SOLEMN, sol'em, _adj._ attended with religions ceremonies, pomp, or
gravity, originally taking place every year, said esp. of religious
ceremonies: impressing with seriousness: awful: devout: having the
appearance of gravity: devotional: attended with an appeal to God, as an
oath: serious: sober, gloomy, black.--_n._ SOLEMNIS[=A]'TION.--_v.t._
SOL'EMNISE, to perform religiously or solemnly once a year, or
periodically: to celebrate with due rites: to render grave.--_ns._
SOL'EMNISER; SOLEM'NITY, a solemn religious ceremony: a ceremony adapted to
inspire with awe: reverence: seriousness: affected gravity.--_adv._
sol'emnly.--_n._ SOL'EMNNESS. [O. Fr. _solempne_, _solemne_ (Fr.
_solennel_)--L. _sollemnis_, _solennis_--_sollus_, all, every, _annus_, a
year.]
SOLEN, s[=o]'len, _n._ a genus of bivalve molluscs--Razor-shell and
Razor-fish.--_adjs._ SOLAN[=A]'CEAN, SOLAN[=A]'CEOUS.--_n._ SOL'ENITE, a
fossil razor-shell. [Gr. _s[=o]l[=e]n_, a channel.]
SOLENOID, s[=o]-l[=e]'noid, _n._ a helix of copper wound in the form of a
cylinder, longitudinally magnetised with an intensity varying inversely as
the area of the normal section in different parts.--_adj._
SOL[=E]NOI'DAL.--_adv._ SOL[=E]NOI'DALLY. [Gr. _s[=o]l[=e]n_, a pipe,
eidos, form.]
SOLENOSTOMOUS, sol-[=e]-nos't[=o]-mus, _adj._ having a tubular or fistulous
snout.--_n._ SOLENOS'TOMUS, the typical genus of the SOLENOSTOMIDÆ, a
family of solenostomous lophobranchiate fishes. [Gr. _s[=o]l[=e]n_, a pipe,
_stoma_, mouth.]
SOLERT, sol'ert, _adj._ (_obs._) subtle.--_n._ SOLER'TIOUSNESS. [L.
_sollers_, crafty, _sollertia_, skill.]
SOLEUS. See SOLE (1).
SOL-FA, sol'-fa, _v.i._ to sing the notes of the scale in their proper
pitch, using the syllables _do_ (or _ut_), _re_, _mi_, _fa_, _sol_, _la_,
_si_;--_pr.p._ sol-faing (sol'-fa-ing); _pa.p._ sol-faed (sol'-fad).--_ns._
SOL'FAÏSM, singing by syllables, solmisation; SOL'FAÏST, a teacher or
advocate of solmisation; SOLFEG'GIO, an exercise on the notes of the scale,
as represented by _do_, _re_, _mi_, &c. [It.]
SOLFATARA, sol-fä-tä'ra, _n._ a volcanic region no longer violently active,
but emitting from crevices gases, steam, and chemical vapours, chiefly of
sulphurous origin--Fr. _soufrière_, Ger. _schwefelgrube_ or _schwefelsee_.
[It.,--_solfo_, sulphur.]
SOLFERINO, sol-fe-r[=e]'n[=o], _n._ the colour of rosaniline--from the
French victory at _Solferino_ in Italy (1859).
SOLICIT, s[=o]-lis'it, _v.t._ to ask earnestly: to petition: to seek or try
to obtain: to disturb.--_n._ solicitation.--_ns._ SOLIC'ITANT, one who
solicits; SOLICIT[=A]'TION, a soliciting: earnest request: invitation;
SOLIC'ITING (_Shak._), solicitation; SOLIC'ITOR, one who asks earnestly:
one who is legally qualified to act for another in a court of law, esp. a
court of equity: a lawyer who prepares deeds, manages cases, instructs
counsel in the superior courts, and acts as an advocate in the inferior
courts; SOLIC'ITOR-GEN'ERAL, in England, the law-officer of the crown next
in rank to the attorney-general--in Scotland, to the lord-advocate;
SOLIC'ITORSHIP.--_adj._ SOLIC'ITOUS, soliciting or earnestly asking or
desiring: very desirous: anxious: careful.--_adv._ SOLIC'ITOUSLY.--_ns._
SOLIC'ITOUSNESS, SOLIC'ITUDE, state of being solicitous: anxiety or
uneasiness of mind: trouble. [Fr. _solliciter_--L.
_sollicit[=a]re_--_sollicitus_--_sollus_, whole, _citus_,
aroused--_ci[=e]re_, to cite.]
