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Webster 1913 Edition
Soe
Soe
,Noun.
[Scot.
sae
, say
, saye
; cf. Icel. sār
a large cask, Sw. s[GREEK]
a tub.] A large wooden vessel for holding water; a cowl.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Dr. H. More.
Webster 1828 Edition
Soe
SOE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
soe
soe
English
Noun
soe (plural soes)
- (obsolete) a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
- "... no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe-fuls"
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
Friulian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin, Late Latin soca. Compare Romansh suga, suja, soua, sua, Venetian soga, Albanian shokë, French suage, Spanish and Portuguese soga.
Noun
soe f (plural sois)
Synonyms
- (rope): cuarde
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *suo, from Proto-Germanic *sō, originally the feminine demonstrative pronoun. Compare Old English sēo, Old Norse sú, Gothic 𐍃𐍉 (sō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zuə/, /zu/
Pronoun
soe
- (chiefly East and West Flanders) Alternative form of si (feminine singular)
Portuguese
Verb
soe
- First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of soar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of soar
- First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of soar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of soar
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of soar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of soar