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Thou visible god,
That sold’rest close impossibilities,
And mak’st them kiss ! Shakesp. Timon.
Learn’d he was in nied’c’nal lore ;
For by his side a pouch he wore
Replete with strange hermetick powder,
That wounds nine miles point-blank wouldsolder. Hudibras.
The naked cynick's jar ne'er flames; if broken,’Tis quickly solder’d, or a new bespoken.
At the restoration the preshyterians, and othersects, did all unite and solder up their severalschemes, to join against the church. Swift.
So'ldkr. n. s. [from the verb.] Metal-lick cement; a metallick body that willmelt with less heat than the body to besoldered.
Goldsmiths say, the coarsest stuffWill serve for solder well enough Swift.
So'lderer. n. s. [from solder .] Onethat solders or mends.
SO'LDIER. n. s. [soldat, Fr. from solida-rius, low Lat. of solidus a piece of mo-ney, the pay of a soldier ; souldee, Fr.]
1. A fighting man; a warriour. Origi-nally one who served for pay.
Your sister is the better soldier. Shak. K. Lear.Good Siward,
An older and a better soldier none. Shak. Macbeth .
A soldier ,
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like a pard,Jealous in honour, suuden and quick in quarrel,Seeking the bubble reputationEv’n in the cannon's mouth. Shakesp.
A hateful service, that dissolv’d the kneesOf many a soldier. Chapman.
I have not yet forgot I am a king :
If I have wrong’d thee, charge me face to face ;
I have not yet forgot 1 am a soldier.
Drydens Don Sebastian.
2. It is generally used ot the common men,as distinct from the commanders.
It were meet that any one, before he came to bea captain, should have been a soldier. Spens. on Ire.
Soldierlike, ladj. [soldier and like.]
So'ldierly. ) Martial; warlike; mi-litary ; becoming a soldier.
Although at the first they had fought with beast-ly fury rather than any soldierly discipline, practicehad now made them comparable to the best. Sidney.
I will maintain the word with my sword to bea soldierlike w ord, and a word of good command.
They, according to a soldierly custom, in casesof extremity, by interchange of a kiss by every ofthem upon the swords of others, sealed a resolu-tion to maintain the place. Hayward.
■Enemies as well as friends confessed, that itwas as soldierly an action as had been performed oneither side. Clarendon.
So ldiership, n . s. [from soldier,] Mili-tary character ; martial qualities ; beha-viour becoming a soldier ; martial skill.
'ihy father and myself in friendshipFirst tried our soldiership : he did look farInto the service of the time, and wasDiscipled of the bravest.
Shakesp. AH’swell that ends well.
By sea you throw awayThe absolute soldiership you have by land,
Distract your army, which doth most consistOf war-mark’d footmen. Shakesp.
So'ldiery. n. s. [from soldier.]
1. Body of military men ; soldiers collec-tively.
The Memphian soldiery,
That swell’d the Erythrean w^ve, when wall’dThe unfroze waters marvellously stood. Philips.
I charge not the soldiery with ignorance and con-tempt of learning, without allowing exceptions.
Swift.
2. Soldiership ; military service.
Offering him, if he would exercise his couragein soldiery, he would commit some charge untohim under his lieutenant Philanax. Sidney.
Sole. m. s. [solum, Lat.]
X. The bottom of the foot.
I will only he bold with Benedict for his com-pany j for from the crown of his head to the soleof his foot he is all mirth.
Shakesp. Much ado about Nothing.
Tickling is most in the soles of the feet: thecause is, the rareness of being touched there.
Bacon’s Natural History.
Th e soles of the feet have great affinity with thehead and the mouth of the stomach ; as going wet-shod, to those that use it not, aifecteth both.
Bacons Natural History.
Such resting found the sole of unblest feet.^ Mi/t.
In the make of the camel’s foot, the sole is flatand broad, being very fleshy, and covered onlywith a thick, soft, and somewhat callous skin, htto travel in sandy places. Bay.
2. The foot.
To redeem thy woeful parent’s headFrom tyrant’s rage ami ever-dying dread.
Hast wander’d through the world now lone a day,Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead, rairy Q.
3. [ Solea , Lat.] The bottom of the shoe.
Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.—Not f, believe me: you have dancing shoes,With nimble soles. Shakesp.
On fortune’s cap we are not the very button.—Nor the soles of her shoes. Shakesp. Hamlet.
The caliga was a military shoe, with a verythick sole, tied above the instep with leatherthongs. Arbuihnot on Coins.
4. The part of any thing that touches theground.
The strike-block is a plane shorter than thejointer, having its sole made exactly flat andstraight, and is used for the shooting of a shortjoint. Mourn*$ Mechanical Exercises.
Elm is proper for mills, soles of wheels, andpipes. Morthner.
5. A kind of sea-fish.
Of flat fish, rays, thornbacks, soles, and flowks.
Carew.
To Sole. v. a . [from the noun.] To fur-nish with soles; as, to sole a pair ofshoes.
His feet were soled witii a treble tuft of a closeshort tawny down. Grew's Museum.
SOLE. adj. [aro/, old Fr. solus , Lat.]
1. Single; only.
Take not upon thee to be judge alone : there isno sole judge but only one : say not to others, Re-ceive my sentence, when their authority is abovemine. Hooker.
Orpheus every where expressed the infinite andsole power of one God , though he used the nameof Jupiter. Raleigh.
To me shall be the glory sole amongTh* infernal pow’rs. Milton’s Par. Lost.
A rattling tempest through the branches went,That stripp’d them bare, and one sole way theyrent. Vryden.
He, sole in power, at the beginning said,
Let sea, and air, and earth, and heav’n be made ;And it was so : and, when he shall ordainIn other sort, has hut to speak again,
And they shall be no more. Prior.
2. [In law.] Not married.
Some others are such as a man cannot make hiswife, though he himself be sole and unmarried.
Ayliffe.
So'lecism. n. s. [^•Aoixiojao?.] Unfitnessof one word to another ; impropriety inlanguage. A barbarism may be in oneword, a solecism must be of more.
There is scarce a solecism in writing which thebest author is not guilty of, if we be at liberty toread him in the words of some manuscript. Addis.
So'lely. adv. [from sole.] Singly ; only.
You knew my father well, and in him me.
Left solely heir to all his lands*
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They all chose rather to rest the ca j n)t ,jiie s >logical disputation, than upon the te 1
the ancients.
SO'LEMN . adj , [solemnel, F r * sQLat.] ^
1. Anniversary ; observed once a y
religious ceremonies. ^ a nd 9
The worship of this image was advancc^.^g/isolemn supplication observed every y ea ’
2. Religiously grave ; awful.
His holy rites and solemn feasts pr° ali jjaf.
3. Formal; rilual; religiously «*? ngi
Ihe necessary business of a man » j soj^
some, will not afford much time for _ 0 j Nprayer. .bet i ^
4. Striking with seriousness; s
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Nor then the solemn nightingale® ceas d lt&
o. Grave ; affectedly serious,
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the church ? < |,{ch rt [‘ d 1 ’*
Though the days of solemnity * jfew, must quickly finish that ° u l’ vv f j n ,i;sdevotion which appertains to such ‘toincrease mens inward dispositiotthe present, and, by their frequenthe same at length to perfection*
Great was the cause ; our old ^ - se ; ^From no blind zeal or fond tradili® 11 ‘ r |y p^.But, sav’d from death, our Argi*®® /j a y.
These grateful honours to the g° d
2. Religious ceremony.
3. Awful ceremony or process* 011
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To our solemnity. * ..
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positions insolemnities.
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