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libel of Ihe crNllC is

lherefore

fuu~d~J

lhe

(li,·ioe

!;nv,

:\nd pr:l1.9ic: nl<\k.:s its

puniOl mCnt 10

be burning .lii"c.

SO F .\,

in lhe TurkiOt

curtOIl1!1,

b.:nch of

WQod

r:.ired

(rom lhe

grlHl.ld

aboul a (001 high. anJ

p~.I:cd

round a

balt or eh.Huber for lhe

people

(it

clown upon, or 10

t,e

a\ong, and in

thJ~

poflure

take a

vi~w

of what

pan~s

th.:

í1:,ccts,

6c,

for IheCc benchcs :uc

fu rrounded wuh

winuows;

thl'Y

are covc:rcd with fin e

T uky

cí\rpc:ts ; and

upon th;u ilre placed culhions of

r.utio,

l10wercd wit h golJ

or fome' other 'rieh {fufF.

SO F:\.Ll\, the

c3piti\1

lhe

territory of

lh21

name in A–

fri ca,

fitnatco

thl: mouth

of lhe r¡ver

Sofala,

loor.. 3So.

S. lar.

2 0 °.

SOfFlT,\ , or SOfr

T, in aehitell ore, any plafond or eeil·

iog formed of crofs bcams of

tl~'ing

corniches,

th~

fquare

companiments or pannel! of which are ennched

wi~h

fcu lplure, painti'ng or gilding¡ fuch are lho(e in Ihe pa–

laces of haly, and in lhe apanments of L uxemburg at

P arís.

SOFTENING. in p.inting, the mixing and diluting of eo–

lours with lhe brUnl or pel

SOG DI ANA. a eountry of :\ Iia, r.tuated on lhe north

r.de

of lhe river OXl1S, which f•.p,lrfi ted il (rom the anCleOl

Baétril, now a pan of Ufbec T artary.

SOHA lvt ,

Illa,ke~.lowo

of C ambridgcfhire, Cituated on a

lake ealled Soham Meer, in lhei ne of Ely , fourteen n\Jles

nort h-ea(l of

Cambrid~e.

SOIL. in

~griculrure.

See ACRICULTURE . P

So.

SOISSONS, • eily of Franee, in the pro,·ince of lhe ine

of France, riluated

0 0

lhe river Ayfe, firly .fi\re miles

non h.e;:¡fi of Paris.

SO L, lhe SUN, in a(l ronomy,

6(.

See ASTRONO MV, p.

43)'.

S OL, in chemil1ry, is gold . See CHEMISTRV, p. 78.

SOL, in heraldry . denotes Or, the golden colour in lhe

arms of fo vereign princes.

SOL If:US, in anuomy. See ANATO" Y, p. 209.

:;OLANUM, in botany, a genus of lhe penlandria mono·

~ynia

elitfs. "fhe corolla is rotated; the anthera! are very

clofe tocether, opening with a doublc pore at Ihe pointsj

an'd the bcrry has IWO ceHs. There are

fpecies, IWO

of them natives of Britain,

viz.

the nigrum, or coOlmon

(¡ighlfhade¡ and Ihe dulcamara, or woody nighlOlade.

Common níghtOlade is ufed tO allay inUJml1l:nions.

Some years ago. the internal ufe of the folanum \Vas

much rCco01nlended by fome writers, in eancerous eafes,

(oul ulce rs, and fcorbul ic eruptions: however, later ex pe·

rience h2.S found this fimple

b: nOl only of little or no

dlicitry in fuch ca(es, bu[ lObe au cndcd Wilh "étual dan·

Rcr to the patient .

SOL I\R,

lo",elhin~

belonging to lhe fu n. See ASTRO'O·

IIn ' .

tl' S.

SOLD.\N CLLA, in bOlany, a genus of lhe pentandria

mooogynia c1af•. The eorolla i, bell.ntaped , and fpli, inlo

m~ny

fccments. There is but one fpecies, a native of

Swilzt d and.

SOLDElt, a metallie or mineral eompoftlion ured in fol.

denng or júini ng togcther other mttals.

Solt.Jcrs are maue of gold, filvl!r, copper, tino bifmuth,

·and lead ¡ ufualJ,. obfcrving. th;H in lhe compolilion tht:re

fome of Ihe metal lh"t is to he foldcrcd OlIX"d

...¡Ih fome highcr and {jner O1clals.

