soother

soother
truer.
2. noun
A plastic device that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby.
3. verb
To soothen.

And two great big lovely big tears coursing down his cheeks. It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly appeased.


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  • Soother — Sooth er, n. One who, or that which, soothes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soother — index narcotic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Soother — Sooth Sooth (s[=oo]th), a.; also adv. [Compar. {Soother} (s[=oo]th [ e]r); superl. {Soothest}.] [OE. soth, AS. s[=o][eth], for san[eth]; akin to OS. s[=o][eth], OHG. sand, Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat, sant, real, genuine, present,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • soother — soothe ► VERB 1) gently calm. 2) relieve (pain or discomfort). DERIVATIVES soother noun soothing adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «verify, show to be true», from SOOTH(Cf. ↑sooth) …   English terms dictionary

  • soother — noun see soothe …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • soother — See soothe. * * * …   Universalium

  • soother — Everyday English Slang in Ireland n pacifier, dummy …   English dialects glossary

  • soother — n. one who calms, pacifier; comforter, appeaser …   English contemporary dictionary

  • soother — shooter …   Anagrams dictionary

  • soother — sooth·er …   English syllables

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