714 / 868
s o
L
crJer of vermes 'tdhcc.. The
eh"l
i, oblong,
biv.lv<o,
and opening
éH
bJth
(jJ~5 ~
lhe c\rdo IU5 ..
lubul~ ' t,,-I
re–
fl l!8-cd tooth
J
not Infc rtc..'d
IIHO tll.!
oppolicc
\'Illvc.
Th ere
are
~I~\'cll
fpeCIC;S.
dillingullhed D¡ pccultJ.rltlt.:s in
Ihelr
O,ells.
SO LF.-\ ING, in "
,ur.ck, the n"ning or pronouncing the
fever:d notes of
Q
(ung
by
,he
fyll"hl..:s
u/, re. m;, fa
l
fol,
Sec. and in h"2rnmg
lO
fing it. See
MUSI CK.
S OLl C ITO R,
2
ped"n e"'rloyed
to!ah
ea« of, anu Ola·
nagc fults
dep~nJ ing
in lhe couns of
law
or equ:ty.
T here is <tlf" a great oAlcer of the Jaw,
DeXl lO
,he
altorocy·gencral. who is
(1
yled
lhe
king's
foJicilor-genaal;
",ho holdo; his office
by
patent
J
durtng the king's ple"rure
has
lhe
care and con
can
of
Illanaging
the kinJ's affai rs.
and ha. fees for plc.ding, ber.des olher (c<s
arir.ngby
patents,
cre.
H e hath his attendance on lhe privy–
council ; and the
attoroey~geoeral
aDd he were ancleotly
re:ckoned among the ofticers of the c:xchequer; [hey have
their audicnce, and Come within the bar in aJl other
CotJru .
S OLID, a body whofe parts are fo fir mly eonnea,d loge–
t her, as not tO give way, or fli p from each other upon
•he fmal/ en iR'prd [¡on; iD IVhieh fenfe, fol id nands oppo·
led lO fluid.
S OLlDAGO, in botany, a genus of lhe Iyngeaer.a paly.
gamia fuperAua clars . "'f he receptaclc is nakcd; the:
p"p.
pus
is
limpie; the calix is imbricated with ¡hut fc"les .
There are lwelve fpecies, tWQ
of
thcm
n:llive~
of BrHain.
iJiz .
the virgaurea. or common golden roJ; aod lhe cam·
brie. , or W elch golden rod.
SOLIDITY , lhat propeny of m.tter, or body, by whieh
H
excludes a1l other boJies from that place which ¡tfeH
poffdfc:s.
See
METAPHYS I C S.
•
SOLI LOQ!} Y, a re.luniog or d,feour(e IVhieh . m'n holds
~vtth ~imlelf;
or.
more properly, aecordi nt
lO
Papias, it
IS
a
dlfcourfe by way oC anrwer
lO
a
qudlaoo [hat amaD
prepares lO himfelf
.Soliloqui~s
are: bccome Ter}' common things on Ihe
modero
th.ge; yet can nothin!! be more unn..ttu ral, lhan
~n aét~r's
making long fpeeches lO himrelf, to coO\'ey his
¡ntenuons to the al:dicnce. \ ,Vbae fuch dl(co\TCnes :lre
D~celTlry
tO be made, Ihe poet fhoukt rather takc care to
glve
tht-:
dr..
m:Hic
perfoos fuch conlidents ..s may necelTa·
rl~y
(hare
thci r inmoO: IilOugills. by wh lch means they
wal l be mo:e na, ur.dty conveyt:d
10
Ihe <l.u,iicnd:: yet is
e\"Cn
{his a (hift
an
aceurdlC poet would not
be
founJ tO
h.tve occ"fioo fo r
SOLITARY,
tomclhing re:ircd or in p ..iV3tc, remOle from
the company or comm.:rce of otht:rs of thl.:
(amI::
fpccies.
SOLITARIES, a denominwon of n'lllS
01
SI.
I'd <r
uf
~Ic" otara,
innituled in 15 76, the defig(l of \Vllich is
(O
Jm ttate the levac penilenl
I,fe:
of
th.
.1l
fllOI: thus
:bl.:'y
dre
to
keep
a coo:,nu;¡! (jl<:lcc,
nna
tO open Iilcir mOlllhs to
any body bUI lacmt".:-h,.!s; employ their time wholly)n
{pIrItU;¡!
(·x"'rciles. and It:avc the tt-mporal concern:¡
10
a
nu;nbel uf l11aids. who h n'e a pcHticul..
1
fU l'crior in a
Ic:.
pa.rate
pan
of
(he
mon",ncry.
T ill:y
,dw.l)'s go
b.lre foot ed,
wHhout fandals, glrd thcm(elvt s \"Iith
J.
lhick cord. and
wc.arno ltneo
SOLMS, lhe c;pil.1 of lhe eounly of Salol" , in lhe
l.nd–
gravlCue of
Hdf..:
Cdff :I,
in G U fillny, thin
y.fi\.c miles
north of F;·dnk l,)rr.
S OL O, in nlJGck, a torm ured in
pi ':o~,
oon'.!ling of fc-
61]
s
O O
vc:r:¡J
part~,
to mark lhofe th:u are to perforO! ;¡Ionr'_
SOLOiVh,h 's ISL.1NDS. a c.I lllte r o fIO ...
n~s
in d ie Paeillc
oeean, rituatcd
Utl
\Vceu
J
30°
ano
110" \\' .
long, and
betwt:en
7
u
Ilnd
J
~o
S.
