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Kings that rule 
Behind the hidden sources of the Nile. Addison. 
Original; first cause. 
Of himself is none; 
But that eternal Infinite, and One, 
Who never did begin, who ne’er can end. 
On Him all beings, as their source, depend. Dryden. 
First producer. 
Famous Greece, 
That source of art and cultivated thought, 
Which they to Rome, and Romans hither brought. Waller. 
SO'URDET, [from sourd, Fr.] The little pipe of a 
trumpet. 
SOURDON, the local name of a bivalve shell-fish found 
on the coast of Poitou. 
SOURDEVAL DE LA BARRE, a town of France, 
department of La Manche, with 4000 inhabitants. It has 
some manufactures of paper; 6 miles north of Mortain. 
SOURE, a town of Estremadura ; 12 miles south-west of 
Coimbra. Population 3200. 
SOURERA, a town of Hiudostan, province of the Cir- 
cars, and district of Ganjarn. Lat. 19. 53. N. long. 84. 
37. E. 
SOURGOUTE, a small town of Asiatic Russia, situated 
on the northern bank of the Obi. The climate is so severe 
that no grain can be raised in the neighbourhood; but the 
river abounds in fish, and the territory in fur-bearing ani¬ 
mals, particularly white and black foxes. The place is 
surrounded with palisades, and contains 2 churches and 168 
houses. It is the residence of a commissary, who has the 
collecting of the annual tribute of furs paid by the Ostiaks, 
the sole inhabitants of this country. Opposite to this town 
a small branch separates and then unites with the Obi, called 
by the Russians Sourgoutka. 
SOURGOUTE, a river of Tobolsk, in Asiatic Russia, 
which falls into the Obi, close to the town of the same name, 
after a course of upwards of 100 miles. 
SOUR GUSLAN, a village 1 in the interior of Algiers, 
near the foot of mount Jurgura. 
SOURI, a village of Laristan, in Persia, on the Persian 
gulf; 38 miles south-west of Ormus. 
SO'URISH, adj. Somewhat sour.—By distillation we 
obtain a sourish spirit, which will dissolve coral. Boyle. 
SO'URLY, adv. With acidity. With acrimony. 
To this reply’d the stern Athenian prince. 
And sourly smil’d. Dryden. 
Painfully ; discontentedly.—As bad dispositions run into 
worser habits, the evening doth not crown but sourly con¬ 
clude the day. Brown. 
SO'URNESS, s. Acidity; austereness of taste.—'Has 
life no sourness, drawn so near its end ? Pope. —Asperity; 
harshness of temper.—Pelagius carped at the curious neatness 
of men’s apparel in those days, and, through the sourness 
of his disposition, spoke somewhat too hardly thereof. 
Hooker. 
SOURNIA, a town of France, department of the Eastern 
Pyrenees. Population 800 ; 21 miles west of Perpignan. 
SO'URSOP, s. [ guanabanus , Lat.] Custard-apple.— 
It grows in several parts of the Spanish West Indies, where 
it is cultivated for its fruits. Miller. 
SOURTON, a hamlet of England, in Devonshire; 4J 
miles south-west of Qakhampton. Population 484. 
SOUS, s. [sol, Fr.] A French penny. 
SOUSA, a town of Portugal, in the province of Beira; 16 
miles west of Oporto. Population 4000. 
SOUSE, s. [soute , salt, Dutch.] Pickle made of salt. 
Any thing kept parboiled in salt-pickle. 
I am sent to lay 
An imposition upon souse and puddings, 
Pasties and penny custards! Beaum. and FI. 
The ear; most properly that of a hog, from its being fre¬ 
quently pickled or soused. 
SOU 
To SOUSE, v. a. To parboil, or steep in pickle.—If I 
he not ashamed of my soldiers, I am a souced gurnet! 
Sha/cspeare. —To throw into water. A ludicrous sense .— 
They soused me into the Thames with as little remorse as 
they drown blind puppies. Shakspeare. 
To SOUSE, v. n. [from sous, or dessous, down, Fr.] 
To fall as a bird on its prey; to fall with violence. 
Jove’s bird will souse upon the timorous hare, 
And tender kids with his sharp talons tear. Dryden, jun. 
To SOUSE, v. a. To strike with sudden violence, as a 
bird strikes his prey. 
The gallant monarch is in arms; 
And like an eagle o’er his airy towr’s. 
To souse annoyance that comes near his nest. Shakspeare. 
SOUSE, s. Violent attack, as of a bird striking his 
prey. 
With that his murd’rous mace he up did reare, 
That seemed nought the souse thereof could beare, 
And therewith smote at him with all his might. Spenser. 
SOUSE, adv. With sudden violence. A low word. 
Such make a private study of the street. 
And looking full at every man they meet. 
Run souse against his chaps, who stands amaz’d, 
To find they did not see, but only gaz’d. Young. 
SOUSOU, a village of Anatolia, in Asiatic Turkey; 24 
miles north of Satalia. 
SOUSOUGHERLIC, a village of Anatolia, in Asiatic 
Turkey ; 20 miles south-east of Balikesri. 
SOUSSA-KEVI, a small town of Greece, on the isthmus 
of Corinth, corresponding to the ancient Sidus. 
SOUSTON, a town of France, in the department of the 
Landes, on a lake of the same name, with 2600 inhabitants; 
14 miles north-west of Dax. 
SOUSTONS, Etang de, a saltwater bay nearly inclosed 
by the land, in the south-west of France, near the Atlantic, 
department of the Landes. Lat. 43. 56. N. long. 1. 16. W. 
SOUTCHEOUFOU, a large city of China, capital of the 
eastern part of the province of Kiangnan. It is situated on 
the great canal, not far from its southern termination at 
Hangtcheoufou. Its site is so intersected by rivers and ca¬ 
nals, that Europeans compare it to Venice. It is one of the 
most beautiful and delightful cities of the empire, and the 
surrounding country is almost unequalled in point of ferti¬ 
lity. In this happy situation the inhabitants seem to have 
devoted themselves almost entirely to the enjoyment of life. 
All the arts which minister to pleasure are carried here to 
the highest perfection. From Soutcheoufou the rest of 
China is supplied with the best actors, rope dancers, and 
jugglers. It is particularly famed for the beauty of its 
females, and for the care with which their charms are 
embellished. In consequence of these attractions, it has 
become the residence of great numbers of the rich and 
voluptuous Chinese. It is a common saying in the empire, 
that paradise is in heaven, and Soutcheoufou is on earth. The 
walls are more than four leagues in compass, and the sub¬ 
urbs extend a great way along the canal, which is every¬ 
where covered with large barks, like floating houses, afford¬ 
ing a permanent abode to numerous inhabitants. There is 
an extensive manufacture here of brocade and embroidery. 
The continual motion of its immense number of inhabitants, 
and the crowd of strangers passing and repassing, gives the 
impression as if the trade of all the provinces centred in this 
city. Lat. 31. 22. N. long. 120. E. 
SOUT EL TELL, a mountain in the western part of 
Algiers; 30 miles north-east of Tlemsan. 
SO'UTER, s. [putepe, Sax.; sutor, Lat.] A shoe¬ 
maker ; a cobbler. 
I should be at least a senator.—A sowter, 
For that’s a place more fitted to thy nature. Beaum. and FI. 
A conqueror! a cobbler; hang him, sowter. Beaum. and 
FI. 
SO'UTERLY, adj. Like a cobbler ; low; vulgar.— 
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