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Webster 1913 Edition
Sooterkin
Soot′er-kin
,Noun.
[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.
Fruits of dull heat, and
sooterkins
of wit. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sooterkin
SOOT'ERKIN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
sooterkin
sooterkin
English
Noun
sooterkin (plural sooterkins)
- A mouse-like creature which, according to folklore, Dutch women who sit over stoves give birth to.
- (figuratively) An abortive scheme.
- Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. — Alexander Pope.
- Used to refer to a person, especially a Dutch person, in an allusive manner. (Can we add an example for this sense?)