soe
see also: SOE, Soe
Pronunciation
SOE
Noun
Soe
Proper noun
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see also: SOE, Soe
Pronunciation
- IPA: /səʊ/
soe (plural soes)
- (obsolete) a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
- "... no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe-fuls".
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 55:
- Obsolete form of so#English|so.
- 1830, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne
- Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast, but was not satisfied for some reasons of his relation soe as to enter it into my Pinax […]
- 1830, Christopher Merrett, letter to Thomas Browne
SOE
Noun
soe (plural soes)
- (business) Initialism of state owned enterprise
- 2012, The Economist, Oct 6th 2012 issue, China’s state capitalism: Not just tilting at windmills ↗
- Having seen post-Soviet state assets fall into the hands of oligarchs, China built up a select group of SOEs with cheap loans, land and energy, so that the wealth would remain with the party.
- 2012, The Economist, Oct 6th 2012 issue, China’s state capitalism: Not just tilting at windmills ↗
Soe
Proper noun
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