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Sovereign contempt. This expres-sion is used to signify contempt that isshewn in the highest degree.

SOUl'FEE, Fr. the wind of a can-non.

SOUFFLER les canons, Fr. to scalepieces of ordnance. This is done, bymeans of a moderate charge of gun-powder, for tile purpose of cleaningthem.

Souffler, Fr. This word is usedfiguratively, among the French , and sig-nifies to do any thing underhand, or bystealth. Hence souffler la division , leftu de la dkcorde, to sow the seeds of,or secretly to blow up the embers ofdiscord.

Souffler un avancement , Fr. to ob-tain promotion, without having anyclaim from personal service or merit.To rise by underhaud or low means.—See Scabbard .

Souffler lefroid et le chaud , Fr. toblow hot and cold. This sort of cha-racter sometimes disgraces military life;especially within the purlieus of a court.

Souffler au poil, Fr. a term used infarriery, to signify that the pus or mat-ter oozes out of the crown of a horse’shoof, through the hair that grows roundif.

Souffler un exploit, Fr. to boast ofexploit which has never takenplace. The French also use the wordsouffler in an absolute sense, to signifyjoy fruitless attempt or wild scheme tobecome rich, by looking after tiie phi-losopher’s stone, and trying to make|old and silver by chemical operations.Hence il a depense tout son bleu amjjler, he has spent or wasted all hisproperty in visionary pursuits.

SOUFFLEURS, IV. a mean degradedset of men, who get military promotions

the espence of neglected merit, andsucceed in life by being subservient to®> e 'ices and caprices of imaginarygreatness.

SOUFFitIR, Fr. to bear; to sup-P 0 ^; to meet. Ilence souffrir unet( wp$te y to meet a storm.

. kouFiiuR une siege, Fr. to stand a«cge. b

Souffrir une attague , Fr. to stand

an attack.

Fr. a cavity or holeCl is frequently occasioned when

pieces of metal have been forged in toointense a fire. Cannon balls lose theirrequired weight by flaws of this sort.

SOUFRK, Fr. See Sulphur

SOUGARDE, Fr. guard, throat-bandof a gun. A semi-circular piece of braswhich is fixed beneath the trigger of amusquet., to prevent it from going offby accident.

Sou GA rdes. See D ec iiar geuus.

SOUGORGE, Fr. throat-band of abridle.

SOUKAllS, hid. a general name forbankers.

SOULER, Fr. to sully; to stain; todefile.

Souler ses mains de sang, Ft*, to sullyor stain one’s bauds with blood. Theauthor of the Krertch work, from \Miichwe occasionally extract matter, observeson this head, that soldiers, who onlyfollow the dictates of their duty, andobey the orders of their superiors,grounded in state necessity, cannot besaid to stain or defile themselves withblood, although in the heat of an ac-tion, they are obliged to be the blindinstruments of the most sanguinarymeasures. They only, let their sex bewhat it may, can be said to stain theirhands, and to be imbrued in blood, w,hocause the death of innocent persons.

SOULEVEMENT, Fr. Insurrec-tion, revolt.

SOULEVER, Fr. To stir up, toexcite to insurrection.

Se Soulever, Fr. To rise, to re-volt, to mutiny; Varmce s’est souleveecontra son general ; the army rose, ormutinied against its general.

SOUMETTRE, Fr. (As an activeverb) to subdue, to overcome, to reduceto subjection.

Se Soumettre, Fr. To submit one-self; to yield.

SOUMISSION, Fr. Submission.

, SOUMIS, ise, Fr. In fortification,to lie under, to be commanded. Tims,one work is said to be commanded, orHire sounds, whbn it is lower than ano-.ther. The same signification holdsgood with respect to heights or eleva-tions.

SOUND. Any thing audible, noise;that which is perceived by the ear.—The experiments are numerous bywhich it has been found, that sound$ Q 2 is