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The quantity of steel manufactured yearly is about 13,000 
cvvt.; 16 miles east-south-east of Dusseldorf, and 20 east- 
north-east of Cologne. 
SOLINUS (Caius Julius), a Latin grammarian, but of 
what particular period is not known, though he is generally 
referred to the third century. He appears to have resided 
chiefly at Rome, but is known only as the author of a work, 
which he first entitled “ Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium,” 
afterwards “ Polyhistor.” This is a collection of the re¬ 
markable things in different countries, partly transcribed, 
without acknowledgment, from Pliny’s Natural History; 
whence the author has been called the ape of Pliny. The 
work however, of Solinus, contain some things not to be 
found in Pliny, and it contains likewise an elucidation of 
some difficulties in the original; and on these accounts it 
has been deemed worthy of the notice of the critics. The 
best modern editions are said to be the octavo of Salmasius, 
2 vols, 1689; and Gesner’s, printed at Leipsic, in 1777. 
SOLIPACA, a town of Naples, in the Terra di Lavori. 
Population 3200 
SO'LIrEDE, s. [solus and pedes, Lat.] An animal 
whose feet are not cloven.— Solipedes, or film footed animals, 
as horses, asses, and mules, are in mighty number. Brown. 
SOLIS (Antonio de), a celebrated Spanish historian and 
poet, was born at Alcala de Henares. While he was very 
young, and a student, he wrote a comedy, which was ex¬ 
tremely well received. It was followed by others, as well 
as by poems on different subjects, by which he raised a very 
high reputation. He was employed in the Secretary of 
State’s Office, and the king, Philip IV., made him his own 
private secretary. In 1661 the queen nominated him his¬ 
toriographer for the Indies; and it was in this quality, 
that he composed his “ History of the Conquest of Mexico,” 
a work which placed him among the most approved of the 
Spanish prose writers, and was greatly applauded both at 
home aud abroad. De Solis took priests’ orders when he 
was in the 57th year of his age, after which he renounced 
all connection with the theatre, and adopted a regularity 'of 
life conformable to his character as a priest. He died in the 
year 1686. The comedies of De Solis, which were printed 
collectively in 4to., Madrid, in 1661, are said by critics to 
be perplexed in their story, and rather romantic than comic; 
but they have afforded the foundation of many French plays. 
His poems are said to display more imagination than correct 
taste. His history is written with spirit and elegance, but 
there are occasional displays of the bombast and false taste, 
and frequently are to be met with great deviations from the 
truth. The object of De Solis is to make a perfect hero of 
Cortes, and on this account the history terminates with the 
conquest of Mexico, and does not touch upon subsequent 
cruelties. It has been translated into the French and English 
languages. 
SOLIS, or Aqu^e, in Ancient Geography, a town of 
Albion, in she 14th route of Antonina’s Itinerary, between 
Isca or Caerleon and Calleva or Silchester. Aquae Solis was 
unquestionably Bath, which was much frequented by the 
Romans for its warm and medicinal springs. 
SOLIS, a river of South America, in the province of 
Buenos Ayres, which runs from north to south, and empties 
itself into the Plata, at its entrance between the islands of 
Flores and Maldonado.—There is another river of the same 
name in the same province, with the surname of Chico, to 
distinguish it, which terminates to the south-west of the 
former. 
SOLITA'IRE, s. [solitaire , Fr.] A recluse; a hermit.— 
Often have I been going to take possession of tranquillity, 
when your conversation has spoiled me for a solitaire. 
Pope. —An ornament for the neck. 
Before a solitaire, behind 
A twisted ribbon. Shenstone. 
She sees him now in sash and solitaire 
March in review with Milo’s strut and stare. Nevile. 
SOLITAIRE ISLAND, a small island in the Southern 
Pacific ocean ; 25 miles south of Kerguelen’s Land. Lat. 
49. 49. S. long. 68 . 6 . E. 