JJt.
SO L Ol\~ON \
Si-. AL,
In
botany.
S<c
CON\'A LLA k JA .
SOL O l"H URN, one of Ihe eanlon,
01
SW"2.crl,nd, Iying
uct\Vccn lhoCe of H.¡(il <tnd
Bern,
the formcr on ¡he Ilorlh ,
and Ihe I.Hlcr on ¡hc fou th .
The cily of Sololhurn, capit::.1 of
lhe raid
c;:tnton,
j,
fi lU'teJ in E. lung 7°
I s',
and N. Idl. 47 "
18'.
SOL STIC E, in altronoOlY, t hat timc whl'n the.! (un is
in
one of the folfiiu al points; that ¡s,
\Vhtn
he is at his grcat·
t'n diflance from lhe cquator. Sce
ASTP. OSOMY .
SOLVENT, ,he Jame wllh ddrolvent. Seo D lSsul.\· es,·.
SOLUT'IO , in chemi(hy, dcnott's an
ill~il1l.lte
mixture
of
fc.Jid bodies with fluids,
(o
;tS
ft:cmingly to (orm
on~
homogene hql1or; lhe diAolving fluid
ir.
termed the
dir~
folvenl or menllruum. Se:e
CHEM I STR,Y,
paJliIJl.
SOMERSETSHlRE, a eounty of
En
~l.nd,
lilualed on
lhe I:lrillol ehannd, and bounded by \V,h(hire on the
can, by D orft:l0\i re on
che
fout h, and by D cvonfhire
on the wcll : it is f2.mous for the elolh
m:1n~ f3tture
.
SOMERTON, ., market-loWO of SometC"I",..., t \Velve
miles (ou lh of
V{
,,:es.
SOMME,
a river
of
Franee, whieh running f.·om eaO:
la
\Vd l through P,e.rdy, by Amiens and Abbev,lk, ("l/_
into the Bri tifh channel near
Sr.
V aller)'.
SOMNAMBULI , in medicine, perfon, who w. lk in lheic
Oeep, otherwlCe: call1!d notLlmbuli .
.
SON,
ao appdhuon givcn
w
;¡,
m ñlc: child, confid::red in
Ihe relation he bears
tO
hiS'
parents.
SONATA,
in mufick, a piecc. or compoCition, intended
to be perforrned
by
inll rumects ooly;
10
wlneh fenfe. it
Hands oppofed tO
c
:mt.Ha,
or a piecc ddigned for the vOlee .
SONCHUS,
the
SOW-THIS rLE,
in botan)', a genus of
the fyngenefia
polygaOli~ ~qualis
c1olfs.
T ht;
rc!c(ptacle
is naked; the: col hx is ¡lIlbneate-d. and vcntricoft: ; and
lhe pappus is pluOlofe . There are
ten
fpecies, lhree of
tht:m natl\'es
01
Bntain,
t)iz.
the olejaccus, or commOn
(ow~lhiHle ;
the arvenlis. or tet e fO\V. lhittle; 2nd lhe
palutlris, or marOl
(ow~thlnle.
Sonchus is accounrcd cooling aod atlenUlr.f , and
a:~
cordingly prefcnbC!rl in
.he
llraoguries.
:ts
allo
111
jnttaOl~
mdt10ns of all kinds, tO be ¡jpplied t-xttrnllly in th:: form
of
a
Cilt.,pJ¡,fm.
SOl G.
ln poecry, a Jitele cOOlpofition. eonfi.1: io:! of e3ry
and nollul dI verfes.
(d
tO
a
tune io order
10
bC!
(ung .
SONG o in mulick, is appJtcd in general to
a
{i ngle
p,c~e
of
mufick, whethcr coniflvcd for the VOICe: or
3r.
illfll lOlIlent.
SO NA,
a book of
f\1..
honletJo
tradition~,
wht.relO
211
th:..
orthodox rnufielmcn are rf<Juired to btlteve.
SONNET,
in poetry,
a
cOrJIpoliuon cont:ulleu in fourtceo
,'e:rfcs ,
"iz.
twO fianzas, or 1I1t:..tfures, ot fOtlr "erres cae!. ;
;,tod two of thr<e ;
the
cight IirH vetees bc:,ng
all
in three
rl.iOlcs.
SONN1TES,
amone lhe
f\f.horn!tans,
an appcllation
gi.
ven
tO
the orthodox
lIlulT~llJlt:n,
or
trUC
l>elt~vcrs
i
111
op–
politlon tO ,he fe\'eral hct c:tlc.d ft\.9:s. pa-rti"uJ.,rly
the
fchilles, ur fullowers of Ali.
SOOT,
a
vol.lttlc: maner, arifing from wood, anJ other
fu .:
1
.lll'n~
with
the
fmnkc ~.
Or
ra,hcr,
It
IS
lhe (mok\!
itldt.
!iXl'J rtllJ
S
Hhcn:o on the (iJ ¡;:s or
th:::
"h'l11ney.
Sce
C li¡:~tl STR.Y,
p. 158.
.1~d ~·\UIU C VL1 ;.';:F.
[L 44).
:',,1'111,