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Sola [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sola [Feminine a] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.

Sola [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc.

Solace [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; recreation. The propersolaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

Solace [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To take comfort; to be cheered or relieved in grief.

Solace [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in afflication; to console; applied to persons; as, to solace one's self with the hop of future reward.

2. To allay; to assuage; as, to solace grief.

Solace [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.

2. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.

Solace [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To take comfort; to be cheered.

Solace [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

2. Rest; relaxation; ease.

Solaced [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Comforted; cheered in afflication.

Solaced [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Solace

Solacement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.

Solacing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Relieving grief; cheering in affliction.

Solacing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Solace

Solacious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Affording comfort or amusement. [Not in use.]

Solacious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Affording solace; as, a solacious voice.

Solan goose Webster's Dictionary 1913

The common gannet.

Solan goose Encyclopedia Britannica

SOLAN GOOSE. See Gannet.

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Solan-goose [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The gannet, (Pelecanus bassanus, ) as aquatic fowl found on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. It is nearly of the size of the domestic goose.

Solanaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.

Soland [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A solan goose.

Solander [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A disease in horses.

Solander [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

See Sallenders.

Solania [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Solanine.

Solanicine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.

Solanidine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.

Solanine [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.

Solano [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A hot S.E. wind in Spain which produces inflammatory effects on men.

Solano Webster's Dictionary 1913

A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.

Solanoid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.

Solanum [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.

Solar [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Pertaining to the sun, as the solar system;

2. Belonging to the sun as solar herbs. [Not used.]

3. In astrology, born under the predominant influence of the sun; as a solar people.

4. Measured by the progress of the sun, or by its revolution; as the solar year.

5. SOLAR FLOWERS , are those which open and shut daily, at certain determinate hours.

6. SOLAR SPOTS , dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, usually visible only by the telescope, but sometimes so large as to be seen by the naked eye. They adhere to the body of the sun; indicate its revolutions on its axis; are very changeable in their figure and dimensions; and vary in size from mere points to spaces 50, 000 miles in diametet.

Solar [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A loft or upper chamber; a garret room.

2. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as, the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar influence. See Solar system, below.

3. Born under the predominant influence of the sun.

4. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.

5. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.

Solaria [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Solarium