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A tune, air, strain, or a whole piece, played by a single person on an instrument, or sung by a single voice.

A card game played with the full pack ranking as at whist, each player declaring for which of seven different points he proposes to play.

One who sings or plays a solo.

r his superior wisdom and magnificent reign; hence, a very wise man. -- Sol`o*mon"ic, a. Solomon's seal (Bot.), a perennial liliaceous plant of the genus Polygonatum, having simple erect or curving stems rising from thick and knotted rootstocks, and with white or greenish nodding flowers. The commonest European specie…

A mystic symbol consisting of two interlaced triangles forming a star with six points, often with one triangle dark and one light, symbolic of the union of soul and body.

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

That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth.

Posology. [R.] Ogilvie.

Of or pertaining to glossology.

One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.

The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.

nt difference; as, ethane, ethylene, an acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series.

A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. [Obs.] Kepler. Hutton.

Hatred of argument or discussion; hatred of enlightenment. G. H. Lewes.

The study of young birds.

Of or pertaining to nosology.

One versed in nosology.

A systematic arrangement, or classification, of diseases.

The use of equivocal or ambiguous words. [R.]

Redundant or excessive in words. [R.]