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So
·conj Provided that; on condition that; in case that; if. II. So ·adv It is well; let it be as it i...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
So
a measure for grain; vail ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
So
(Nubian, Sabako), an Ethiopian king who brought Egypt under his sway. He was bribed by Hoshea to hel...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
so
is often improperly used for such, as in the phrase: Prof. W----, who has acquired so high distinct...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
So
"So, king of Egypt," is once mentioned in the Bible- (2 Kings 17:4) So has been identified by differ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
So-so
·adv Tolerably; passably. II. So-so ·adj Neither very good nor very bad; middling; passable; tolera...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
So-called
·adj So named; called by such a name (but perhaps called thus with doubtful propriety). ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
gad-so
An exclamation said to be derived from the Italian word cazzo. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
give her so and so
The direction of the officer of the watch to the midshipman, reporting the rate of sailing by the lo...

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make it so
The order of a commander to confirm the time, sunrise, noon, or sunset, reported to him by the offic...

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coming! so is christmas
Said of a person who has long been called, and at length answers, Coming! ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
if so be as how
A vulgar expression used by uneducated people in the interior parts of this country and in England. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

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