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A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.

Of or pertaining to the Solifugæ. -- n.

Same as Solifugæ.

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 still in its northward or southward motion.

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.