Syn. -- To comfort; assuage; allay. See Comfort.
Sol"ace, v. i. To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak.
Sol"ace*ment (?), n. The act of solacing, or the state of being
solaced; also, that which solaces. [R.]
So*la"cious (?), a. [Cf. OF. solacieux.] Affording solace; as, a
solacious voice. [Obs.] Bale.
Sol`a*na"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural
order Solanaceæ, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The
order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red
pepper, and many more.
So"land (?), n. (Zoöl.) A solan goose.
So*lan"der (?), n. See Sallenders.
So"lan goose` (?). [Icel. s&?;la; akin to Norw. sula.] (Zoöl.) The
common gannet.
So*la"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) Solanine.
So*lan"i*cine (?), n. [See Solanine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by
the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow
crystalline substance.
So*lan"i*dine (?), n. [See Solanine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by
the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having
a harsh bitter taste.
Sol"a*nine (?), n. [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.) A poisonous
alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade
(Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a
white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called
also solonia, and solanina.
||So*la"no (?), [Sp., fr. L. solanus (sc. ventus), from sol the sun.] A
||hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean,
||particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.
Sol"a*noid (?), a. [Solanum + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling a potato; --
said of a kind of cancer.
So*la"num (?), n. [L., nightshade.] (Bot.) A genus of plants
comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena,
and several hundred other species; nightshade.
So"lar (?), n. [OE. soler, AS. solere, L. solarium, from sol the sun.
See Solar, a.] A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Obs.] [Written
also soler, solere, sollar.] Oxf. Gloss.
So"lar, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As. sl, Icel. sl,
Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,. sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E.
sun:F. solaire. Cf. Parasol. Sun.] 1. Of or pertaining to the sun;
proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays;
solar influence. See Solar system, below.