Webster's Dictionary 1913

6913

Sola

‖So″la (?), a. [L., fem. of solus.] See Solus.

6914

Sola (2)

So″la, n.(Bot.) A leguminous plant (Æschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jacket...

6915

Solace

Sol″ace (?), n. [OF. solas, ssoulaz, L. solacium, solatium, fr. solari to comfort, console. Cf. Console, v. t.] 1. Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that ...

6916

Solace (2)

Sol″ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Solaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Solacing (?).] [OF. solacier, soulacier, F. solacier, LL. solatiare. See Solace, n.] 1. To cheer in grief or under calami...

6917

Solace (3)

Sol″ace, v. i. To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak.

6918

Solacement

Sol″ace‐ment (?), n. The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces.

6919

Solacious

So‐la″cious (?), a. [Cf. OF. solacieux.] Affording solace; as, a solacious voice. Bale.

6920

Solan goose

So″lan goose′ (?). [Icel. s�la; akin to Norw. sula.] (Zoöl.) The common gannet.

6921

Solanaceous

Sol′a‐na″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceæ, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, groun...

6922

Soland

So″land (?), n.(Zoöl.) A solan goose.

6923

Solander

So‐lan″der (?), n. See Sallenders.

6924

Solania

So‐la″ni‐a (?), n.(Chem.) Solanine.

6925

Solanicine

So‐lan″i‐cine (?), n. [See Solanine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.

6926

Solanidine

So‐lan″i‐dine (?), n. [See Solanine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.

6927

Solanine

Sol″a‐nine (?), n. [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from...

6928

Solano

‖So‐la″no (?), [Sp., fr. L. solanus (sc. ventus), from sol the sun.] A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.

6929

Solanoid

Sol″a‐noid (?), a. [Solanum + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling a potato; — said of a kind of cancer.

6930

Solanum

So‐la″num (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.

6931

Solar

So″lar (?), n. [OE. soler, AS. solere, L. solarium, from sol the sun. See Solar, a.] A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Written also soler, solere, sollar.] Oxf. Gloss.

6932

Solar (2)

So″lar, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As. sōl, Icel. sōl, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,. sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. Parasol. Sun.] 1. Of o...

6933

Solar myth

So″lar myth. A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.

6934

Solar parallax

Solar parallax. The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8.”80, and is the fundamental datum.

6935

Solarium

‖So‐la″ri‐um (?), n.; pl.Solaria (#). [L. See Solar, n.] 1. An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times,...

6936

Solarization

So′lar‐i‐za″tion (?), n.(Photog.) Injury of a photographic picture caused by exposing it for too long a time to the sun's light in the camera; burning; excessive insolation.

6937

Solarize

So″lar‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Solarized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Solarizing (?).] (Photog.) To injure by too long exposure to the light of the sun in the camera; to burn.

6938

Solarize (2)

So″lar‐ize, v. i.(Photog.) To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.

6939

Solary

So″la‐ry (?), a. Solar. Sir T. Browne.