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this class was ever known to forfeit hisengagement. The word comes from sol-darius, a man sworn and devoted to hisfriend, to partake of his good and illfortunes; a retainer to a great person,or one of his clan. With certain modi-fications, the clans of Scotland comeunder this description.

Baj’que a SOLE, Fr . a flat-bottomedvessel.

Sole, Fr. a horse’s hoof.

Sole, (plafond, Fr.) bottom, &c. aterm used in fortification. The sole ofthe embrasure is the under part of theembrasure. In embrasures* for cannon,the sole inclines outwards ; but in thosefor mortars it inclines inwards.

Sole of a horse, a horny substance,which . encompassing the flesh, coversthe whole bottom of the foot.

The sole ought to be strong and thick,and tlie whole lower part of the foot,where the shoe is placed, hollow.

The shoe of a horse ought to be soset upon the hoof, as not to bear uponthe sole; for otherwise the sole wouldbe hurt, and not only make the horselame, but corrupt the flesh which sepa-rates it from the coffin bone.

Crowned Sole is when the foot isshaped like the back part of an oystershell, and the sole higher than the hoof;so that the whole foot is quite filled upon the lower part.

High soled, when his sole is roundunderneath, so that it is higher thanthe hoof, which frequently causes ahorse to halt, and hinders the shoeingof him, unless the shoe be vaulted.

SOLEIL, Fr. the sun. The French say figuratively, as we do, Adorer lesoleil levant, to adore, or court, therising sun, i. e. a growing power, or apresumptive heir to a crown, &c.

Soleil fixe, an artificial fire-work,so disposed, that when it takes fire, itemits a brilliant light from a fixed cen-ter, and resembles the sun at mid day.

Soleil tournant et courant sur unecorde, Fr. an artificial fire-work madein the shape of the sun, which is socontrived, that it moves in full illumi-nation, either backward or forward,along a rope.

Soleil montant, Fr. an artificial fire-work, so called from its ascending infull illumination, and scattering fire invarious directions, by a desultory move-ment. It is likewise called tourbillon defeuj a whirlwind of fire.

Soleil tournant et girandole, Fr. aitartificial fire-work, which, when set fireto, resembles a sun moving round itsaxis, and exhibiting the figure of a giran-dole ; which see.

SOLID, (solide, Fr.) in geometry,is the third species of magnitude, havingthree dimensions, viz. length, breadth,and thickness, and is frequently usedin the same sense with body. A solidmay be conceived to be formed by thedirect motion, or revolution of any su-perficies of whatever nature and figure,

A solid is contained, or terminated,under one or more planes and surfaces;as a surface is under one or more lines.

Regular SOLIDS are those terminatedby regular and equal planes; under thisclass come the tetrahedron, hexahedron ,or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosi -hedron.

Iregular Solids are such as do notcome under the definition of regularsolids ; such are the sphere, cylinder,cone, parallelogram, prism, parallelopiped,&c.

Solid angle is an angle made by themeeting of three or more planes, andthose joined in a point, like the point ofa diamond well cut.

Solid numbers are those which arisefrom the multiplication of a plane num-ber by any other whatsoever, as 18 isto a solid number made by 6, (whichis plane,) multiplied by 3; or of 9 mul-tiplied by 2.

Solid problem, in mathematics, is onewhich cannot be geometrically solved,but by the intersection of a circle anda conic section ; or by the intersectionof two other conic sections besides thecircle.

Solid bastion. See Fortification .

SOLIDAIRE, Fr. consolidated. Anold French legal term, but now gene-rally used to signify a concentration ofgood qualities, &c. Thus the FrenchConvention declared— Que les armeetetaient solidaires de gloire; that thearmies had consolidated their glory;meaning thereby, that the victories ofone part of the army had been added tothe account of the rest. Solidaire alsosignifies responsible, liable to; as part-ners are answerable for the commercialengagements of their general firm.

SOLIDATUS, the Latin word forsoldier, or for any person who carriedarms for pay.

SOLIDE, Fr. This word is applied