sossn.¹

Forms: Also Middle English sos, soos, 1500s sose, 1500s–1600s sosse.

Etymology: ? Imitative of the sound of lapping.

Now dialect.

†a. (See quots.) Obsolete. rare.In many English dialects soss is used as a call to dogs and pigs at feeding-time.

ΚΠ

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 465 Sos, howndysmete,..cantabrum.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/1 Sosse or a rewarde for houndes, whan they have taken their game, hvuee.

b. Scottish and dialect. A sloppy mess or mixture; a dish of food having this character.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [noun] > sloppy food

pap1286

messa1500

pults?1550

slop1658

slip-slop1675

soss1691

slop-dash1817

slosh1819

sozzle1823

slush1898

the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > a semi-fluid substance or mass

sklucec1430

pap1435

slurryc1440

cream1540

batter1601

slabbermenta1620

swill1665

soss1691

porridge1700

cremor1701

sludge1702

semifluid1731

sludder1796

sloppery1832

slob1885

slabber1887

slather1928

gunk1949

1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 66 A Soss, a mucky Puddle.

a1728 Kennett MSS. (Halliw.) Of any one that mixes several slops, or makes any place wet and dirty, we say in Kent, he makes a soss.

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Soss, a large dish of flummery.

1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 128 Tea sosses ought not to be endured in the manse kitchen..: porridge is infinitely preferable.

1847 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. 164 Lucky could furnish forth a soss—that is stew.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 137 You mak such sosses, for all the world like pigs.

2. A sloven, slut, or slattern.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] > woman or girl

slut1402

dawa1500

drab?1518

dawkin1565

suss?1565

mab1568

drassock1573

daggle-tail1577

drossel1581

driggle-draggle1588

draggle-tail1596

soss1611

slatternc1640

slutterya1652

feague1664

traipse1676

drazel1678

mopsy1699

dab1736

slammerkin1737

rubbacrock1746

trollop1753

dratchell1755

heap1806

dolly-mop1834

sozzle1848

tat1936

scrubber1959

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Halebreda,..a luske, a slouch; a sosse.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 625/2 A bonny soss o' a wife Nancy Taylor 'ud mak'!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

sossn.²

/sɒs/

Etymology: Imitative: compare soss v.² and sosh n.¹

Chiefly dialect.

1. The sound made by a heavy, soft body falling upon or otherwise coming in contact with a surface; a heavy, awkward fall. Chiefly in the phrase with a soss.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > heavy fall

squatc1350

plump1596

gulch1671

sosh1687

soss1718

swaga1728

souse1774

dunt1828

swat1847

slump1850

gutser1918

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > thud

daud1596

sosh1687

soss1718

devel1787

dump1820

thud1825

duff1859

pob1871

thrump1871

clump1891

plonk1903

plodding1905

plup1911

wumph1913

whump1915

whomp1926

whumping1928

clonking1930

bonk1933

bonking1944

thuck1948

doof1989

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 24 And wi a Soss aboon the Claiths, Ilk ane their Gifts doun flang.

1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 346 ‘To fall with a soss', to fall plumb.

1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Soss, noise made by the fall of something heavy and soft.

1901 A. Trotter E. Galloway Sketches 59/2 Sandy came and sat down with a ‘soss’ on a chest by her bedside.

2. The sound made by impact upon water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > splashing > specific caused by impact

plasha1522

plouter1806

ploutering1862

soss1885

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 May 4/1 The soss, soss of her bows as she ‘punches’ the waves asunder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

sossv.¹

Etymology: < soss n.¹

Now northern dialect and Scottish.

a. transitive. To make foul or dirty.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty [verb (transitive)]

uncleanseOE

horyc1200

befoulc1320

behorewe1340

file1340

flobber1377

smatterc1386

foulc1400

slurryc1440

filtha1450

sowla1450

sollc1480

bawdy1495

squagea1500

arrayc1525

ray1526

bawdc1529

beray1530

filthify1545

belime1555

soss1557

embroyn1566

dirt1570

filthy1581

turpifya1586

dirty1591

muck1618

bedirt1622

bedirty1623

smooch1631

dight1632

fewma1637

snuddle1661

bepaw1684

puddle1698

nasty1707

muddify1739

scavenger1806

mucky1828

squalidize1837

mullock1861

muddy1893

1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.ii Their milke slapt in corners, their creame al to sost.

