salt, 

 obtained by adding to a solution 

 of bone earth in sulphuric acid, 

 carbonate of soda to neutralisation : 

 chlorinated soda, a combination 

 of soda and chlorine, constituting 

 a bleaching solution : citro-tar- 

 tarate of soda, a substance which 

 in the granulated form is com- 



monly called 'citrate of magnesia': 

 sodium, n., sod'i-um, the metallic 

 base of soda, soft, of a silvery 

 lustre, and lighter than water : 

 chloride of sodium, common 

 salt : soda-water, an effervescing 

 beverage, containing a weak solu- 

 tion of bicarbonate of soda, and 

 highly charged with carbonic 

 acid gas. 



Solanacese, n. plu., sol'dn-a's^e 

 (L. solanum, the plant night- 

 shade), the Nightshade family, 

 an Order of plants, often possess- 

 ing narcotic qualities, some 

 species having these qualities so 

 highly developed as to become 

 poisonous, contains the potato 

 and tobacco plants : Solaneae, n. 

 plu., sdl'dn'-8>e, a Sub-order of 

 plants: Solanum, n., sol-an'um, 

 an extensive genus of plants, 

 many having a showy, ornamental 

 appearance : Solanum dulcamara, 

 dulk f 'dm'dr''d (L. dulcis, sweet ; 

 amdrus, bitter), Bitter-sweet or 

 Woody Nightshade, has diaphor- 

 etic properties, a decoction of the 

 twigs useful in certain cutaneous 

 diseases, and the scarlet berries 

 are not poisonous : S. nigrum, 

 nig'rum (L. nigrum, black), a 

 species whose black berries have 

 been used in tarts, but the plant 

 is a virulent poison : S. tuberos- 

 um, tub^er-oz-um (L. tub$rosus, 

 having fleshy knobs from tuber, 

 a protuberance), the well-known 

 Potato plant, producing nutritious, 

 starchy tubers : S. melongena, 

 m^l'dnfen'd (Gr. melon, an apple; 

 g%nos, birth, production), yields 

 the Aubergine, an edible fruit ; 

 the mad apple : S. laciniatum, 

 Ifoln'l-alf'iim (L. lacmiatus, 

 jagged, indented from laclnia, 

 a flap, a lappet), the Kangaroo 

 apple, eaten in Tasmania : S. 

 ovigerum, ov-idf-%r-um(L. ovum, 

 an egg ; gero, I bear), produces 

 the fruit Egg apple : S. vescum, 

 v$s&nm (L. vescus, small, feeble, 

 fine), the Gunyang of Australia, 