SOLID, sol'id, _adj._ having the parts firmly adhering: hard: compact: full
of matter: not hollow: strong: having length, breadth, and thickness
(opposed to a mere surface): cubic: substantial, reliable, worthy of
credit, satisfactory: weighty: of uniform undivided substance: financially
sound, wealthy: unanimous, smooth, unbroken, unvaried.--_n._ a substance
having the parts firmly adhering together: a firm, compact body--opp. to
_Fluid_.--_ns._ SOLID[=A]'GO, a genus of composite plants, the goldenrods;
SOLIDARE, sol'id[=a]r (_Shak._), a small piece of money; SOLIDAR'ITY, the
being made solid or compact: the being bound: a consolidation or oneness of
interests.--_adj._ SOL'IDARY, marked by solidarity, jointly
responsible.--_v.t._ SOL'IDATE, to make solid or firm.--_adj._
SOLID'IFIABLE.--_n._ SOLIDIFIC[=A]'TION, act of making solid or
hard.--_v.t._ SOLID'IFY, to make solid or compact.--_v.i._ to grow solid:
to harden:--_pa.p._ solid'ified.--_ns._ SOL'IDISM, the doctrine that refers
all diseases to alterations of the solid parts of the body; SOL'IDIST, a
believer in the foregoing; SOLID'ITY, the state of being solid: fullness of
matter: strength or firmness, moral or physical: soundness: (_geom._) the
solid content of a body.--_adv._ SOL'IDLY.--_n._ SOL'IDNESS.--SOLID COLOUR,
a colour covering the whole of an object: a uniform colour; SOLID MATTER
(_print._), matter set without leads between the lines.--BE SOLID FOR
(_U.S._), to be hearty or unanimous in favour of; BE SOLID WITH (_U.S._),
to have a firm footing with. [Fr.,--L. _solidus_, solid.]
SOLIDUM, sol'i-dum, _n._ (_archit._) the die of a pedestal: (_Scots law_) a
complete sum. [L.]
SOLIDUNGULAR, sol-id-ung'g[=u]-lar, _adj._ having hoofs solid, that are not
cloven, denoting a certain tribe of mammalia.--Also SOLIDUNG'ULOUS,
SOLIDUNG'ULATE. [L. _solidus_, solid, _ungula_, a hoof.]
SOLIDUS, sol'i-dus, _n._ a Roman gold coin introduced by Constantine in
place of the _aureus_, known later as the bezant: a sign (/) denoting the
English shilling, representing the old lengthened form of _s_--£ s. d.
(_libræ_, _solidi_, _denarii_), pounds, shillings, pence.
SOLIFIDIAN, sol-i-fid'i-an, _n._ one who holds that faith alone is what is
necessary for justification.--_adj._ holding this view.--_n._
SOLIFID'IANISM. [L. _solus_, only, _fides_, faith.]
SOLILOQUY, s[=o]-lil'[=o]-kwe, _n._ a talking when solitary or to one's
self: a discourse of a person, not addressed to any one.--_v.i._
SOLIL'OQUISE, to speak to one's self or utter a soliloquy. [L.
_soliloquium_--_solus_, alone, _loqui_, to speak.]
SOLIPED, sol'i-ped, _n._ an animal with a single or uncloven hoof on each
foot.--_adjs._ SOL'IPED, SOLIP'EDOUS. [L. _solus_, alone, _pes_, _pedis_, a
foot.]
SOLIPSISM, sol'ip-sizm, _n._ the theory that self-existence is the only
certainty, absolute egoism--the extreme form of subjective idealism.--_n._
SOL'IPSIST, one who believes in this.--_adj._ SOLIPSIS'TIC. [L. _solus_,
alone, _ipse_, self.]
SOLISEQUIOUS, sol-i-s[=e]'kwi-us, _adj._ following the sun, as the
sunflower. [L. _sol_, the sun, _sequi_, to follow.]
SOLITAIRE, sol-i-t[=a]r', _n._ a recluse or one who lives alone: a game
played by one person with a board and balls: a card-game for one--patience:
an ornament worn singly on the neck or wrist: a black silk tie fixed to the
bag of the wig behind, worn in the 18th century.
SOLITARY, sol'i-tar-i, _adj._ being the sole person present: alone or
lonely: single, separate, simple: living alone, not social or gregarious:
without company: remote from society: retired, secluded: gloomy.--_n._ one
who lives alone: a recluse or hermit--(_obs._) SOLIT[=A]'RIAN.--_adv._
SOL'ITARILY.--_n._ SOL'ITARINESS. [Fr. _solitaire_--L.
_solitarius_--_solus_, alone.]