sou 
sou 
if at all, be wrought; the delfs would be so flown with waters 
it being impossible to make any addits or soughs to drain 
them, that no gins or machines could suffice to ky and keep 
them dry. Rat/. 
SOUGHT. The pret. and participle pass, of seek. —I am 
sought of them that asketh not for me: I am found of them 
that sought me not. Isa. 
SOUHAJE, a large village of Upper Egypt; 7 leagues 
south of Tahta. 
SOUILLAC, a town of France, department of the Lot, 
on the Dordogne, with 1300 inhabitants. It has some 
manufactures of linen, and a considerable trade in leather 
and salt. Lat. 44. 53. N. long. 1. 34. E. 
SOUILLY, a town of France, department of the Meuse, 
with 800 inhabitants: 7 miles south-south-west of Verdun. 
SOUI-TCHEOU, a city of China, of the first rank, situ¬ 
ated at the confluence of the rivers Yan and Kincha. The 
country round is fertile, though mountainous, and the place 
carries on a considerable trade. Lat. 28. 40. N. long. 104. 
23. E. 
SOUI-TE, a city of China, of the second rank, in the 
province of Chan si. Lat. 37. 38. N. long. 109. 34. E. 
SOUKENE, a small sea-port of Tripoli, in Africa; 130 
miles south of Tripoli. 
SOUL, s. [j'aul, Saxon; saal. Icel. seele. Germ, saiwala, 
Goth, consent, aliis ling, et dialect, bene multis. Serenius. 
The old form of our word was saul. ‘‘By Christe’s saute.” 
Chaucer.]—The immaterial and immortal spirit of man. 
Perhaps for want of food the soul may pine; 
But that were strange, since all things bad and good; 
Since all God’s creatures, mortal and divine; 
Since God himself is her eternal food. Davies. 
Intellectual principle.—Eloquence the soul, song charms 
the sense. Milton. —Vital principle. 
Thou almost mak’st me waver in my faith; 
To hold opinion with Pythagoras, 
That souls of animals infuse themselves 
Into the trunks of men. Shakspeare. 
Spirit; essence; quintessence; principal part.—He has 
the very soul of bounty. Shakspeare. —Interior power. 
There is some soul of goodness in things evil. 
Would men observingly distil it out. Shakspeare. 
A familiar appellation expressing the qualities of the 
mind. 
Three wenches where I stood cry’d 
“ Alas, good soul /” Shakspeare. 
Human being. 
My state of health none care to learn; 
My life is here no soul's concern. Swift. 
Active power. 
Earth, air and seas, through empty space would rowl, 
And heaven would fly before the driving soul. Dry den. 
Spirit; fire; grandeur of mind. 
That he wants caution, he must needs confess; 
But not a soul to give our arms success. Young. 
Intelligent being in general.-—Every soul in heaven shall 
bend the knee; Milton. 
To SOUL, ». a.. To endure with a soul: an old verb. 
We still use souled; as, narrow -souled, largely -souled, and 
the like. 
That Fadre’s Sonne which alle thinges wrought; 
And all that wrought is with a skilful thought, 
The Gost, that from the Fader gan procede, 
Hath souled them withouten any drede. Chaucer. 
To SOUL, or Sowl, v. n. [pupl, Saxon, obsonium. 
Northumb. Gloss, at the end of Ray, in V. Soon. Sool or 
sowle, any thing eaten with bread. North. Grose.'] To 
afford suitable sustenance. 
I have, sweet wench, a piece of cheese, as good as tooth may 
chawe, 
And bread and wildings souling well. Warner. 
SOUL-BELL, s. The passing-bell. Obsolete. See 
367 
Passing-bell. —We call them soul-bells, for that they 
signify the departure of the soul, not for that they help the 
passage of the soul. Bp. Hall. 
SOUL-DISEASED, adj. Diseased in mind; soul-sick. 
[He] had great insight 
In that disease of grieved conscience. 
And well could cure the same; his name was Patience : 
Who, coming to that soul-diseased knight. 
Could hardly him intereat to tell his grief. Spenser. 
SOULAINES, a town of France, in Burgundy, in the 
department of the Aube. Population 800; 27 miles east 
of Troyes. 
SOULANGE, a seigniory of Lower Canada, which 
stretches four leagues on the north bank of the St. Lawrence. 
SOULBURY, a parish of England, in Buckinghamshire ; 
4J miles south of Fenny Stratford. Population 515. 
SOULBY, a township of England, in Westmoreland; 
miles north-west of Kirkby Stephen. 
SOULDERN, a parish of England, in Oxfordshire. 
Population 449. 
SO'ULDIER. See Soldier. 
SOULDROP, a parish of England, in Bedfordshire; 10£ 
miles north-north-west of Bedford. 
SO'ULED, adj. Furnished with mind. 
Griping, and still tenacious of thy hold, 
Wou’d’st thou the Grecian chiefs, though largely soul'd, 
Shou’d give the prizes they had gain’d before. Dry den. 
SOULI. See Suli. 
SOULIERS, a small town of France, department of the 
Var ; 9 miles from Toulon. 
SO'ULLESS, adj. [paul-leap, Saxon.] Without soul, 
without life.-—Their holiness is the very outward work itself, 
being a brainless head and soulless body. Sir E. Sandys. 
Mean; low; spiritless.—Slave, soulless villain, dog, O rarely 
base l Shakspeare . 
SOUL-SHOT, s. Something paid for a soul’s requiem 
among the Romanists.—In the Saxon times there was a 
funeral duty to be paid, called pecunia sepulchralis et sym- 
bolum animce, and in Saxon soul-shot. Aylifje. 
SOUL-SICK, adj. Diseased in mind: a forcible expres¬ 
sion.—Mankind is mortally soul-sick. Bp. Hall. 
I am soul-sick, 
And wither with the fear of one condemn’d, 
Till I have got your pardon. Beautn. and FI. 
SOULTZ, or Sulz, a town of France, in Alsace, with 
1300 inhabitants. 
SOULTZMATT, a village of France, department of the 
Upper Rhine, on the Ombach, with 2100 inhabitants. Near 
it are salt and mineral springs; 9 miles south of Colmar. 
SOUMENSAC, a town of France, department of the Lot 
and Garonne. Population 1500; 16 miles north-east of 
Marmande. 
SOUND, adj. [punb, Sax.] Healthy; hearty; not mor¬ 
bid ; not diseased; not hurt. 
I am fall’n out with my more headier will. 
To take the indispos’d and sickly fit 
For the sound man. Shakspeare. 
Right; not erroneous; orthodox.—Whom although to 
know be life,- and joy to make mention of his name; 
yet our soundest knowledge is to know that we know 
him not as indeed he is, neither can know him : and 
our safest eloquence concerning him is silence. Hooker .— 
Stout; strong; lusty.—The men are very strong and able 
of body; and therefore either give sound strokes with their 
clubs wherewith they fight, or else shoot strong shots with 
their bows. Abbot .—Valid; not failing.—They reserved 
their titles, tenures and signiories whole and sound to them¬ 
selves. Spenser. —Fast; hearty. It is applied to sleep. 
New wak’d from soundest sleep, 
Soft on the flow’ry herb I found me laid 
In balmy sweat. Milton. 
SOUND, adv. Soundly; heartily; completely fast.— 
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