SOLDAN, s[=o]l'dan, _n._ (_Milt._). Same as SULTAN.
SOLDANEL, sol'da-nel, _n._ a plant of the genus _Soldanella_, of the order
_Primulaceæ_--the blue moonwort.
SOLDATESQUE, sol-da-tesk', _adj._ soldier-like, [Fr.,--_soldat_, a
soldier.]
SOLDER, sod'[.e]r, or sol'd[.e]r, _v.t._ to unite two metallic surfaces by
a fusible metallic cement: to cement.--_n._ a fusible alloy for uniting
metals.--_ns._ SOL'DERER; SOL'DERING; SOL'DERING-BOLT, -[=I]'RON, a tool
with pointed or wedge-shaped copper bit for use in soldering. [O. Fr.
_soudre_, _souldure_--_souder_, _soulder_, to consolidate--L.
_solid[=a]re_, to make solid.]
SOLDIER, s[=o]l'j[.e]r, _n._ a man engaged in military service: a private,
as distinguished from an officer: a man of much military experience or of
great valour: a soldier-ant, beetle, hermit-crab, &c.: (_slang_) a red
herring.--_v.i._ to serve as a soldier: to bully: to shirk one's work or
duty: (_slang_) to take a mount on another man's horse.--_ns._
SOL'DIER-CRAB, a hermit-crab; SOL'DIERING, the state of being a soldier:
the occupation of a soldier.--_adjs._ SOL'DIER-LIKE, SOL'DIERLY, like a
soldier: martial: brave.--_ns._ SOL'DIER-OF-FOR'TUNE, one ready to serve
anywhere for pay or his own advancement; SOL'DIERSHIP, state or quality of
being a soldier: military qualities: martial skill; SOL'DIERY, soldiers
collectively: the body of military men; FRESH'WATER-SOL'DIER, the
_Stratiotes aloides_, a European aquatic plant with sword-shaped
leaves.--COME THE OLD SOLDIER OVER ONE, to impose on any one.--OLD SOLDIER,
a bottle emptied at a sitting: a cigar-stump. [O. Fr. _soldier_ (Fr.
_soldat_)--L. _solidus_, a piece of money, the pay of a soldier.]
SOLDO, sol'd[=o], _n._ an Italian coin, 1/20th of the lira, a sol or
sou:--_pl._ SOL'DI. [It.]
SOLE, s[=o]l, _n._ the lowest part or under-side of the foot: the foot: the
bottom of a boot or shoe: the bottom of anything.--_v.t._ to furnish with a
sole.--_adj._ SOL[=E]'IFORM, slipper-shaped.--_ns._ SOLE'-LEATH'ER, strong
leather for the soles of boots and shoes; SOLE'-TILE, a form of tile for
the bottoms of sewers, &c.; S[=O]L[=E]'US, a flat muscle of the calf of the
leg beneath the gastrocnemius. [A.S. _sole_--L. _solea_--_solum_, bottom.]
SOLE, s[=o]l, _n._ a genus (_Solea_) of flat-fish, elongate-oval in form,
with flesh firm, white, and excellently flavoured. [Fr. _sole_--L.
_solea_.]
SOLE, s[=o]l, _adj._ alone: only: being or acting without another: single:
(_law_) unmarried.--_advs._ SOLE; SOLE'LY, alone: only: singly.--_n._
SOLE'NESS. [Fr.,--L. _solus_, alone.]
SOLECISM, sol'[=e]-sizm, _n._ a breach of syntax: any absurdity or
impropriety: any incongruity, prodigy.--_v.i._ SOL'[=E]CISE, to commit
solecisms.--_n._ SOL'[=E]CIST, one who commits solecisms.--_adjs._
SOL[=E]CIST'IC, -AL, pertaining to, or involving, a solecism: incorrect:
incongruous.--_adv._ SOL[=E]CIST'ICALLY. [Fr. _solécisme_--L.
_soloecismus_--Gr. _soloikismos_--_soloikos_, speaking incorrectly,
awkward; dubiously said to come from the corruption of the Attic dialect
among the Athenian colonists of _Soloi_ in Cilicia.]