solstitial, sols titi all (t as sh)

[Fr. solstitial, solsticial. ] 1. Pertaining or belonging to the solstices. "The summer sols titi all tropicke."- P . Holland . Pliny, bk. ii., ch. lxx. 2. Happening at a solstice, or at midsummer. "Sirius parched with heat Solstitial the green herb."- Philips : Cider , bk. i. solstitial-colure, s . [COLURE.] solstitial-points, s. pl. Those two points in the ecliptic which are farthest from the equator, and at which the sun arrives at the time of a solstice. The distance of each from the equator is equal to the obliquity of the ecliptic, about 23° 27'. sol-u-bil-i-ty, s. [ Eng.soluble; -ity.] I. Ordinary Language : solution *2. Capability of being solved, resolved, answered, cleared up, or disentangled; as, the solubility of a problem. II. Bot . ( of a pericarp ): Separation at the transverse contractions into several closed portions, as in Ornithopus. sol-u-ble, *sol-u-bil, a . [Fr. soluble , from Lat. solubilis , from solutus , pa. par. of solvo =to di olve; Sp. soluble ; Ital. solubile.1 1. Capable of being di olved in a fluid; admitting or capable of solution; di olvable. *2. Relaxed. "Ale is their eating and drinking surely, which keeps their bodies clear and soluble ." -Beaum . & Flet .: Scoruful Lady , iv. 1. *3. Capable of being solved, resolved, answered. cleared up, or disentangled, as a problem, doubt, question, . IMG:content-1718.png:[merged small][graphic] Chem.: An impure alkaline silicate, prepared by fusing for five or six hours a mixture of quartz, carbonate of soda or carbonate of potash, and pow. dered charcoal, pulverizing the fused ma , boiling with water for three or four hours, and concent rat ing the solution to a specific gravity of 1.24 to 1.26. It is used to render textile fabrics le combustible, and as a varnish to preserve stone. The soda compound is largely used by calico-printers and soap manufacturers. sol-u-ble-ne , s. [Eng. soluble; -ne .] The quality or state of being soluble; solubility. sō-lum, s . [Lat.=ground.] A piece of ground. sō-lus (fem. sō-lă), a . [Lat.] Alone. (Used iu dramatic directions or the like; as, enter the king solus .) so-lüte, a. [Lat. solutus, pa. par. of solvo =to loose, to melt.] IMG:content-1719.png:[blocks in formation] *so-lūte', v. t. [SOLUTE, a.] 1. To di olve. 2. To resolve, to answer, to confute. "With this special note of remembrance in the margin, M. Juels allegation soluted ." -Jewell: Reply , p. 168. 3. To absolve. "Without the blynde bu ings of a papist may no sinne be soluted ."- Bale : Image , pt. ii.