The act by which somebody is soothed.

(transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh. / (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften. / (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.

Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.

(transitive) To cover or dress with soot.

Of, relating to, or producing soot. / Soiled with soot / Of the color of soot. / (obsolete, literary) Dark-skinned; black.

To blacken or make dirty with soot.

One who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner. / A mantis or rearhorse. / (obsolete) One who tells the truth; a truthful person.

plural of soon-to-wed

A person or couple due to be married in the near future.

Due to be married in the near future.