'Sooterkin' definitions:

Definition of 'Sooterkin'

From: GCIDE
  • Sooterkin \Soot"er*kin\, n. [Cf. Prov. G. suttern to boil gently.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Fruits of dull heat, and sooterkins of wit. --Pope. [1913 Webster]