adv. [ AS. forsōð; for, prep. + sōð sooth, truth. See For, prep., and Sooth. ] In truth; in fact; certainly; very well; -- formerly used as an expression of deference or respect, especially to woman; now used ironically or contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fit man, forsooth, to govern a realm! Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our old English word forsooth has been changed for the French madam. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To address respectfully with the term forsooth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The captain of the “Charles” had forsoothed her, though he knew her well enough and she him. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who used forsooth much; a very ceremonious and deferential person. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You sip so like a forsooth of the city. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In sooth; truly. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. sot, AS. s&unr_;t; akin to Icel. s&unr_;t, Sw. sot, Dan. sod, OD. soet, Lith. s&unr_;dis; cf. Gael. suith, Ir. suth. ] A black substance formed by combustion, or disengaged from fuel in the process of combustion, which rises in fine particles, and adheres to the sides of the chimney or pipe conveying the smoke; strictly, the fine powder, consisting chiefly of carbon, which colors smoke, and which is the result of imperfect combustion. See Smoke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sooted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sooting. ] To cover or dress with soot; to smut with, or as with, soot; as, to soot land. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Sweet. ] Sweet. [ Obs. ] “The soote savour of the vine.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. G. suttern to boil gently. ] A kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by Dutch women from sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative sense; an abortive scheme. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.; also adv. [ Compar. Soother superl. Soothest. ] [ OE. soth, AS. sōð, for sanð; akin to OS. sōð, OHG. sand, Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat, sant, real, genuine, present, being; properly p. pr. from a root meaning, to be, Skr. as, L. esse; also akin to Goth. sunjis true, Gr. 'eteo`s, Skr. satya. √9. Cf. Absent, Am, Essence, Is, Soothe, Sutee. ] 1. True; faithful; trustworthy. [ Obs. or Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sentence [ meaning ] of it sooth is, out of doubt. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare. Spensser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

With jellies soother than the creamy curd. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sōð. See Sooth, a. ] 1. Truth; reality. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In good sooth,
Its mystery is love, its meaninng youth. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Augury; prognostication. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The soothe of birds by beating of their wings. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Blandishment; cajolery. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Soothed p. pr. & vb. n. Soothing. ] [ Originally, to assent to as true; OE. soðien to verify, AS. gesōðian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See Sooth, a. ] 1. To assent to as true. [ Obs. ] Testament of Love. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I've tried the force of every reason on him,
Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though the sound of Fame
May for a moment soothe, it can not slake
The fever of vain longing. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, soothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sooth + fast, that is, fast or firm with respect to truth. ] Firmly fixed in, or founded upon, the thruth; true; genuine; real; also, truthful; faithful. [ Archaic ] -- Sooth"fast`ness, n. [Archaic] “In very soothfastness.” Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Why do not you . . . bear leal and soothfast evidence in her behalf, as ye may with a clear conscience! Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

adv. Soothly; really; in fact. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I care not if the pomps you show
Be what they soothfast appear. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Soothe, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a soothing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In truth; truly; really; verily. [ Obs. ] “Soothly for to say.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Truth; reality. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Sooth + say; properly to say truth, tell the truth. ] To foretell; to predict. “You can not soothsay.” Shak. “Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Omen; portent. Having [ 1913 Webster ]

God turn the same to good soothsay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A mantis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A true saying; truth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Acts xvi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. Eclus. xxxiv. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sooty. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sootier superl. Sootiest. ] [ AS. s&unr_;tig. See Soot. ] 1. Of or pertaining to soot; producing soot; soiled by soot. “Fire of sooty coal.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a dark brown or black color like soot; fuliginous; dusky; dark. “The grisly legions that troop under the sooty flag of Acheron.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sooty albatross (Zool.), an albatross (Phoebetria fuliginosa) found chiefly in the Pacific Ocean; -- called also nellie. --
Sooty tern (Zool.), a tern (Sterna fuliginosa) found chiefly in tropical seas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To black or foul with soot. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sootied with noisome smoke. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. unsw&unr_;te. See Un- not, and Sweet. ] Not sweet. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]