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Soc A DICTIONARY OF<br />

SOCAVAR, to excavate, undermine ; c.m. to hole under, undercut or<br />

hew, syn. descalzar (1), entallar, equiv. Fr. entailler, haver, Ger.<br />

unterschramen ; for pico de s., see u. pica (2).<br />

SOCAV6N,( formerly spelt socabon), (1) Mex. adit or adit-level, drainagelevel,<br />

(N. Staff.) gutter, (Derb.) sough, (Pennsyl. U.S.A.) water-level,<br />

syn. contramina (2), galeria (1) de desagiie, sangria (2), equiv. Fr.<br />

galerie d'ecoulement, porte-eau, Ger. Stolln, Wasserlbsungstolln ;<br />

s. a hilo de veta, adit driven along the vein or drift ; s. aventurero,<br />

cross-cut adit. NOTE. In Peru the term<br />

exploratory adit ; s. crucero,<br />

socavon appears to be confined to this class <strong>of</strong> adit. (2) Mex. any<br />

gallery, the mouth <strong>of</strong> which is at surface, see galeria (1) ; s. de<br />

entrada, gallery used for ingress and egress ; (3) cavern or cave, see<br />

cueva (1) ; (4) socavones, large holes, pits or shafts, see pozo (2), comp.<br />

hoya (1).<br />

SOCHE, cuero de s., chamois leather, see gamuza.<br />

SOCIEDAD, society, corporation, company, partnership, syn. compania,<br />

see compromise (2), u. habilitacion (1), u. empresa ; s. accidental,<br />

company not formally constituted ; s. anonima, joint-stock company,<br />

limited liability company ; s. comanditaria or en comandita, special<br />

partnership, in which some lend funds and others manipulate them<br />

in their private name ; s. incorporada, chartered company ; s. por<br />

acciones, stock company ; s. regular colectiva, general partnership,<br />

worked in name <strong>of</strong> some or all, all equally participating.<br />

SOCIO, IA, adj. veta socia, a vein joined to another, companion- vein.<br />

SOCIO, partner, shareholder, stockholder ; s. comanditario, sleeping<br />

partner (Ponce de Le6n).<br />

S6FITO, s<strong>of</strong>fit <strong>of</strong> an arch, see intrados (1).<br />

SOFOCADO, DA, pp. <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>ocar Mex. a mine is said to be s<strong>of</strong>acada<br />

;<br />

when it is abandoned, on account <strong>of</strong> being drowned out, or from other<br />

causes, see u. ahogado, da.<br />

SOFOCARSE, " la mina . . .<br />

s<strong>of</strong>ocado, da.<br />

se s<strong>of</strong>oco a los<br />

"<br />

900 pies (Dahlgren), see<br />

SOGA, rope ; see cable (1), cuerda (1) ; Mex. the rope to which the bota<br />

is attached, see soguilla for the ;<br />

expression cortar sogas, see cortar (7).<br />

SOGUILLA (dim. <strong>of</strong> soga), Mex. small rope for the bota chica, botilla<br />

de burro, or manta (1).<br />

SOL (sun), (1) veta al s., Ant. Col. a vein showing fragments <strong>of</strong> ore at<br />

the surface <strong>of</strong> the ground ; (2) Peru, one peso fuerte (hard dollar),<br />

value 2s.<br />

SOLAPA, (1) mech. edge, flange, see reborde ; (2) mech. lap, overlap,<br />

syn. falda (3), solapadura, traba (1) ; (3)<br />

(esquisto).<br />

SOLAPADURA, mech. lap, see solapa (2).<br />

SOLAPAR, to lap, overlap, syn. traslapar, see tapar (2).<br />

SOLAPO, overlapped part (Ponce de Le6n).<br />

SOLAYO, Mex. cutting-in hole (Dwight), seebarreno (I).<br />

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Ant. Col. bituminous schist

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