SOLACING
SOL'ACING, participle present tense Relieving grief; cheering in affliction.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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SOLACIOUS
SOLA'CIOUS, adjective Affording comfort or amusement. [Not in use.]
SOLAN-GOOSE
SOLAN-GOOSE, noun 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.
SOLANDER
SOLAND'ER, noun A disease in horses.
SOLANO
SOLA'NO, noun A hot S.E. wind in Spain which produces inflammatory effects on men.
SOLAR
SO'LAR, adjective [Latin solaris, for sol, the sun.]1. Pertaining to the sun, as the solar system;2. Belonging to the sun as solar herbs. [Not used.]3. In astrology, born under ...
SOLD
SOLD, preterit tense and participle passive of sell.SOLD, noun [from the foot of soldier.] Salary; military pay. [Not in use.]
SOLDAN
SOL'DAN, for sultan, [Not in use.]
SOLDANEL
SOL'DANEL, noun [L, soldanella.] A plant.
SOLDER
SOL'DER, verb transitive [from Latin solido, solidus.] To unite by a metallic cement. [See Soder.]SOL'DER, noun A metallic cement. [See Soder.]
SOLDIER
SOLDIER, noun soljur. [from Latin solidus, a piece of money, the pay of a soldier]1. A man engaged in military service; one whose occupation is military; a man enlisted for serv...
SOLDIERESS
SOLDIERESS, noun A female soldier. [Not in use.]
SOLDIERLIKE
SOLDIERLIKE, SOLDIERLY, adjective Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable.
SOLDIERLY
SOLDIERLIKE, SOLDIERLY adjective Like or becoming a real soldier; brave; martial; heroic; honorable.
SOLDIERSHIP
SOLDIERSHIP, noun Military qulities; military character or state; martial skill; behavior becoming a soldier., noun1. Soldiers collectively; the body of military men. I charge n...
SOLE
SOLE, noun [Latin solea, solum; that which sets or is set or laid. The radical sense coincides with that of sill.]1. The bottom of the foot; and by a figure, the foot itselft.2....
SOLECISM
SOL'ECISM, noun1. Impropriety in language, or a gross deviation from the rules of syntax; incongruity of words; want of correspondence or consistency. A barbarism may be in one ...
SOLECIST
SOL'ECIST, noun One who is guilty of impropriety in language.
SOLECISTIC
SOLECIST'IC, SOLECIST'ICAL, adjective Incorrect; incongruous.
SOLECISTICAL
SOLECIST'IC, SOLECIST'ICAL, adjective Incorrect; incongruous.
SOLECISTICALLY
SOLECIST'ICALLY, adverb In a solecistic manner.
SOLECIZE
SOL'ECIZE, verb intransitive To commit solecism.
SOLELY
SO'LELY, adverb Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely on one argument; to rely solely on one's own strength.
SOLEMN
SOLEMN, adjective sol'em. [Latin solennis, form soleo, to be accustomed, to use, that is, to hold on or continue, as we have wont.]1. Anniversary; observed once a year with reli...
SOLEMNESS
SOL'EMNESS, noun1. The state or quality of being solemn; reverential manner; gravity; as the solemness of public worship.2. Solemnity; gravity of manner.
SOLEMNITY
SOLEM'NITY, noun1. A rite or ceremony annualy performed with religious reverence. Great was the cause; our old solemnities from no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, but sav'd f...
SOLEMNIZATION
SOLEMNIZA'TION, noun The act of solemnizing; celebration; as the solemnization of a marriage.