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Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.

A feme sole trader.

om the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax. A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more. Johnson.

One who commits a solecism. Blackwall.

Solecistical.

Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect. "He thought it made the language solecistical and absurd." Blackwall.

In a solecistic manner.

To commit a solecism. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

ous rites and pomps; enjoined by, or connected with, religion; sacred. His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned. Milton. The worship of this image was advanced, and a solemn supplication observed everry year. Bp. Stillingfleet.

Solemnness. Some think he wanted solemnes. Sir H. Wotton.

ite or ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament. Great was the cause; our old solemnities From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay These grateful honors to the god of day. Pope.…

To solemnize; as, to solemnizate matrimony. [R.] Bp. Burnet.

The act of solemnizing; celebration; as, the solemnization of a marriage.

To perform with solemn or ritual ceremonies, or according to legal forms. Baptism to be administered in one place, and marriage solemnized in another. Hooker.

One who solemnizes.

In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.

The state or quality of being solemn; solemnity; impressiveness; gravity; as, the solemnness of public worship. [Written also solemness.]

Solemn; grand; stately; splendid; magnificent. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera of the family Solenidæ; a razor shell.