Category:Sooterkin

Soot"er*kin, n. Etym: [cf. Prov. G. suttern to boil gently.]

Defn: a kind of false birth, fabled to be produced by dutch women From sitting over their stoves; also, an abortion, in a figurative Sense; an abortive scheme. Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. Pope.