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A syllable applied in solmization to the note G, or to the fifth tone of any diatonic scale.

To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order. Yet can I neither solfe ne sing. Piers Plowman.

See Solus.

ation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves 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.]

Affording solace; as, a solacious voice. [Obs.] Bale.

The common gannet.

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.

A solan goose.

See Sallenders.

Solanine.

An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.

An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.

A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.

A hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.

Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.

A genus of plants comprehending the potato (S. tuberosum), the eggplant (S. melongena, and several hundred other species; nightshade.

A loft or upper chamber; a garret room. [Obs.] [Written also soler, solere, sollar.] Oxf. Gloss.

A myth which essentially consists of allegory based upon ideas as to the sun's course, motion, influence, or the like.

The parallax of the sun, that is, the angle subtended at the sun by the semidiameter of the earth. It is 8."80, and is the fundamental datum.