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The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster.

Satisfied with one's own character, capacity, and doings; self- satisfied.

Half crustaceous; partially crustaceous.

Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.

Set with, or consisting of, bristles; bristly; as, a stiff, setaceous tail.

Easily confused or put out of countenance; diffident; bashful; modest. Your shamefaced virtue shunned the people's prise. Dryden.

Over-bashful; sheepish.

See Schorl, Schorlaceous.

Having one surface; -- said specif. of aëroplanes or aërocurves that are covered with fabric, etc., on only one side.

A suborder of Gephyrea, including those which have the body unarmed and the intestine opening anteriorly.

A soft-spoken, crafty hypocrite. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Having a feminine countenance or complexion; smooth-faced; girlish. Fenton.

Slow-moving, like a snail. Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.

lieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief. In business of mirth and of solace. Chaucer. The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion. Rambler.

The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces. [R.]

Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceæ, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.

Any species of marine bivalve shells belonging to the family Solenidæ.

Of or pertaining to the solens or family Solenidæ.

which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible. Pure space is capable neither of resistance nor motion. Locke.

A bar or key, in a typewriter or typesetting machine, used for spacing between letters.