, VVhe;
SOM
^ 1 tartar per deliquium, poured into
and i ^f 1071 of any metal, precipitates the metal,cjiio r ; ae ? ** fall down to the bottom of the li-t,a Uhe ^ orm muc *> does not ar S ue^the 3 | Cl ^ P art i e l es are attracted more stronglyiUoi)p e 8a ^ lai ftar than by the metal, and by theoft a “ r attrition g0 from the metal to the salt, ? . Newton ’s Opticks ,
inJi ution a doubt *» removal of anActual difficulty.
^ich 0| ? et lnng yet of doubt remains,
° nl y thy solution can Tesolve.
Th ev • Milton's Paradise Lost .
Til], ffi e reins to wand’ring thoughts,
They j ”'eirown perplexities involv’d,
Ver find self-satisfying solution. Milton.
^Wq With hope and fear
a e ^ l * ie liew s °h Lt i° n h ear >
* l) <3 h n ydfides in his own augury,
Thi^ts. . . Dryden.
pi; * ns tructyou to give a plainer solutionp.^fute , u- Cu *des that may attend the theme, andb,ections - Watts '
tiv e , 1V e - adj. [from solvo, Lat ] Laxa-I’ho < j a ? s * n & relaxation.
?'><! *t would not be so abstersive, opening,n l|,| C !? ,!l mead, yet it will be more lenitive. r 'bseases. Bacon .
(lo r ,, T ° l °GY. n. s. lo-uu.ee and Aiyw.] The^> ne °f bodies.
tiv es ' A termination of many adjec-
of ’ w «ich denote quality or property
Mrijjj r thing. It is generally joined
1)^ |‘ l Su bstantive, as gamesome, [saam,
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[r°m, yum, Sax. sums, Goth.bi, t \ ^erm som, Dan. som, sommig,' ^o'r
fpig^ 01- less, noting an indeterminate
sS® frM <letl s °rne hundred men, where we foundMo,. . w «er. RaUivh.
some of the folk that are with me.
Gen. xxxiii.
^thbe? fewer > noting an indeterminate
y^ Ce » arid"*^' me > smne ^ ew y ou ' anc * see l * ie( J; and f ? ee * low lt can be made convenient for* i 1 ICn sen d ^ or y° ur S ‘ 1C ^' Bacon,
«** * persons. Some is often used^ e| y for some people ; part.
t(> th f ,^° me f° the shores do fly,jJhiiiuj ' v T°d3> or whither fear advis’d ;
^°t j? ffnn, all to destruction hye. Daniel .d»-M. le , neighbouring moon, as some have\r •hn’d.
,l '» t„.y'>Wr
Milton.
>V “ <,!, t vi e( H? ts reclaim from sins,
°^e if! Ur nfe and blest example wins. Dryd.
jip^S.y iL°PP ose d to some, or to others.
’f r' at tlle queen’s treasure, in so great>t'i . sbursements, is ftot always so ready;
* 00 8re^ a ' t * 33 nis. now some, and then some,5, > 4 : n impoverishment to her coffers,tt * s ad a Spenser on Ireland .
% n '* fl ed to a number, to shew that>i a,Il W is uncertain and conjec-
tu
M
;’Ws°! mt ? red with a strong storml Ce of a ° ^ le westward of Scilly, I he
Hi,
some
0 |. me westward of Scilly, X held it- hiM Conin5a nder to make a port.Baieigfi.two p, 1 eiiC ^ °f a creek JVIilbrook lurketll^Us, a village of some eighty houses.i e ,.» # Carew.
iatin 8 ^* lr ) ts Ostial, contrary to those of
}?d d). * u, dte not but when the object is at
'Sd^'mce. Barer,
object is at
% i?i»nS ,n,n 8 s » ft f ter * ie ^ ia( ^ continued at* TL e 'or e o while, returned unto the king,
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l »nd
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S O M
They have no black men amongst them, exceptsome few which dwell on the seacoast. Heulin.
He bore away the prize, to the admiration ofsome hundreds. Addison.
Your good-natur’d gods, they say,
Descent! some twice or thrice a day. Prior.Paint, patches, jewels laid aside,
At night astronomers agree,
The evening has the day bely’d
And Phyllis is some forty-three. Prior.
6, One; any,not determining which.
The pilot of some small night-founder’d skiff.
Milton.
So'mebody. n. s. [some and body.]
1. One; not nobody; a person indiscri-minate and undetermined.
O that Sir John were come, he would make thisa bloody day to somebody- Shakesp. Henry IV .
Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me ; for I per-ceive that virtue is gone out of me. Luke viii. 46.
If there be a tacit league, it is against somewhator somebody: who should they be? Is it againstwild beasts? No; it is against such routs andshoals of people as have utterly degenerated fromthe Jaws of nature. Bacon .
If he had not done it when he did, somebody elsemight have done it for him. Heylin.
We must draw in somebody , that may stand’Twixt us and danger. Denham's Sophy.
