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Webster 1913 Edition


Sozzle

Soz′zle

,
Verb.
T.
[Freq. from
soss
, v.]
1.
To splash or wet carelessly;
as, to
sozzle
the feet in water
.
[Local, U.S.]
Bartlett.
2.
To heap up in confusion.
[Prov. Eng.]
Forby.

Soz′zle

,
Noun.
1.
One who spills water or other liquids carelessly; specifically, a sluttish woman.
[Local, U.S.]
2.
A mass, or heap, confusedly mingled.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Sozzle

SOZ'ZLE

,
Noun.
[See Soss.] A sluttish woman, or one that spills water and other liquids carelessly. [New England.]

Definition 2024


sozzle

sozzle

English

Noun

sozzle (plural sozzles)

  1. (archaic) One who spills water or other liquids carelessly.
  2. (archaic) An untidy woman.
  3. A confusedly mingled mass or heap.

Verb

sozzle (third-person singular simple present sozzles, present participle sozzling, simple past and past participle sozzled)

  1. (US, dialect) To splash or wet carelessly.
    to sozzle the feet in water
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  2. To heap up in confusion.
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