A sot is a person who drinks a lot of alcohol and is often drunk. This word is old and can sound a little negative.
He was known as a sot in the village.
The sot drank too much last night.
Sot can mean a fool or silly person, mostly used in old stories or poems. It is not common in daily talk.
Don't be a sot and think again.
The sot made a silly mistake.
In older English, sot means a small fire pit used to cook or warm food. It is rare today and seen in historical texts.
The pot was on the sot to cook food.
We warmed our hands near the sot.
Sot can also mean the black powder or residue left after burning, like soot. It is used in some dialects and old texts.
The chimney was full of sot and smoke.
Sot covered the old walls after the fire.
In some Scottish English, to sot means to splash or sprinkle a small amount of liquid or mud. It is not common in general English.
The rain sot the ground lightly.
Children sot mud on their shoes.