1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 45 Hir milk pan & creame pot, so slabberd and sost.

b. ? To drench, soak.

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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)]

drenchc1000

washc1275

drowna1300

drunkena1300

drunka1382

bewetc1400

bedrenchc1450

bucka1513

sowp1513

drooka1522

sousea1542

soaken1577

overdrown1579

soss1587

embay1590

steep1590

overdrencha1592

embathe1593

indrench1593

imbue1594

douse1606

besob1609

bucket1621

sob1625

dash1670

sop1682

saturate1696

float1729

water1754

sodden1812

douche1864

poach1881

tosh1883

sod1895

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Brennus ix The cause why so God Neptune did me tosse: Why boyling Seas with surges so me sosse.

2. intransitive. To splash in mud or dirt. Also Scottish, to make or use sloppy food or other messes.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water

swalter?a1400

puddle1440

swalperc1540

swatter?1553

poss1575

soss1575

dabble1611

dibble1622

switter?a1800

plouter1808

squatter1808

slosh1844

splosh1930

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > be or become dirty or soiled with specific kinds of dirt [verb (intransitive)] > be dirty by being trailed in mud > wallow or dabble in mud

muddlea1450

moila1566

soss1575

spuddle1630

mudlark1870

1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iv. sig. Aiiii Cham faine a brode to dyg and delue, in water, myre and claye Sossing and possing in the durte.

1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 131/2 Soss, to..tread heavily—implying a forceful yielding to pressure, as when..the feet plash through it [sc. mud].

1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 The three wise Maries come, Sossing through seamless waters.

3. transitive. To lap or lick up. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > lap

soss1598

slap1608

lapa1616

the world > space > relative position > posture > action of leaning on or against something > lean on or against [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body

resta1250

pillow1611

soss1703

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Eunuch v. iv, in Terence in Eng. 177 They will slabber & sosse up browne bread in pottage.

1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Sosse, [v., a word] proper to dogs.

1781– in northern dial. glossaries.

1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 375 T' dog 's sossin all t' cat milk.

Derivatives

ˈsossing n.

ΚΠ

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. vi. 164 A wheen cork-headed, barmy-brained gowks! that wunna let puir folk sae muckle as die in quiet, wi' their sossings and their soopings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

sossv.²

Etymology: Compare soss n.²

Now dialect and Scottish.

†1. transitive. To put up so as to rest softly. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 19 Mar. (1948) I. 219 I went to-day into the city, but in a coach, and sossed up my leg on the seat.

†2. intransitive. To move gently; to lounge lazily. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)]

creepc1175

lugc1400

to hold (also keep) foot withc1438

crawlc1460

lounge?a1513

slug1565

drawl1566

draggle1577

fodge1581

snail1582

laggerc1620

slagger1622

snail1628

flod1674

delay1690

to drag one’s slow length along1711

soss1711

loiter1728

trail1744

sidle1781

soodle1821

linger1826

ooze1847

slope1851

laggard1864

dawdle1872

tiddle1882

oozle1958

pootle1973

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf

luskc1330

lubber1530

to play the truant, -s1560

lazea1592

lazy1612

meecha1625

lounge1671

saunter1672

sloungea1682

slive1707

soss1711

lolpoop1722

muzz1758

shack1787

hulkc1793

creolize1802

maroon1808

shackle1809

sidle1828

slinge1834

sossle1837

loaf1838

mike1838

to sit around1844

hawm1847

wanton1847

sozzle1848

mooch1851

slosh1854

bum1857

flane1876

slummock1877

dead-beat1881

to lop about1881

scow1901

scowbank1901

stall1916

doss1937

plotz1941

lig1960

loon1969

1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 June (1948) I. 290 Yes, yes, I remember Berested's bridge, the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way, just as at Hockley in the Hole.

