Sorghum
(Sor"ghum) n. [NL., probably of Chinese origin.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of grasses, properly
limited to two species, Sorghum Halepense, the Arabian millet, or Johnson grass and S. vulgare, the
Indian millet (see Indian millet, under Indian). (b) A variety of Sorghum vulgare, grown for its saccharine
juice; the Chinese sugar cane.
Sorgo
(Sor"go) n. [Cf. It. sorgo. See Sorghum.] (Bot.) Indian millet and its varieties. See Sorghum.
Sori
(||So"ri) n., pl. of Sorus.
Soricine
(So"ri*cine) a. [L. sorricinus, fr. sorex a shrew.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Shrew family
(Soricidæ); like a shrew in form or habits; as, the soricine bat
Sorites
(So*ri"tes) n. [L., from Gr. swrei`ths properly, heaped up fr. swro`s a heap.] (Logic) An abridged
form of stating of syllogisms in a series of propositions so arranged that the predicate of each one that
precedes forms the subject of each one that follows, and the conclusion unites the subject of the first
proposition with the predicate of the last proposition, as in following example; —
The soul is a thinking agent;
A thinking agent can not be severed into parts;
That which can not be severed
can not be destroyed;
Therefore the soul can not be destroyed.
When the series is arranged in the reverse order, it is called the Goclenian sorites, from Goclenius, a
philosopher of the sixteenth century.
Destructive sorities. See under Destructive.
Soritical
(So"rit"ic*al), a. Of or pertaining to a sorites; resembling a sorites.
Sorn
(Sorn) v. i. [See Sorehon.] To obtrude one's self on another for bed and board. [Scot.] Sir W.
Scott.
Sorner
(Sorn"er) n. One who obtrudes himself on another for bed and board. [Scot.] De Quncey.
Sororal
(So*ro"ral) a. [L. soror sister: cf. F. sororal.] Relating to a sister; sisterly. [R.]
Sororicide
(So*ror"i*cide) n. [L. sororocida, and sororicidium; soror a sister + caedere to kill.] The
murder of one's sister; also, one who murders or kills one's own sister. Johnson.
Sororize
(So*ro"rize) v. i. [L. soror, sororis, a sister.] To associate, or hold fellowship, as sisters; to
have sisterly feelings; — analogous to fraternize. [Recent & R.]
Sorosis
(So*ro"sis) n. [NL. See Sororize.] A woman's club; an association of women. [U. S.]
Sorosis
(||So*ro"sis), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a heap.] (Bot.) A fleshy fruit formed by the consolidation of many
flowers with their receptacles, ovaries, etc., as the breadfruit, mulberry, and pineapple.
Sorrage
(Sor"rage) n. [Cf. Sorrel, n.] The blades of green or barley. [Obs.] Bailey.
Sorrance
(Sor"rance) n. Same as Sorance. [Obs.]
Sorrel
(Sor"rel) a. [F. saur, saure, OF. sor, sore, probably of Teutonic origin; cf. D. zoor dry, LG.
soor; the meaning probably coming from the color of dry leaves. See Sear, a., and cf. Sorel.] Of a
yellowish or redish brown color; as, a sorrel horse.
Sorrel
(Sor"rel) n. A yellowish or redish brown color.
