SOLDIER

(Lat. soldarius; literally, one who serves for pay.) In general language, a person equipped and maintained by the state for the purpose of defending it from foreign aggre ion, of putting down intestine commotion; or, in short, of protecting its interests either at home or abroad, according to instructions i ued by the civil government. See Army, Enlistment, . SOLEA (Lat. a slipper), in Mammalogy, is the inferior surface of the foot or hoof. SoLEA. The name of a genus of flat fishes (Pleuronectidce), characterized as follows: — " Both eyes on [s. 1142]