The hopes that what he has must come to some-body, and that he has no heirs, have that effect,that he has every day three or four invitations.
Addison's Spectatoi'.
2. A person of consideration.
Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somt-body. Acts.
So'medeal. ado. [pumbeal, Sax .] Insome degree. Obsolete.
Siker now I see thou speak’st of spite,
All for thou lackest somedele their delight. Spenser.
So'mehow. adv. [some and how.] Oneway or other ; I know not how.
The vesicular cells may be for receiving the ar-terial and nervous juices, that, by their actionupon one another, they may be swelled somehow ,so as to shorten the length of every fibril. Cheyne.
So'mers AULT. [ n. s. Somerset is the cor-
So'merset. $ ruptidn; sommer, abeam, and saidt, Fr. a leap.] A leapby which a jumper throws himself froma height, and turns himself over hishead.
So'mething. n. s. [j-unvSinj, Sax .]
1. A thing existing, though it appears notwhat; a thing or matter indeterminate.
Whenfierce Bavar
I Did from afar the British chief behold,
i Betwixt despair and rage, and hope and pain,
| Something within his warring bosom roll’d. Prior.
The force of the air upon the pulmonary arteryis but small, in respect of that of the heart; butit is still something. Arbuthnot on Aliments .
You’ll say the whole world has something to do,something to talk of, something to wish tor, andsomething to be employed about ; but pray put alltnese somethings together, and what is the sum totalbut just nothing ? Pope 's Letters.
Here she beholds the chaos dark and deep,Where nameless somethings in their causes sleep.
Pope.
2. More or less; not nothing.
Something yet of doubt remains. . Milton.
Years following years steal something ev’ry day,At last they steal us from ourselves away. Pope .
Still from his little he could something spare,
To feed the hungry, and to clothe the bare. Harte .
3. A thing wanting a fixed denomination.
Something between a cottage and a cell ;
Yet virtue here could sleep, and peace could dwell.
Harte.
4. Part.
S O M
Something of it arises from our infant state.
Watts.
5. Distance not great
I will acquaint you with the perfect spy o’th’time ; for’t must be done to-night, and somethingfrom the palace. Shakesp.
So'mething. adv. In some degree.
The pain went away upon it; but he was some-thing discouraged by a new pain falling somedays after upon his elbow on the other side.
Temple.
So metime, adv. [some and time,]
1. Once ; formerly.
What art thou that usurp’st this time of night,Together with that fair and warlike form,
In which the majesty of buried Denmark
Did sometime march ? Shakesp . Hamlet.
Good sometime queen, prepare thee hence forFrance . Shakesp.
2. At one time or other hereafter.So'metimes. adv . [some and times,]
1. Not ever ; now and then ; at one timeor other.
It is good that we sometimes be contradicted, andthat we always bear it well; for perfect peace can-not be had in this world. Taylor.
2. At one time : opposed to sometimes, orto another time .
The body passive is better wrought upon atsometimes than at others. Bacon’s Nut. Hist.
Sometimes the one, and sometimes the other, maybe glanced upon in these scripture descriptions.
Burnet.
He writes not always of a piece, but sometimesmixes trivial tilings with those of greater moment:sometimes also, though not often, he runs riot,and knows not when he has said enough.
Drydeiis Fables, Preface.
So'mewhat. n. s. [some and what.]
1. Something; not nothing, though it beuncertain what.
Upon the sea somewhat methought did ristLike bluish mists. Drydens Indian Emperor.
lie that shuts his eyes against a smalljight, onpurpose to avoid the sight of somewhat that dis-pleases him, would, for the same reason, shutthem against the sun. Atterbury.
2. More or less.
Concerning every of these, somewhat Christ hathcommanded, which must be kept till the world’send : on the contrary side, in every of them some-what there may be added, as the church judges itexpedient. Hooker.
These salts have somewhat of a nitrous taste,but mixt with a smatch of vitriolick. Grew.
3. Part, greater or less.
Somewhat of his good sense will suffer in thistransfusion, and much of the beauty of his thoughtswill be lost. Dryden.
So'mewhat. adv. In some degree.
The flowre ofarmes, Lycymnius, tli A somewhataged grew. Chapman.
Holding of the breath doth help somewhat tocease the hiccough. Bacon 's Nat. Hist.
He is somewhat arrogant at his first entrance,and is too inquisitive through the whole; yetthese imperfections hinder not'our compassion.
Dryden.
So'mkwhere. udv. [some and where.] Inone place or other ; not nowhere.
Hopeless and forlorn
They are return’d, and somewhere live obscurely.
Denham .
Coinpressing two prisms hard together, thattheir sides, which by chance were a very littleconvex, might somewhere touch one another, Ifound the place in which they touched to becomeabsolutely transparent, as if they had there h» enone continued piece of glass. Newton ’s Opticks.
Does something still, and somewhere yet remain,
Reward or punishment? Prior.
Of the dead we must speak gently ; and there-fore, as Mr. Dryden says somewhere, peace be toits manes. Pope.
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