Swift.
Sol"emn*ness, n. The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity;
impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship. [Written
also solemness.]
So*lemp"ne (?), a. [See Solemn.] Solemn; grand; stately; splendid;
magnificent. [Obs.] Chaucer.
||So"len (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?; channel, a shellfish.] 1.
||(Med.) A cradle, as for a broken limb. See Cradle, 6.
2. (Zoöl.) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied
genera of the family Solenidæ; a razor shell.
Sol`e*na"cean (?), n. (Zoöl). Any species of marine bivalve shells
belonging to the family Solenidæ.
Sol`e*na"ceous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the solens or family
Solenidæ.
Sole"ness (?), n. The state of being sole, or alone; singleness. [R.]
Chesterfield.
Sole*nette" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small European sole (Solea minuta).
||So*le`no*con"cha (?), n. pl. [NL. See Solen, and Conch.] (Zoöl.) Same
||as Scaphopoda.
So*le"no*don (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a channel + &?;&?;&?;&?;,
&?;&?;&?;, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of singular West
Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon
paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S.
Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.
So*le`no*gas"tra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; channel +
&?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, stomach.] (Zoöl.) An order of lowly
organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes
the place of the foot of other gastropods.
So*le"no*glyph (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See
Ophidia. -- n. One of the Selenoglypha.
||So`le*nog"ly*pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a channel +
||&?;&?;&?;&?; to engrave.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of serpents including
||those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and
||rattlesnake. See Fang.
So"len*oid (?), n.[Gr. &?;&?;&?; channel + -oid.] (Elec.) An
electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its
axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current
which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect
to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When
traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or
repulsion, like a magnet.
||So`le*nos"to*mi (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a channel
||+ &?;&?;&?;&?; a mouth.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having
||a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.
Sole"plate` (?), n. (Mach.) (a) A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a
steam engine. (b) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.
{ So"ler (?), So"lere (?), } n. [OE. See Solar, n.] A loft or garret.
See Solar, n. Sir W. Scott.
So"lert (?), a. [L. solers, sollers, -ertis,clever, skillful.]
Skillful; clever; crafty. [Obs.] Cudworth.
So*ler"tious*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being solert. [Obs.]
Bp. Hacket.
Sole"ship (?), n. The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [R.] Sir
E. Dering.
Sol`-fa" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sol-faed (?);p. pr. & vb. n.
Sol-faing.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa, sol.] To sing
the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi,
fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.
Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.
Piers Plowman.
Sol"-fa", n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under
Tonic, n.
Sol`fa*na"ri*a (?), n. [It., from solfo sulphur.] A sulphur mine.
||Sol`fa*ta"ra (?), n.[It., from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. sulfur,
||E. sulphur.] (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only
||sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the
||volcanic activity.
||Sol`feg*gia"re (?), v. i.[It.] (Mus.) To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.
||Sol*feg"gio (?), n.[It., fr. solfa the gamut.] (Mus.) The system of
||arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by
||which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.
Sol`fe*ri"no (?), n. A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge,
one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in
Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.
||So"li (?), n., pl. of Solo.
So*lic"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solicited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Soliciting.] [F. sollicier, L. sollicitare, solicitare, -atum, fr.
sollicitus wholly (i. e., violently) moved; sollus whole + citus, p. p.
of ciere to move, excite. See Solemn, Cite.] 1. To ask from with
earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something;
as, to solicit person for alms.
Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?
Milton.
2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an
office; to solicit a favor.
I view my crime, but kindle at the view, Repent old pleasures, and
solicit new.
Pope.
3. To awake or excite to action; to rouse desire in; to summon; to
appeal to; to invite.
That fruit . . . solicited her longing eye.
Milton.
Sounds and some tangible qualities solicit their proper senses, and
force an entrance to the mind.
Locke.
4. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with
reference to. [Obs.]
Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath
made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts.
Ford.