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eated perception of the same object. No external praise can give me such a glow as my own solitary reperception and ratification of what is fine. Keats.

elieved to be a form or condition of the corn mildew (Puccinia graminis). As rust, it has solitary reddish spores; as corn mildew, the spores are double and blackish.

Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby. How solitary, how scrub, does this town lokk! Walpole. No little scrub joint shall come on my board. Swift. Scrub game, a game, as of ball, by unpracticed players. -- Scrub race, a race between scrubs, or between untrained animals or contestants.

larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary.

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.

solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness. In these deep solitudes and awful cells Where heavenly pensive contemplation dwells. Pope.

a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc. Spider ant. (Zoöl.) Same as Solitary ant, under Solitary. -- Spider crab (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of maioid crabs having a more or less triangular body and ten long legs. Some of the species grow to great size, as the great Japanese spider crab…

Lonely; solitary; desolate. [Obs.] Wyclif (Job iii. 14).

plied sense of relish or pleasure. Thou . . . wilt taste No pleasure, though in pleasure, solitary. Milton.

Of or pertaining to a temple. [R.] Solitary, family, and templar devotion. Coleridge.

Not neighborly; distant; reserved; solitary; exclusive. -- adv.

Not sociable; not inclined to society; averse to companionship or conversation; solitary; reserved; as, an unsociable person or temper. -- Un*so"cia*ble*ness, n. -- Un*so"cia*bly, adv.

(Bot.), a perennial composite herb (Scorzonera Hispanica) with narrow, entire leaves, and solitary heads of yellow flowers. The long, white, carrot-shaped roots are used for food in Spain and some other countries. Called also viper grass.