a. Sottish; foolish; stupid; dull. [ Obs. ] “Rich, but sot.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To stupefy; to infatuate; to besot. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I hate to see a brave, bold fellow sotted. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. sottus; of unknown origin, cf. Ir. sotal pride, soithir proud, or Chald. & NHeb. shoten foolish. ] 1. A stupid person; a blockhead; a dull fellow; a dolt. [ Obs. ] outh. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Egypt oft has seen the sot bow down,
And reverence some d&unr_;ified baboon. Oldham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person stupefied by excessive drinking; an habitual drunkard. “A brutal sot.” Granville. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every sign
That calls the staring sots to nasty wine. Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To tipple to stupidity. [ R. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sotadic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades. -- n. A Sotadic verse or poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sweet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. swthri`a safety (from swth`rios saving, swth`r a savior, sw`zein to save) + -logy. ] 1. A discourse on health, or the science of promoting and preserving health. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The doctrine of salvation by Jesus Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sooth. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Sothis, the Egyptian name for the Dog Star; taking its name from the Dog Star; canicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sothiac year, or
Sothic year (Chronol.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours, as distinguished from the Egyptian vague year, which contained 365 days. The Sothic period consists of 1, 460 Sothic years, being equal to 1, 461 vague years. One of these periods ended in July, a. d. 139. [ 1913 Webster ]