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2. A silver and gold coin of Peru. The silver sol is the unit of value, and is worth about 68 cents.

||So"la (?), a. [L., fem. of solus.] See Solus.

So"la, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Æschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc. [Written also solah, shola.]

Sol"ace (?), n. [OF. solas, ssoulaz, L. solacium, solatium, fr. solari to comfort, console. Cf. Console, v. t.] 1. Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief.

In business of mirth and of solace.

Chaucer.

The proper solaces of age are not music and compliments, but wisdom and devotion.

Rambler.

2. Rest; relaxation; ease. [Obs.]

To make his steed some solace.

Chaucer.

Syn. -- Comfort; consolation; alleviation; relief.

Sol"ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Solacing (?).] [OF. solacier, soulacier, F. solacier, LL. solatiare. See Solace, n.] 1. To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward.

2. To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief.

Syn. -- To comfort; assuage; allay. See Comfort.

Sol"ace, v. i. To take comfort; to be cheered. Shak.

Sol"ace*ment (?), n. The act of solacing, or the state of being solaced; also, that which solaces. [R.]

So*la"cious (?), a. [Cf. OF. solacieux.] Affording solace; as, a solacious voice. [Obs.] Bale.

Sol`a*na"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceæ, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more.

So"land (?), n. (Zoöl.) A solan goose.

So*lan"der (?), n. See Sallenders.

So"lan goose` (?). [Icel. s&?;la; akin to Norw. sula.] (Zoöl.) The common gannet.

So*la"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) Solanine.

So*lan"i*cine (?), n. [See Solanine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.

So*lan"i*dine (?), n. [See Solanine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.

Sol"a*nine (?), n. [L. solanum nightshade.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina.

||So*la"no (?), [Sp., fr. L. solanus (sc. ventus), from sol the sun.] A ||hot, oppressive wind which sometimes blows in the Mediterranean, ||particularly on the eastern coast of Spain.

Sol"a*noid (?), a. [Solanum + -oid.] (Med.) Resembling a potato; -- said of a kind of cancer.