SOLITA'RIAN. s. A hermit; a solitary.—This man 
gathered together all the dispersed monks and other so lit a- 
rians of Italy, so that in a short time he had no less than 
twelve monasteries about him. Sir R. Twisden. 
SO'LITARILY, adv. In solitude; with loneliness; with¬ 
out company.—How should that subsist solitarily by itself, 
which hath no substance, but individually the very same 
whereby others subsist with it ? Hooker. 
SO'LITARINESS, s. Solitude; forbearance of com.- 
pany ; habitual retirement.—You subject yourself to solita- 
I'iness, the sly enemy that doth most separate a man from 
well doing. Sidney. 
SO'LITARY, adv. [solitaire, Fr.; solitarius, Lat.] Living 
alone; not having company.—Those rare and solitary, 
these in flocks. Milton. —Retired; remote from company: 
done or passed without company. 
Him fair Lavinia 
Shall breed in groves to lead a solitary life. Dryden 
Gloomy; dismal.—Let that night be solitary, let no joy¬ 
ful voice come therein. Job.— -Single.—Relations alternately 
relieve each other, their mutual concurrences supporting their 
solitary instability. Brown. 
SO'LITARY, s. One that lives alone ; a hermit.—You 
describe so well your hermitical state of life, that none of the 
ancient anchorites could go beyond you, for a cave, with a 
spring, or any of the accommodations that befit a solitude. 
Pope. 
SOLITARY ISLAND, an island in the South Pacific 
ocean, discovered by Mendana in the year 1595. This island 
is low, round, and planted with trees; the coast surrounded 
with rocks. Lat. 10. 4. S. long. 178.20. W. 
SOLITARY ISLANDS, a cluster of small islands near the 
coast of New Holland. Lat. 30. 8. S. 
SO'LITUDE, s. [ solitude , Fr.; solitudo, Lat.] Lonely 
life; state of being alone.—It had been hard to have put 
more truth and untruth together, in few words, than in that 
speech ; whosoever is delighted with solitude, is either a wild 
beast or a god. Bacon. —Loneliness; remoteness from com¬ 
pany.—The solitude of his little parish is become matter of 
great comfort to him, because he hopes that God has placed 
him and his flock there, to make it their way to heaven. 
Law.—A lonely place; a desert. 
In these deep solitudes and awful cells. 
Where heavn’ly-pensive contemplation dwells. Pope. 
SOLI'VAGANT, adv. [solivagus, Lat,] Wandering 
about alone. Unused. —A description of the impure drudge; 
that is to say, a solivagant or solitary vagrant. Granger. 
SOLI-VIhfOKOU, a river of Chili, in the province of 
Copiapo, which runs south, and enters the Biobio. 
SO'LLAR, s. [soliarum, low Latin; sollier, oldFr.] An 
upper room; a loft; a garret. Formerly also an open gal¬ 
lery, at the top of the house. See Tyrrwhitt, Gloss. Chauc. 
in V. Solf.k-hall. It is a Cornish term for a ground-room, 
an entry, a gallery, a stage of boards in a mine. 
Some skilfully drieth their hops on a kel. 
And some on a sollar, oft turning them wel. Tusser. 
Stone steps that led to the solar or chamber. A. Wood. 
SOLLER, a town of Spain, in the island of Majorca; 14 
miles north of Palma. It stands in a delightful valley, full 
of orange, lemon, and other fruit trees, and surrounded by 
hills covered with clumps of fig, olive, and carob trees. 
Several small brooks run down from these hills, irrigate the 
valley, and unite near the town. The latter contains 5700 
inhabitants, has a harbour defended by two forts, and derives 
its chief business from the sale of its oranges, most of which 
are sent to Barcelona, and afterwards to England. 
SOLLEROE, a small island of Sweden, in the lake of 
Siljan. Population 1200. 
SOLLERSHOPE, a parish of England, in Herefordshire ; 
7 miles from Ross. 
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