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111sor|da|men|te — «SR dah MEHN tay», adverb. Music. in a muted or muffled manner; softly. ╂[< Italian sordamente < sordo deaf, dull] …
112sor|del|li|na — «SR duh LEE nah», noun. a small bagpipe. ╂[< Italian sordellina < sordo mute] …
113sor|des — «SR deez», noun. 1. a) dirt; filth. b) foul matter such as that gathering on the teeth or in the stomach. 2. Medicine. scabs from fever blisters. ╂[< Latin sordēs] …
114sor|dine — «SR deen», noun. Music. 1. a mute, as for a trumpet; sourdine. 2. a trumpet fitted with this. ╂[< Italian sordina: see etym. under sourdine (Cf. ↑sourdine)] …
115sor|dor — «SR duhr», noun. sordid character: »the sordor of civilisation (Byron). ╂[< Latin sordēre be dirty, related to sordēs dirt + English or, as in squalor] …
116sor|ghum — «SR guhm», noun. 1. a tall cereal grass resembling corn. One kind of sorghum has a sweet juice used for making molasses or syrup. Some kinds provide food for livestock either by their grain or as hay, and other furnish material for brushes or… …
117sor|o|ban — «SR uh ban, bahn», noun. the type of abacus used in Japan: »The Japanese start using the abacus or soroban in the fourth grade and develop a concrete familiarity with numbers (Scientific American). Compare suan pan. (Cf. ↑suan pan) ╂[<… …
118sor|tie — «SR tee», noun. 1. a) a sudden rushing forth of troops from a besieged fort, town, castle, or other structure or specifically held area, to attack the besiegers; sally: »The troops…were…annoyed by the frequent and vigorous sorties of the besieged …
119sor|ti|lege — «SR tuh lihj», noun. divination by the casting or drawing of lots: »They endeavoured by sortilege…to find as it were a byroad to the secrets of futurity (Scott). ╂[< Medieval Latin sortilegium < Latin sortilegus diviner < sors, sortis… …
120sor|ti|le|gious — «SR tuh LEE juhs», adjective. of, having to do with, or characteristic of sortilege …
