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A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Pope.

A hermit; a solitary. [Obs.] Sir R. Twisden.

The state of being solitary; solitariness. [Obs.] Cudworth.

In a solitary manner; in solitude; alone. Mic. vii. 14.

Condition of being solitary.

Living or being by one's self; having no companion present; being without associates; single; alone; lonely. Those rare and solitary, these in flocks. Milton. Hie home unto my chamber, Where thou shalt find me, sad and solitary. Shak.

state of being alone, or withdrawn from society; a lonely life; loneliness. Whosoever is delighted with solitude is either a wild beast or a god. Bacon. O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face Cowper.

Wandering alone. [R.] T. Grander.

Solivagant.

See Solar, n. [Obs.]

Sullen; sad. [Obs.] Spenser.

A flexible steel shoe (or one of the plates forming such a shoe), worn with mediæval armor.

The act of sol-faing. [Written also solmisation.]

A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

A card game played with the full pack ranking as at whist, each player declaring for which of seven different points he proposes to play.

One who sings or plays a solo.

Israel, noted for his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man. -- Sol`o*mon"ic, a. Solomon's seal (Bot.), a perennial liliaceous plant of the genus Polygonatum, having simple erect or curving stems rising from thick and knotted rootstocks, and with white or greenish nodding flowers. The commones…

tar with six points, often with one triangle dark and one light, symbolic of the union of soul and body.

A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.

Of or pertaining to the Solifugæ. -- n.