1735 J. Swift Stella at Wood-Park in Wks. II. 213 Poor Stella must pack off to Town..From wholesome Exercise and Air To sossing in an easy Chair.

a. To fall with a thud or heavy impact. Also spec. in Mining.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > heavily

waddlec1400

souse1596

squab1755

soss1789

slump1844

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > thud

soss1789

thud1796

flump1816

whump1897

phut1901

bonk1929

whunk1935

clonk1963

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 100 Providence oft gets into one scale, To keep the proper poise, when easfu' bliss, Into the other, sosses, overpond'rous.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Soss, to fall down as a dead weight, to come to the ground as it were all in a piece.

1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 230 Sos, to sink into the floor under great pressure from over~lying strata.

1898 C. J. C. Hyne Adventures Capt. Kettle 294 Looks like as if they were going to soss down slap on top of us.

b. To sit down heavily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > sit down > heavily or unceremoniously

soss1790

(to sit) flat down1852

dump1891

plonk1932

plotz1941

1790 A. Wilson Poems 237 We'll hotch awa'..And soss down on yon sinny stane.

1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) 'Er sossed down i' the cheer all at wunst.

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4. transitive. To cast or throw heavily.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

sossadv.

Etymology: Compare soss n.², soss v.²

Now dialect.

With a heavy fall or dull thud.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adverb] > non-resonant impact sound > thud

soss1761

flump1790

thud1880

thuddingly1904

plonk1914

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxiv. 129 Mrs. Bridget..fell backwards soss against the bridge.

1862– in northern glossaries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

