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Sole"ness (?), n. The state of being sole, or alone; singleness. [R.] Chesterfield.

Sole*nette" (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small European sole (Solea minuta).

||So*le`no*con"cha (?), n. pl. [NL. See Solen, and Conch.] (Zoöl.) Same ||as Scaphopoda.

So*le"no*don (?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a channel + &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, a tooth.] (Zoöl.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique.

So*le`no*gas"tra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; channel + &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, stomach.] (Zoöl.) An order of lowly organized Mollusca belonging to the Isopleura. A narrow groove takes the place of the foot of other gastropods.

So*le"no*glyph (?), a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia. -- n. One of the Selenoglypha.

||So`le*nog"ly*pha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?; a channel + ||&?;&?;&?;&?; to engrave.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of serpents including ||those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and ||rattlesnake. See Fang.

So"len*oid (?), n.[Gr. &?;&?;&?; channel + -oid.] (Elec.) An electrodynamic spiral having the conjuctive wire turned back along its axis, so as to neutralize that component of the effect of the current which is due to the length of the spiral, and reduce the whole effect to that of a series of equal and parallel circular currents. When traversed by a current the solenoid exhibits polarity and attraction or repulsion, like a magnet.

||So`le*nos"to*mi (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a channel ||+ &?;&?;&?;&?; a mouth.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of lophobranch fishes having ||a tubular snout. The female carries the eggs in a ventral pouch.

Sole"plate` (?), n. (Mach.) (a) A bedplate; as, the soleplate of a steam engine. (b) The plate forming the back of a waterwheel bucket.

{ So"ler (?), So"lere (?), } n. [OE. See Solar, n.] A loft or garret. See Solar, n. Sir W. Scott.

So"lert (?), a. [L. solers, sollers, -ertis,clever, skillful.] Skillful; clever; crafty. [Obs.] Cudworth.

So*ler"tious*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being solert. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Sole"ship (?), n. The state of being sole, or alone; soleness. [R.] Sir E. Dering.

Sol`-fa" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sol-faed (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Sol-faing.] [It. solfa the gamut, from the syllables fa, sol.] To sing the notes of the gamut, ascending or descending; as, do or ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do, or the same in reverse order.

Yet can I neither solfe ne sing.

Piers Plowman.

Sol"-fa", n. The gamut, or musical scale. See Tonic sol-fa, under Tonic, n.

Sol`fa*na"ri*a (?), n. [It., from solfo sulphur.] A sulphur mine.

||Sol`fa*ta"ra (?), n.[It., from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. sulfur, ||E. sulphur.] (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only ||sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the ||volcanic activity.

||Sol`feg*gia"re (?), v. i.[It.] (Mus.) To sol-fa. See Sol-fa, v. i.

||Sol*feg"gio (?), n.[It., fr. solfa the gamut.] (Mus.) The system of ||arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by ||which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables.

Sol`fe*ri"no (?), n. A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its discovery.

||So"li (?), n., pl. of Solo.

So*lic"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Solicited; p. pr. & vb. n. Soliciting.] [F. sollicier, L. sollicitare, solicitare, -atum, fr. sollicitus wholly (i. e., violently) moved; sollus whole + citus, p. p. of ciere to move, excite. See Solemn, Cite.] 1. To ask from with earnestness; to make petition to; to apply to for obtaining something; as, to solicit person for alms.

Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?

Milton.

2. To endeavor to obtain; to seek; to plead for; as, to solicit an office; to solicit a favor.