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  • 81salt — [OE] Salt was a key element in the diet of our Indo European ancestors, and their word for it, *sal , is the source of virtually all the modern European terms, including Russian sol’, Polish sól, Serbo Croat so, Irish salann, and Welsh halen.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 82soused — adjective informal drunk. → souse soused adjective put (gherkins, fish, etc.) in pickle or a marinade: → souse …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 83inebriate — v 1. intoxicate, besot, make drunk, Inf. light up, Inf. put under the table; stupefy, addle, fuddle, befuddle, muddle; All Sl. plaster, pollute, souse, stew, crock, swack, pickle, stone, sozzle, booze up, liquor up, likker up. 2. exhilarate,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 84steep — I adj 1. sheer, abrupt, precipitous, sudden, high, upright, plumb, sharp, bold, bluff, arduous; perpendicular, vertical; declivitous, descending; acclivi tous, ascending. n 2. height, elevation, rise, hill, acclivity; cliff, bluff, crag, alp,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 85douse — (also dowse) ► VERB 1) drench with liquid. 2) extinguish (a fire or light). ORIGIN perhaps imitative, influenced by SOUSE(Cf. ↑souse), or perhaps from dialect douse strike, beat …

    English terms dictionary

  • 86salt — [OE] Salt was a key element in the diet of our Indo European ancestors, and their word for it, *sal , is the source of virtually all the modern European terms, including Russian sol’, Polish sól, Serbo Croat so, Irish salann, and Welsh halen.… …

    Word origins

  • 87суша — сушь ж., укр. суша, цслав. суша ξηρά, болг. суша суша; засуха , сербохорв. су̑ша сушь , словен. sušа – то же, sȗš ж., род. п. ȋ, чеш. souše ж., souš ж. суша , слвц. suš ж., польск. susza, susz ж., в. луж. н. луж., suš сушь . Из *suхi̯a или от… …

    Этимологический словарь русского языка Макса Фасмера

  • 88Bewash — Be*wash , v. t. To drench or souse with water. Let the maids bewash the men. Herrick. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 89Soss — (?; 115), v. i. [Cf. {Souse}.] To fall at once into a chair or seat; to sit lazily. [Obs.] Swift. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 90Souce — Souce, v. t. & i. See {Souse}. [Obs.] penser. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English