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Same as Solifugæ.

The point in the ecliptic at which the sun is farthest from the equator, north or south, namely, the first point of the sign Cancer and the first point of the sign Capricorn, the former being the summer solstice, latter the winter solstice, in northern latitudes; - - so called because the sun then apparently stands sti…

Of or pertaining to a solstice.

The quality, condition, or degree of being soluble or solvable; as, the solubility of a salt; the solubility of a problem or intricate difficulty.

Susceptible of being dissolved in a fluid; capable of solution; as, some substances are soluble in alcohol which are not soluble in water. Sugar is . . . soluble in water and fusible in fire. Arbuthnot.

Quality or state of being soluble.

Alone; -- chiefly used in stage directions, and the like.

Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation. [Obs.] Bacon.

f parts; disruption; breach. In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of solution of continuity. Bacon.

Tending to dissolve; loosening; laxative. Bacon.

The quality or state of being solvable; as, the solvability of a difficulty; the solvability of a problem.

Susceptible of being solved, resolved, or explained; admitting of solution.

Quality of being solvable.

To explain; to resolve; to unfold; to clear up out to a result or conclusion; as, to solve a doubt; to solve difficulties; to solve a problem. True piety would effectually solve such scruples. South. God shall solve the dark decrees of fate. Tickell.

The quality or state of being solvent.

A substance to be dissolved. [R.]

Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid. "the solvent body." Boyle.

One who, or that which, solves.

See Solvable.

Solely. [Obs.] Spenser.