G f')ldrll1;t h~

l1rtlall y

mako fou r kiJlJ , of rolJ er,

vj~,

rolder of ei¡;llt, whece to

b 'en parts of rol ..er lhere i. cneof brafsor eopper; folde'

01 {IX, where only a lixlh pan is copperj foleer of fou r,

and folder of three.

is lhe mixture of coppc:r in tbe

folJer that Ill:lkc:s raiftd plate C'lme always cheaper than

nd!. T he lulder ufed by plumbers is m, oo of lWO pound.

of lead

one of blo:],,-lin. l IS goodntfs is lried by mell.

ing il , ilnd pouring the bi.;:;nefs oC a crown-piece upon

tablc; for if good. Ihere will arife Ilttle brigln Iluning

llars therein. 'f he folder

Cor

copper is made Itke th3t of

the plumbers. on ly with copper and tin

for very oice

WOlks, ioftead of tio lhey lomclimes ufe a qU3ntiJy of

fi lvt!r.

Soldu for tin is Olade

two thirds of tin and

one of lead ; but where the \York. is aoy thing dellcate, as

in orcan p:pes, where the junéture is fcaree dlfcernAble, it

is m"de ol' one pan of bifmuth and three parts

pe""ler.

SOL Dt: RING,

among mechaOlcs, the joinlOg and Etdlening

tO&t·ther two pieces

t he fame mual, or of twO

dlt!cr·

enl metals.

the

fufilln

a:1d applicalion of fome meldl·

lie com polilion on lhe extreOlittcs of lhe melal,

joined . -See lhe Jall anicle.

T o folde r upon

rilv~r,

brafs , or iron: take lih'cr, flve pen..

ny-weight¡ bra fs, four penny-weiRht; melt them togcthcr

for fo[t folder, which runs ¡oondi. T iJke fih'e r, live peony–

weightj copper, threepenny· weight; melt them logether fo r

hard folder. Beat Ihe foldcr thin, and lay it

lhe pl ace tObe

foldued , wllleh muJl be hrll filled and b·Gund logelher Wilh

wire,

:\5

occafioD rcquires ¡ then take borax

powder,

ímd (tmpe r it 11ke pip, and!ay it upon Ihe folder, letting

ir dry; lhen cover it with

quicJ~

coals, and blow, and it

will

r~lO

iO'lmcdiiltel)'i take

prefeotly OUI of the 6re, and

it is done. I t is to be obferved, Ihat if any thing i, lO

be foldercd in [\VO places, which cannOl well be done at

one time, you muH rirH folder Wi1h Ihe harder foldc-r, and

Ihen with the foft ;

Eor

be fidl done Wilh the foCt,"it

\ViII unfoldor again before lhe other is foldered, Le! it

be obrerved, lhal if you

~·ould

have lhe folder run about

the pieee thal i.

be foldered, you mull rub lueh places

over with chalk.

In lhe foldering eilher of gold, r.lver, eopper, and alI

the metals beCorc:_mentioned, lhere is generally uled bo·

rax in powder, and fomctimcs ror.n. As tO iton, il is

fuffic:ient thal

be::

h~all!d

red hOl. acd Ihe twO eXlrc:mities

thus halOmered tOgether, by which means they wdi be–

come incOrpOr;\led Into one aOOlhc: r,

SOLDI ER , a mililuy nHn h(led

ferve a prinee or (lale,

ín conGder:uion of a certaio

dOlily

pay o

SOLE,

in the manege, a nail or ron of horn under a horfe's

roor, which is murh more tender thiln t n(' other horo lhat

¡ncomp.tlTes lhe foot , and by rearon of its ha rdcefs is pro..

perly ealled lhe horn or hoof.

SOL EA . in iehlhyology

Se< PL , uRONteTEO.

SOL ElE. among lhe Romans, a klOd of I'ndals or nip–

pers, which covered onl)' the role of the lee:, and were

bound 00 with rhoogs or leilther. iníle;:¡d ot which rhe

WOOlt!n and Ihe dFC:l1Iinatc on:..5 of the olher fex tied lhem

on Wilh purple.coloured ribbons, 'or

r" eh

as \,,'erc

".Ut·

ouny .Idorned Wilh golJ and filver .

SO L EC l S~l ,

in gr.\mmar. a falfe milnner of fpc;!;king coo·

tliH)'

tO the ufe ol" I"nguagc: élnd the ru les of r,r.\lHmar,

either in

refpc~q

of declc:nlion, conjugHlun, or

l ~nt.I' .

SOLE¡\JN IT IES Of

o H DS,

in SeolS I.w . Soe

\\' 0 1-

TINCS .

SOL EN, in zoolullY, a geDus of ¡nfcas bdJnging

the

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