> see also

also refers to : soss-comb. form

n.¹c1440

n.²1718

v.¹1557

v.²1711

adv.1761

单词	soss
释义	sossn.¹ Forms: Also Middle English sos, soos, 1500s sose, 1500s–1600s sosse. Etymology: ? Imitative of the sound of lapping. Now dialect. 1. †a. (See quots.) Obsolete. rare.In many English dialects soss is used as a call to dogs and pigs at feeding-time. ΚΠ c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 465 Sos, howndysmete,..cantabrum. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 273/1 Sosse or a rewarde for houndes, whan they have taken their game, hvuee. b. Scottish and dialect. A sloppy mess or mixture; a dish of food having this character. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [noun] > sloppy food pap1286 messa1500 pults?1550 slop1658 slip-slop1675 soss1691 slop-dash1817 slosh1819 sozzle1823 slush1898 the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > a semi-fluid substance or mass sklucec1430 pap1435 slurryc1440 cream1540 batter1601 slabbermenta1620 swill1665 soss1691 porridge1700 cremor1701 sludge1702 semifluid1731 sludder1796 sloppery1832 slob1885 slabber1887 slather1928 gunk1949 1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 66 A Soss, a mucky Puddle. a1728 Kennett MSS. (Halliw.) Of any one that mixes several slops, or makes any place wet and dirty, we say in Kent, he makes a soss. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Soss, a large dish of flummery. 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 128 Tea sosses ought not to be endured in the manse kitchen..: porridge is infinitely preferable. 1847 R. Chambers Trad. Edinb. 164 Lucky could furnish forth a soss—that is stew. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 137 You mak such sosses, for all the world like pigs. 2. A sloven, slut, or slattern. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] > woman or girl slut1402 dawa1500 drab?1518 dawkin1565 suss?1565 mab1568 drassock1573 daggle-tail1577 drossel1581 driggle-draggle1588 draggle-tail1596 soss1611 slatternc1640 slutterya1652 feague1664 traipse1676 drazel1678 mopsy1699 dab1736 slammerkin1737 rubbacrock1746 trollop1753 dratchell1755 heap1806 dolly-mop1834 sozzle1848 tat1936 scrubber1959 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Halebreda,..a luske, a slouch; a sosse. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 625/2 A bonny soss o' a wife Nancy Taylor 'ud mak'! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). sossn.² /sɒs/ Etymology: Imitative: compare soss v.² and sosh n.¹ Chiefly dialect. 1. The sound made by a heavy, soft body falling upon or otherwise coming in contact with a surface; a heavy, awkward fall. Chiefly in the phrase with a soss. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > [noun] > heavy fall squatc1350 plump1596 gulch1671 sosh1687 soss1718 swaga1728 souse1774 dunt1828 swat1847 slump1850 gutser1918 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > thud daud1596 sosh1687 soss1718 devel1787 dump1820 thud1825 duff1859 pob1871 thrump1871 clump1891 plonk1903 plodding1905 plup1911 wumph1913 whump1915 whomp1926 whumping1928 clonking1930 bonk1933 bonking1944 thuck1948 doof1989 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 24 And wi a Soss aboon the Claiths, Ilk ane their Gifts doun flang. 1796 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. (ed. 2) II. 346 ‘To fall with a soss', to fall plumb. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. Gloss. Soss, noise made by the fall of something heavy and soft. 1901 A. Trotter E. Galloway Sketches 59/2 Sandy came and sat down with a ‘soss’ on a chest by her bedside. 2. The sound made by impact upon water. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > splashing > specific caused by impact plasha1522 plouter1806 ploutering1862 soss1885 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 May 4/1 The soss, soss of her bows as she ‘punches’ the waves asunder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2019). sossv.¹ Etymology: < soss n.¹ Now northern dialect and Scottish. 1. a. transitive. To make foul or dirty. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty [verb (transitive)] uncleanseOE horyc1200 befoulc1320 behorewe1340 file1340 flobber1377 smatterc1386 foulc1400 slurryc1440 filtha1450 sowla1450 sollc1480 bawdy1495 squagea1500 arrayc1525 ray1526 bawdc1529 beray1530 filthify1545 belime1555 soss1557 embroyn1566 dirt1570 filthy1581 turpifya1586 dirty1591 muck1618 bedirt1622 bedirty1623 smooch1631 dight1632 fewma1637 snuddle1661 bepaw1684 puddle1698 nasty1707 muddify1739 scavenger1806 mucky1828 squalidize1837 mullock1861 muddy1893 1557 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandrie sig. C.ii Their milke slapt in corners, their creame al to sost. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 45 Hir milk pan & creame pot, so slabberd and sost. b. ? To drench, soak. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] drenchc1000 washc1275 drowna1300 drunkena1300 drunka1382 bewetc1400 bedrenchc1450 bucka1513 sowp1513 drooka1522 sousea1542 soaken1577 overdrown1579 soss1587 embay1590 steep1590 overdrencha1592 embathe1593 indrench1593 imbue1594 douse1606 besob1609 bucket1621 sob1625 dash1670 sop1682 saturate1696 float1729 water1754 sodden1812 douche1864 poach1881 tosh1883 sod1895 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Brennus ix The cause why so God Neptune did me tosse: Why boyling Seas with surges so me sosse. 2. intransitive. To splash in mud or dirt. Also Scottish, to make or use sloppy food or other messes. