SOIL, soil, _n._ the ground: the mould on the surface of the earth which
nourishes plants: country.--_adj._ SOIL'-BOUND, attached to the soil.--_n._
SOIL'-CAP, the covering of soil on the bed-rock.--_adj._ SOILED, having
soil. [O. Fr. _soel_, _suel_, _sueil_--Low L. _solea_, soil, ground, L.
_solea_, sole, allied to L. _solum_, ground, whence Fr. _sol_, soil.]
SOIL, soil, _n._ dirt: dung: foulness: a spot or stain: a marshy place in
which a hunted boar finds refuge.--_v.t._ to make dirty: to stain: to
manure.--_v.i._ to take a soil: to tarnish.--_n._ SOIL'INESS, stain:
foulness.--_adj._ SOIL'LESS, destitute of soil.--_ns._ SOIL'-PIPE, an
upright discharge-pipe which receives the general refuse from
water-closets, &c., in a building; SOIL'URE (_Shak._), stain: pollution.
[O. Fr. _soil_, _souil_ (Fr. _souille_), wallowing-place--L. _suillus_,
piggish--_sus_, a pig, a hog.]
SOIL, soil, _v.t._ to feed at the stall for the purpose of fattening. [O.
Fr. _saouler_--_saol_, _saoul_--L. _satullus_--_satur_, full.]
SOIRÉE, swä-r[=a]', _n._ an evening party: an evening social meeting with
tea, &c. [Fr.,--_soir_, evening (Prov. _sera_)--L. _serus_, late.]
SOJOURN, s[=o]'jurn, _v.t._ to stay for a day: to dwell for a time.--_n._ a
temporary residence.--_ns._ S[=O]'JOURNER; S[=O]'JOURNING, S[=O]'JOURNMENT,
the act of dwelling in a place for a time. [O. Fr. _sojourner_--L. _sub_,
under, _diurn[=a]re_, to stay--Low L. _jornus_--L. _diurnus_, relating to
day--_dies_, a day.]
SOKE, s[=o]k, _n._ the same as _Soc_ (_q.v._).--_ns._ SOKE'MAN=_Socman_;
S[=O]'KEN, a district held by tenure of socage: a miller's right to the
grinding of all the corn within a certain manor.
SOL, sol, _n._ the sun, Phoebus: (_her._) a tincture, the metal or, or
gold, in blazoning by planets. [L.]
SOL, sol, _n._ an old French coin, 1/20th of a livre, equal to 12 deniers,
now superseded by the sou. [O. Fr. _sol_--L. _solidus_, solid.]
SOLA, s[=o]-lä', _interj._ a cry to a person at a distance.
SOLA, s[=o]'lä, _n._ the hat-plant or sponge-wood, also its pith.--Also
S[=O]'LAH. [Hind. _shol[=a]_.]
SOLACE, sol'[=a]s, _n._ consolation, comfort in distress: relief: (_obs._)
pleasure, amusement.--_v.t._ to comfort in distress: to console: to
allay.--_n._ SOL'ACEMENT, the act of solacing: the state of being
solaced.--_adj._ SOL[=A]'CIOUS (_obs._), affording pleasure. [O. Fr.
_solas_--L. _solatium_--_sol[=a]ri_, _-[=a]tus_, to comfort in distress.]
SOLANDER, s[=o]-lan'd[.e]r, _n._ a case or box, usually in the form of a
book, opening on the side or front with hinges, for holding prints,
drawings, or pamphlets--named from the inventor, Daniel _Solander_
(1736-81).
SOLAN-GOOSE, s[=o]'lan-g[=oo]s, _n._ the gannet.--Also S[=O]'LAND. [Ice.
_súla_.]
SOLANO, s[=o]-lä'no, _n._ a hot south-east wind which occasionally visits
Spain. [Sp.,--L. _solanus_ (_ventus_), the east wind--_sol_, the sun.]
SOLANUM, s[=o]-l[=a]'num, _n._ a genus of plants of the order _Solanaceæ_
or _Solaneæ_, the nightshade family--almost all the species containing a
poisonous alkaloid, SOL'ANINE.--_adjs._ SOLAN[=A]'CEOUS, belonging to the
_Solanaceæ_; SOL'ANOID, potato-like, said of cancers. [L. _solanum_, the
nightshade.]
SOLAR, s[=o]'lar, _adj._ pertaining to the sun: measured by the progress of
the sun: produced by the sun.--_n._ S[=O]LARIS[=A]'TION, exposure to the
action of the sun's rays: the effect in photography of
over-exposure.--_v.t._ S[=O]'LARISE, to injure by exposing too long to the
sun's light in a camera.--_v.i._ to take injury by too long exposure to the
sun's light in a camera:--_pr.p._ s[=o]'lar[=i]sing; _pa.p._
s[=o]'lar[=i]sed.--_ns._ S[=O]'LARISM, excessive use of solar-myths in the
explanation of mythology; S[=O]'LARIST, one addicted to solarism;
S[=O]L[=A]'RIUM, a sun-dial: a place suited to receive the sun's rays--in a
hospital or sanatorium; S[=O]'LAR-M[=I]'CROSCOPE, an apparatus for
projecting upon a screen by means of sunlight an enlarged view of any
object--essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in the
magic-lantern taken in conjunction with a heliostat; S[=O]'LAR-MYTH, a myth
allegorising the course of the sun, by some mythologists constantly invoked
to explain the problems of mythology; S[=O]'LAR-PRINT, a photographic print
made in a solar camera from a negative; S[=O]'LAR-SYS'TEM, the planets and
comets which circle round the sun--also called _Planetary-system_.--SOLAR
FLOWERS, flowers which open and shut daily at certain hours; SOLAR
SPOTS=_Sun-spots_ (see SUN); SOLAR TIME (see TIME); SOLAR YEAR (see YEAR).
[L. _sol_, the sun, _solaris_, pertaining to the sun.]
SOLASTER, s[=o]-las't[.e]r, _n._ the typical genus of _Solasteridæ_, a
family of star-fishes, having more than five rays. [L. _sol_, the sun,
_aster_, a star.]
SOLATIUM, s[=o]-l[=a]'shi-um, _n._ any compensation, a sum legally awarded,
over and above actual damages, by way of compensation for wounded feelings.
[L.]
SOLD, s[=o]ld, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _sell_.
SOLD, sold, _n._ (_Spens._) pay, remuneration. [Fr. _solde_--L. _solidus_,
a piece of money.]