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A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

An American sole (Achirus lineatus, or A. achirus), related to the European sole, but of no market value.

ed; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. "Holy rites and solemn feasts." Milton.

as in manhood, childhood, knighthood, brotherhood. Sometimes it is written, chiefly in obsolete words, in the form - head.

To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. You must not presume to huff us. Echard.

ng to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities. Till Hymen brought his love-delighted hour, There dwelt no joy in Eden's rosy bower. Campbell.

simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and the like. [Written also idyll.] Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning. His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison.

nate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper. The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. Milton.

inflicting, obtruding, and the like. "From imposition of strict laws." Milton. Made more solemn by the imposition of hands. Hammond.

To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king. Milton.

The act of inuagurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies. At his regal inauguration, his old father resigned the kingdom to him. Sir T. Browne.

erminate. [Obs.] Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. Shak.

Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. Dryden. With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fied. Falconer. -- In`con*sol"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`con*sol"a*bly, adv.

One who inflicts. Godis the sole and immadiate inflicter of such strokes. South.

nstitution of a school. The institution of God's law is described as being established by solemn injunction. Hooker.

Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage.

The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult. [Obs.] Feltham.

Insolent treatment; insult. [Obs.] "My speech of insultment ended." Shak.

the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke.

act or form of calling for the assistance or presence of some superior being; earnest and solemn entreaty; esp., prayer offered to a divine being. Sweet invocation of a child; most pretty and pathetical! Shak. The whole poem is a prayer to Fortune, and the invocation is divided between the two deities. Addison.…