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after which, during the rest of its course to the Tiber, there 
are none. 
SOLFATARA, a mountain of Naples, in the Terra di 
Lavoro, surrounded with other mountains extending in the 
form of a crescent. It has a kind of cavity, about a mile in 
diameter, the crater, doubtless, of a volcano now extinct. 
The soil is warm and white, and if opened to some depth, 
is insupportable from the heat and exhalations. The ground 
being in many parts hollow, it is supposed that there may be 
a subterraneous communication with Mount Vesuvius. It 
furnishes the materials for manufactures of sulphur, vitriol, 
and alum. 
SOLFEGGIAMENTO, in the Italian Music, composi¬ 
tions, of which the syllables, ut, or do, re, mi, fa, &c., are 
the subject. 
SOLFEGGIARE, [Ital., Solfer, Fr.] is what the vulgar in 
England call sol-fa-ing. All these expressions imply the 
same thing,—naming the intervals in the first lessons of 
singing; for which, among regular bred musicians, the 
proper term in English is solmisation. 
SOLGALIZKAJA, a town of European Russia, in the 
government of Kostroma, with 2300 inhabitants, and large 
salt-works ; 103 miles north-north-west of Macariev. 
SOLIANOI, a fortress of Asiatic Turkey, in the govern¬ 
ment of Kolivan, on the Irtysch. Lat. 54. 20. E. long. 75. 
14. E. 
SOLIANOI, a village of Asiatic Russia, in the government 
of Irkoutsk; 20 miles north -north-west of Selenginsk. 
SOLIANSKOl STANITZ, a village of Asiatic Russia, in 
the government of Irkoutsk, on the Lena; 16 miles north¬ 
east of Olexminsk. 
To SOLI'CIT, io. a. [solicito, Lat.; soliciter, Fr.] To 
importune; to intreat. 
If you bethink yourself of any crime, 
Unreconcil’d as yet to heaven and grace, 
Solicit for it straight. Shakspeare. 
To call to action; to summon; to awake; to excite. 
Solicit Henry with her wondrous praise I 
Bethink thee on her virtues that surmount 
Her natural graces, that extinguish art. Shakspeare. 
To implore; to ask.—With that she wept again, till he 
again soliciting the conclusion of her story, “ Then must 
you,” said she, “ know the story of Amphialus ?” Sidney. 
—To attempt; to try to obtain. 
I do not long 
To go a-foot yet, and solicit causes. Beatim. and FI. 
I have been detained all this morning soliciting some 
business between the Treasury and our office. Sir R, Steele. 
I view my crime, but kindle at the view, 
Repent old pleasures, and solicit new. Pope. 
To disturb ; to disquiet. A Latinism. 
I find your love, and would reward it too; 
But anxious fears solicit my weak breast. Pry den. 
SOLICITATION, s. [solicitation, Fr. Cotgravei] Im¬ 
portunity ; act of importuning. 
I can produce a man 
Of female seed, far abler to resist 
All his solicitations, and at length. 
All his vast force, and drive him back to hell. Milton. 
Invitation ; excitement.—Children are surrounded with 
new things, which, by a constant solicitation of their senses, 
draw the mind constantly to them. Locke. 
SOLI'CITOR, s. [soliciteur, Fr. Cotgravei] One who 
importunes or entreats.—He became, of a" solicitor to cor¬ 
rupt her, a most devout exhorter, and a most earnest per¬ 
suader, that she should all her life-daies persiste in her most 
godlye profession of perpetuall virginitie. Martin. —One 
who petitions for another. 
Be merry, Cassio; 
. For thy solicitor shall rather die, 
Than give thy cause away. Shakspeare. 
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One who does in Chancery the business which is done by 
attornies in other courts.—For the king’s attorney and soli¬ 
citor general, their continual use for the king’s service re¬ 
quires men every way fit. Bacon. 
SOLICITOR, or Sollicitor, Solicitator, a person 
employed to follow, and take care of, other persons’ suits. 
This term was formerly allowed only to nobility, whose 
menial servants they were; but now regularly admitted to 
practice in the Court of Chancery. 
The king has a Solicitor-general, who holds his office by 
patent, during the king’s pleasure. The Attorney-general 
and he had anciently a right to their writs of summons, to 
sit in the lords’ house on special occasions, till the 13 Car. II., 
since which time, they have almost constantly been chosen 
members of the House of Commons. 
The Solicitor-general has the care and concern of ma¬ 
naging the king’s affairs, and hath fees for pleading, besides 
other fees arising by patents, &c. He hath his attendance 
on the privy-council; and the Attorney-general and he were 
anciently reckoned among the officers of the Exchequer : 
they have audience, and come within the bar in all other 
courts. 
To the queen’s household there belongs also an officer 
with this appellation. 
SOLI'CITOUS, adj. [solicitus, Lat.] Anxious; careful; 
concerned. It has commonly about before that which causes 
anxiety; sometimes for or of. For-is proper before some¬ 
thing to be obtained.—Our hearts are pure, when we are not 
solicitous of the opinion and censures of men, but only that 
we do our duty. Bp. Taylor. —Enjoy the present, what¬ 
soever it be, and be not solicitous for the future. Bp. Tay- 
lor.— No man is solicitous about the event of that which 
he has in his power to dispose of. South. 
The tender dame, solicitous to know 
Whether her child should reach old age or no. 
Consults the sage Tiresias. Addison. 
SOLI'CITOUSLY, adv. Anxiously; carefully.—The 
medical art being conversant about the health and life of 
man, doctrinal errours in it are to be solicitously avoided. 
Boyle. 
SOLI'CITUDE, s. [solicitude, Fr.; Cot grave; solicitu- 
do, Lat.] Anxiety; carefulness.—If they would but provide 
for eternity with the same solicitude, and real care, as they 
do for this life, they could not fail of heaven. Tillotson. 
SOLI'CITRESS, s. A woman who petitions for another. 
—I had the most earnest solicitress, as well as the fairest; 
and nothing could be refused to my lady Hyde. Pry den. 
SO'LID, adj. [solidus, Lat.; solide, Fr.] Not liquid; 
not fluid. 
Land that ever burn’d 
With solid, as the lake with liquid fire. Milton. 
Not hollow; full of matter; compact; dense. 
Thin airy things extend themselves in place. 
Things solid take up little space. Cowley. 
I hear his thundering voice resound, 
And trampling feet that shake the solid ground. Pryden. 
Having all the geometrical dimensions.—In a solid foot 
are 1728 solid inches, weighing 76 pounds of rain water. 
Arbuthnot. —Strong; firm.—The duke’s new palace is a 
noble pile built after this maimer, which makes it look very 
solid and majestic. Addison. —Sound; not w'eakly.—If 
persons devote themselves to science, they should be well 
assured of a solid and strong constitution of body, to bear 
the fatigue. Watts. —Real; not empty; true; not falla¬ 
cious. 
The earth may of solid good contain 
More plenty than the sun. Milton. 
Not light; not superficial; grave; profound.—These, 
wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid 
men; and a solid man is, in plain English, a solid solemn 
fool. Pryden. 
SO'LID, s. The solid parts of the body.—The first and 
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