2. (Mining) A platform in a shaft, especially one of those between the
series of ladders in a shaft.
Sol"lar, v. t. To cover, or provide with, a sollar.
Sol"lein (?), a. Sullen; sad. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sol*ler*et" (?), n. [F. soleretim. fr. OF. soler shoe.] A flexible
steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with
mediæval armor.
Sol`mi*za"tion (?), n. [F. solmisation, fr. solmiser to sol-fa; --
called from the musical notes sol, mi. See Sol-fa.] (Mus.) The act of
sol-faing. [Written also solmisation.]
This art was practiced by the Greeks; but six of the seven syllables
now in use are generally attributed to Guido d' Arezzo, an Italian monk
of the eleventh century, who is said to have taken them from the first
syllables of the first six lines of the following stanza of a monkish
hymn to St. John the Baptist. --
Ut queant laxis Resonare fibris Mira gestorum Famuli tuorum Solve
polluti Labii reatum, Sancte Joannes.
Professor Skeat says the name of the seventh note, si, was also formed
by him [Guido] from the initials of the two words of the last line; but
this is disputed, Littré attributing the first use of it to Anselm of
Flanders long afterwards. The syllable do is often substituted for ut.
So"lo (?), n.; pl. E. Solos (#), It. Soli (#). [It., from L. solus
alone. See Sole, a.] (Mus.) A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece,
played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.
So"lo*ist, n. (Mus.) One who sings or plays a solo.
Sol"o*mon (?), n. One of the kings of Israel, noted for his superior
wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man. -- Sol`o*mon"ic
(#), a.
Solomon's seal (Bot.), a perennial liliaceous plant of the genus
Polygonatum, having simple erect or curving stems rising from thick and
knotted rootstocks, and with white or greenish nodding flowers. The
commonest European species is Polygonatum multiflorum. P. biflorum and
P. giganteum are common in the Eastern United States. See Illust. of
Rootstock. -- False Solomon's seal (Bot.), any plant of the liliaceous
genus Smilacina having small whitish flowers in terminal racemes or
panicles.
So"lon (?), n. A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.;
hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
Sol*pu"gid (?), a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Solifugæ. -- n. One
of the Solifugæ.
||Sol`pu*gid"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Solifugæ.] (Zoöl.) Same as
||Solifugæ.
Sol"stice (?), n.[L. solstitium; sol the sun + sistere to cause to
stand, akin to stare to stand: cf. F. solstice. See Solar, a., Stand,
v. i.] 1. A stopping or standing still of the sun. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.
2. (Astron.) (a) The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest
from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign
Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the
summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; --
so called because the sun then apparently stands still in its northward
or southward motion. (b) The time of the sun's passing the solstices,
or solstitial points, namely, about June 21 and December 21. See
Illust. in Appendix.
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Sol*sti"tial (?), a. [L. solstitialis: cf. F. solsticial.] 1. Of or
pertaining to a solstice.
2. Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern
hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer.
"Solstitial summer's heat." Milton.
Sol`u*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. solubilité.] 1. The quality, condition,
or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt;
the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.
2. (Bot.) The tendency to separate readily into parts by spurious
articulations, as the pods of tick trefoil.
Sol"u*ble (?), a. [L. solubilis, fr. solvere, solutum, to loosen, to
dissolve: cf. F. soluble. See Solve, and cf. Solvable.] 1. Susceptible
of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances
are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water.
Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire.
Arbuthnot.
2. Susceptible of being solved; as, a soluble algebraic problem;
susceptible of being disentangled, unraveled, or explained; as, the
mystery is perhaps soluble. "More soluble is this knot." Tennyson.
3. Relaxed; open or readily opened. [R.] "The bowels must be kept
soluble." Dunglison.
Soluble glass. (Chem.) See under Glass.
Sol"u*ble*ness, n. Quality or state of being soluble.
{ ||So"lus (?), masc. a., So"la (?), fem. a. } [L.] Alone; -- chiefly
used in stage directions, and the like.
So*lute" (?), a. [L. solutus, p. p. of solvere to loosen. See Solve.]
1. Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation. [Obs.] Bacon.