sool

See also: sóol, so·ol, and sóól

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sool (third-person singular simple present sools, present participle sooling, simple past and past participle sooled)

(Australia) To encourage to attack, especially a dog.
My neighbour sooled her bull mastiff onto my chihuahua, because she was sick of its yapping and wanted it to meet its demise.
- 1896, K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales, Nutt, page 91:
  She went quickly towards her camp, calling softly, "Birree gougou," which meant "Sool 'em, sool 'em," and was the signal for the dogs to come out.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter VIII, pp. 120-121, [1]
  So he had to satisfy his lust for homicide with passing on the urges of the Propagandists and sooling the able-bodied off to war and hounding pacifists and enemies into retirement.