solute (solut)

[ Solute or sondy landes thai require, So that aboute or under hem be do A certayne of fatte lande as thai desire. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 193. As to the interpretation of the Scriptures solute and at large, there have been divers kinds introduced and devised, some of them rather curious and unsafe than sober and warranted. Bacon, Advancement of Learning, ii. 21. Relaxed; hence, joyous; merry. Bacchus, purple god of joyous wit, A brow solute , and ever-laughing eye. Young, Night Thoughts, ii. 579. 3. In bot., free; not adhering: opposed to ad nate: as, a solute stipule.-4. Soluble: as, a solute salt.