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▪ I. soother, n.|ˈsuːðə(r)|
Also 6 souther.
[f. soothe v.]
†1. One who assents or agrees with another; a flatterer. Obs.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. 106 b, This worlde..hath ouer many such as neuer honest man was, that is to saie, flatterers, fawners, and southers of mennes saiynges. 1593R. Bancroft Daungerous Positions iv. i. 135 An Inn⁓keeper, (a receiver of all, and a soother of euery man for his gaine). 1612Drayton Poly-olb. xvi. 89 But soothers find the way preferment most to win. a1661B. Holyday Juvenal (1673) 189 Wife, children, and themselves they do distress, They'd tire the soother Cossus.
2. One who or that which soothes, calms, comforts, etc.
1780S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett (ed. 4) III. 137 Dear friend—author of many a comfort—soother of many a care. c1811Mrs. Opie in A. J. C. Hare Gurneys of Earlham (1895) I. 239 Thou goest, sweet soother, every wound to heal. 1824Scott Ess. on Romance Misc. Wks. 1870 VI. 164 The professional poet..becomes the companion and soother only of idle and convivial hours. 1865C. Stanford Symb. Christ vii. 191 Finding in Him the hero of your proud romance, and the soother of your indolence.
3. A soothing thing or influence.
In recent use spec. an artificial teat, ring, etc., given to a baby to suck in order to quiet it.
1794R. J. Sulivan View Nat. I. 19 The warm..affections are in every instance the soothers of melancholy. 1803J. Porter Thaddeus (1826) III. xv. 326 Those gentle amiabilities which are the soothers and sweeteners of life. 1841Lytton Nt. & Morn. i. vi, A pipe is a great soother.
▪ II. ˈsoother, v. Ir.
Also soodher.
[f. soothe v.]
trans. To blandish, cajole, flatter, etc.
1842S. Lover Handy Andy i, ‘How can you help it?’ ‘I'll soother him’ [sc. a horse]. 1896F. Mathew Wood of Brambles 183 If they are wantin' to soother you. |