Solatium, sō-lā′shi-um, n. any compensation, a sum legally awarded, over and above actual damages, by way of compensation for wounded feelings. [L.]
Sold, sōld, pa.t. and pa.p. of sell.
Sold, sold, n. (Spens.) pay, remuneration. [Fr. solde—L. solidus, a piece of money.]
Soldado, sōl-dä′dō, n. a soldier. [Sp.]
Soldan, sōl′dan, n. (Milt.). Same as Sultan.
Soldanel, sol′da-nel, n. a plant of the genus Soldanella, of the order Primulaceæ—the blue moonwort.
Soldatesque, sol-da-tesk′, adj. soldier-like, [Fr.,—soldat, a soldier.]
Solder, sod′ėr, or sol′dėr, v.t. to unite two metallic surfaces by a fusible metallic cement: to cement.—n. a fusible alloy for uniting metals.—ns. Sol′derer; Sol′dering; Sol′dering-bolt, -ī′ron, a tool with pointed or wedge-shaped copper bit for use in soldering. [O. Fr. soudre, souldure—souder, soulder, to consolidate—L. solidāre, to make solid.]
Soldier, sōl′jėr, n. a man engaged in military service: a private, as distinguished from an officer: a man of much military experience or of great valour: a soldier-ant, beetle, hermit-crab, &c.: (slang) a red herring.—v.i. to serve as a soldier: to bully: to shirk one's work or duty: (slang) to take a mount on another man's horse.—ns. Sol′dier-crab, a hermit-crab; Sol′diering, the state of being a soldier: the occupation of a soldier.—adjs. Sol′dier-like, Sol′dierly, like a soldier: martial: brave.—ns. Sol′dier-of-for′tune, one ready to serve anywhere for pay or his own advancement; Sol′diership, state or quality of being a soldier: military qualities: martial skill; Sol′diery, soldiers collectively: the body of military men; Fresh′water-sol′dier, the Stratiotes aloides, a European aquatic plant with sword-shaped leaves.—Come the old soldier over one, to impose on any one.—Old soldier, a bottle emptied at a sitting: a cigar-stump. [O. Fr. soldier (Fr. soldat)—L. solidus, a piece of money, the pay of a soldier.]
Soldo, sol′dō, n. an Italian coin, 1⁄20th of the lira, a sol or sou:—pl. Sol′di. [It.]