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SOOSOO, a small town of Sumatra, on the west coast, 
situated at the bottom of a bay, of which Cape Felix forms 
the western extremity. The anchorage is about 3 miles 
from the town, in 18 or 20 fathoms, Cape Felix being west- 
by-north, and the town north-east-by-east. There is much 
foul ground, with a rocky bottom in the bay. The in¬ 
habitants exchange pepper for gold dust. Lat. 3. 45. N. 
long. 97. 10. E. 
SOOSOOHOONAN, a district of Java, on the south side 
of the island, formerly extending to the north coast, and 
including the territories of Cheribon, and the greatest part 
of the island, under the title of the empire of Java; but it 
is much fallen from its ancient grandeur, and in the last cen¬ 
tury was divided into two parts. Embarrassed by the 
rebellion of Manko Boeni, a prince of the blood, the 
emperor made a cession of his dominions to the Dutch, who, 
in return, granted him half back again as their vassal, under 
the title of sultan; and the other half, including the city of 
Mataram, and its district, to Manko Boeni, on the same 
terms. Prior to 1740, this sovereign was still proprietor of 
all the territory to the east of Cheribon ; but he lost part of 
his dominions in another contest with the Dutch. The 
dynasty, however, still continues; and in December 1813, 
Soerecarta, his capital, was visited by Mr. Raffles, the 
British governor of Java, who was graciously received; and 
his account of the entertainment winch took place, indicates 
a degree of civilization greater than could have been expected 
in the centre of Java. 
SOOT, s. jjofc, poot, Saxon; soot, Icelandic; soet, 
Dutch.] Condensed or embodied smoke.— Soot, though 
thin spread in a field, is a very good compost. Bacon. 
SOOTA, a town of Japan, on the northern coast of the 
island of Sado. 
SOOTE, or Sote, adj. Sweet. Obsolete. See Sweet. 
SOOTED, adj. Smeared, manured, or covered with 
soot.—The land was sooted before. Mortimer. 
SOO'TERKIN, s. A kind of false birth fabled to be 
produced by the Dutch women from sitting over their 
stoves. 
When Jove was, from his teeming head, 
Of wit's fair goddess brought to bed, 
There follow'd at his lying-in, 
For after-birth a sooterkin. Swift. 
SOOTH, s. [poS, Sax.] Truth; reality. Obsolete. 
Sir, understand you this of me in sooth. 
The youngest daughter, whom you hearken for, 
Her father keeps from all access of suitors, 
Until the elder sister first be wed. Shakspeare. 
Prognostication. 
Tryed time yet taught me greater thinges; 
The sodain rising of the raging seas, 
The soothe of byrdes by beating of their winges. Spenser. 
Sweetness; kindness. This seems to be the meaning here. 
That 'ere this tongue of mine, 
That laid the sentence of dread banishment 
On yon proud man, should take it off again 
With words of sooth. Shakspeare. 
SOOTH, adj. [pot$, Sax.] True; faithful; that may be 
relied on. 
If thou speak’st false, 
Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, 
Till famine cling thee: if thy speech be sooth, 
I care not if thou dost for me as much. Shakspeare. 
To SOOTHE, ». a. [je-pociian, Sax.] This word is 
better written with the final e, to distinguish it from sooth .] 
To flatter; to please with blandishments. 
In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate 
The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. Shakspeare. 
Can I soothe tyranny! 
Seem pleas’d to see my royal master murder’d, 
His crown usurp’d, a distaff in the throne? Dr 7/den. 
To calm; to soften ; to mollify. 
The beldame 
Soothes her with blandishments, and frights with threats. 
Dryden. 
To gratify; to please. 
This calm’d his cares; sooth'd with his future fame, 
And pleas’d to hear his propagated name. Dryden. 
SOOTHER, s. A flatterer; one who gains by blan¬ 
dishments. 
I cannot flatter: I defy 
The tongues of soothers. Shakspeare. 
SOOTHILL, or Southill, a township of England, 
West Riding of Yorkshire; 6 miles north-west of Wakefield. 
Population 2609. 
SOOTHINGLY, adv. With blandishments; with flat¬ 
tery.—Herewithal Anselmo rested the most soothingly and 
contentedly deceived• that could be found in the world. 
Shelton. 
SOO'THLY, adv. [poSIice, Sax. Spenser uses the Saxon 
form, soothlich. ] In truth; really.—He was fain to use his 
wits, and soothly to tell them, I have seen your face. Hales. 
To SOOTHSAY, 0 . n. To predict; to foretell.—A dam¬ 
sel, possessed with a spirit of divination, met us, which 
brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Acts. 
SOOTHSAY, or Soo'thsaying, s. [poS-paja, Saxon. 
Spenser sometimes writes it southsay; which see.] True 
saying; veracity : the Saxon meaning. 
Thou must discover all thy working, 
How thou servest, and of what thing, 
Though that thou shouldest for thy soth-saw 
Ben all to betin. Chaucer. 
Prediction. 
Well seene in every science that mote be. 
And every secret worke of nature’s wayes. 
In wittie riddles, and in wise soothsayes. Spenser. 
SOOTHSAYER, s. A foreteller; a predictcr; a prog¬ 
nosticator. 
SOO'TINESS, s. The quality of being sooty ; fuligin¬ 
ousness. 
SOOTY, adj. [Sax. pocig.] Breeding soot. 
By fire of sooty coal the alchymist turns 
Metals to gold. Milton. 
Consisting of soot; fuliginous.—There may be some cby- 
rnical way so to defecate this oil, that it shall not spend into 
a sooty matter. Wilkins. —Black ; dark ; dusky.—All hell 
run out, and sooty flags display. P. Fletcher. 
To SOOTY, 0 . a. To make black with soot. 
Then (for his own weeds) shirt and coat all rent, 
Tarm’d and all sootied with noisome smoke, 
She put him on and over all her cloke. Chapman. 
SOOTY, a town of Bengal, situated near the head of the 
Bhagamtty or Cossimbazar river. The nabob Seraje 
Addowlah caused, in the year 1757, piles to be driven into 
the river, to prevent the British flotilla from passing up that 
way, which has of course much injured the navigation. 
Here an action was fought in the year 1763, between the 
British and the troops of Cossim Aly Khan, in which the 
latter were defeated. Lat. 24. 26. N. long. 88. 2• Er— 
There are several other towns of this name in Hindostan, 
but none of consequence. 
SOP, s. [pop, Sax.; soppe, Teut.; suppe. Germ, from 
pypan, soppen, supen, macerare, humectare, intingere panem 
in jus. See Wachter, and Kilian.] Anything steeped in 
liquor, commonly to be eaten.— Sops in wine, quantity for 
quantity, inebriate more than wine of itself. Bacon. —Any 
thing given to pacify, from the sop given to Cerberus. 
The prudent sibyl had before prepar’d 
A sop, in honey steep’d, to charm the guard, 
Which mix’d with powerful drugs, she cast before 
His greedy grinning jaws, just op’d to roar, Dryden. 
To SOP, 0 , a. To steep in liquor. 
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