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e what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological. When you say body is solid, I say that you make an identical proposition, because it is impossible to have the idea of body without that of solidity. Fleming. Identical equation (Alg.), an equation which is true for all values of the algebraic symbols…

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with. [Archaic] Philosophy would solidly be established, if men would more carefully distinguish those things that they know from those that they ignore. Boyle.

sh with; -- with on or upon. The cause of reflection is not the impinging of light on the solid or impervious parts of bodies. Sir I. Newton. But, in the present order of things, not to be employed without impinging on God's justice. Bp. Warburton.

virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. Milton.

Destitute of pores; very close or compact in texture; solid. Sir T. Browne.

To inclose in a case; to inclose; to cover or surround with something solid. Rich plates of gold the folding doors incase. Pope.

A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.

Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. Boyle.

or pressure into a smaller compass or volume; resisting compression; as, many liquids and solids appear to be almost incompressible. -- In`com*press"i*ble*ness, n.

hich run a whole phrase into one word. History demonstrates that incorporative unions are solid and permanent; but that a federal union is weak. W. Belsham.

Not solid or stable; insecure; precarious. He who fixes on false principles treads or infirm ground. South.

to ingredients. Sir I. Newton. Water is the chief ingredient in all the animal fluids and solids. Arbuthnot.

e; haunch bone; huckle bone. It is composed of three bones, ilium, ischium, and pubis, consolidated into one in the adult, though separate in the fetus, as also in many adult reptiles and amphibians. -- Innominate contracts (Law), in the Roman law, contracts without a specific name.

Capable of being inscribed, -- used specif. (Math.) of solids or plane figures capable of being inscribed in other solids or figures.

ibed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

nd; aim. In [chronical distempers], the principal intention is to restore the tone of the solid parts. Arbuthnot.

in late Gothic architecture, a decoration by means of moldings which seem to pass through solid uprights, transoms, or other members; often, two sets of architectural members penetrating one another, in appearance, as if both had been plastic when they were put together.

gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.

A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece. See Chunk. [Colloq.] Lowell.

A pile of rocks; sometimes, the solid rock. See Cairn.