SOLONIAN, s[=o]-l[=o]'ni-an, _adj._ pertaining to the Athenian lawgiver
_Solon_ (c. 640-c. 558 B.C.), or to his legislation.--Also SOLON'IC.
SOLPUGA, sol-p[=u]'ga, _n._ the typical genus of _Solpugida_, an order of
arachnids.
SOLSTICE, sol'stis, _n._ that point in the ecliptic at which the sun is
farthest from the equator, and where it is consequently at the
turning-point of its apparent course--the _summer solstice_, where it
touches the tropic of Cancer; the _winter solstice_, where it touches that
of Capricorn: the time when the sun reaches these two points in its orbit,
21st June and about 21st December.--_adj._ SOLSTI'TIAL, pertaining to, or
happening at, a solstice, esp. at the north one. [Fr.,--L.
_solstitium_--_sol_, the sun, _sist[)e]re_, to make to stand--_st[=a]re_,
to stand.]
SOLUBLE, sol'[=u]-bl, _adj._ capable of being solved or dissolved in a
fluid.--_ns._ SOLUBIL'ITY, SOL'UBLENESS, capability of being dissolved in a
fluid. [L. _solubilis_--_solv[)e]re_, to solve.]