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > splash or move about in (shallow) water swalter?a1400 puddle1440 swalperc1540 swatter?1553 poss1575 soss1575 dabble1611 dibble1622 switter?a1800 plouter1808 squatter1808 slosh1844 splosh1930 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > be or become dirty or soiled with specific kinds of dirt [verb (intransitive)] > be dirty by being trailed in mud > wallow or dabble in mud muddlea1450 moila1566 soss1575 spuddle1630 mudlark1870 1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle i. iv. sig. Aiiii Cham faine a brode to dyg and delue, in water, myre and claye Sossing and possing in the durte. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. 131/2 Soss, to..tread heavily—implying a forceful yielding to pressure, as when..the feet plash through it [sc. mud]. 1951 W. H. Auden Nones (1952) 39 The three wise Maries come, Sossing through seamless waters. 3. transitive. To lap or lick up. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > lap soss1598 slap1608 lapa1616 the world > space > relative position > posture > action of leaning on or against something > lean on or against [verb (transitive)] > specific part of body resta1250 pillow1611 soss1703 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Eunuch v. iv, in Terence in Eng. 177 They will slabber & sosse up browne bread in pottage. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 427 Sosse, [v., a word] proper to dogs. 1781– in northern dial. glossaries. 1892 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk 375 T' dog 's sossin all t' cat milk. Derivatives ˈsossing n. ΚΠ 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. vi. 164 A wheen cork-headed, barmy-brained gowks! that wunna let puir folk sae muckle as die in quiet, wi' their sossings and their soopings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sossv.² Etymology: Compare soss n.² Now dialect and Scottish. †1. transitive. To put up so as to rest softly. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 19 Mar. (1948) I. 219 I went to-day into the city, but in a coach, and sossed up my leg on the seat. †2. intransitive. To move gently; to lounge lazily. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > move or go slowly [verb (intransitive)] creepc1175 lugc1400 to hold (also keep) foot withc1438 crawlc1460 lounge?a1513 slug1565 drawl1566 draggle1577 fodge1581 snail1582 laggerc1620 slagger1622 snail1628 flod1674 delay1690 to drag one’s slow length along1711 soss1711 loiter1728 trail1744 sidle1781 soodle1821 linger1826 ooze1847 slope1851 laggard1864 dawdle1872 tiddle1882 oozle1958 pootle1973 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > be slothful or lazy [verb (intransitive)] > idle or loaf luskc1330 lubber1530 to play the truant, -s1560 lazea1592 lazy1612 meecha1625 lounge1671 saunter1672 sloungea1682 slive1707 soss1711 lolpoop1722 muzz1758 shack1787 hulkc1793 creolize1802 maroon1808 shackle1809 sidle1828 slinge1834 sossle1837 loaf1838 mike1838 to sit around1844 hawm1847 wanton1847 sozzle1848 mooch1851 slosh1854 bum1857 flane1876 slummock1877 dead-beat1881 to lop about1881 scow1901 scowbank1901 stall1916 doss1937 plotz1941 lig1960 loon1969 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 7 June (1948) I. 290 Yes, yes, I remember Berested's bridge, the coach sosses up and down as one goes that way, just as at Hockley in the Hole. 1735 J. Swift Stella at Wood-Park in Wks. II. 213 Poor Stella must pack off to Town..From wholesome Exercise and Air To sossing in an easy Chair. 3. a. To fall with a thud or heavy impact. Also spec. in Mining. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > heavily waddlec1400 souse1596 squab1755 soss1789 slump1844 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > thud soss1789 thud1796 flump1816 whump1897 phut1901 bonk1929 whunk1935 clonk1963 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 100 Providence oft gets into one scale, To keep the proper poise, when easfu' bliss, Into the other, sosses, overpond'rous. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) To Soss, to fall down as a dead weight, to come to the ground as it were all in a piece. 1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 230 Sos, to sink into the floor under great pressure from over~lying strata. 1898 C. J. C. Hyne Adventures Capt. Kettle 294 Looks like as if they were going to soss down slap on top of us. b. To sit down heavily. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of sitting > be sitting or seated [verb (intransitive)] > sit down > heavily or unceremoniously soss1790 (to sit) flat down1852 dump1891 plonk1932 plotz1941 1790 A. Wilson Poems 237 We'll hotch awa'..And soss down on yon sinny stane. 1882 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. (at cited word) 'Er sossed down i' the cheer all at wunst. Categories » 4. transitive. To cast or throw heavily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2019). sossadv. Etymology: Compare soss n.², soss v.² Now dialect. With a heavy fall or dull thud. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [adverb] > non-resonant impact sound > thud soss1761 flump1790 thud1880 thuddingly1904 plonk1914 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxiv. 129 Mrs. Bridget..fell backwards soss against the bridge. 1862– in northern glossaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018). > see also also refers to : soss-comb. form < n.¹c1440n.²1718v.¹1557v.²1711adv.1761 see also
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