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  • sou(th)side
    [by opposition to nor'side, shore facing the open ocean (not necessarily the north side); cf. north shore windward shore] n. the swampy side
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  • south'ard
    /sódad (Gen.); sórad (Eleu.)/ [OED, nautical; US dial. North idem ADD] n. south: 1918 See him to the southerd (Parsons 83). cf.
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  • souse water
    [OED souse cooked and pickled pig's feet or other meat; US dial. South idem WSC] n. the seasoned liquid for souse: 1966
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  • soury
    [OED idem obs. → 1647] adj. (of fruit) sour. (Mayag.)
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  • sour tree
    [cf. SOUR 1] n. a citrus tree, usually the lime or Seville orange, but sometimes the lemon or grapefruit. (Gen.)
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  • sour plum
    [W Car.; from taste] n. a tree (Spondias myrobalanus?) or its fruit. (Black)
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  • sour orange
    [Car.] n. the Seville orange, Citrus vulgaris: 1782 They have oranges (sweet, sour and bitter) (Bruce, quoted by Albury 1975:80). (Gen.)
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  • sour bush
    [W3 different sp.; from taste of the medicinal infusion made from its leaves] n. a plant, Pluchea odorata: 1905 (Shattuck 207). I boil
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  • sour
    [from taste] n. 1. acidic citrus fruit, usually the lime (LITTLE SOUR) or Seville orange (BIG SOUR), but can include the
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  • sounding rod
    [cf. SOUNDING 2 + rod] n. stethoscope: 1963 In the out-islands of the Bahamas the doctor's stethoscope, his "sounding rod", is credited with
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