The Summer Solstice, (le Solstice d’ete, Fr.) Is when the sun is in the tropic of cancer, and gives us the longest day.
The Winter Solstice, is when the sun is in the tropic of capricorn, and gives us the shortest day. There is not any solstice under the equator, there being, in that quarter, without variation, equal day and equal night.
SOLUTION, (Solution, Fr.) Resolution of a doubt; removal of any intellectual difficulty.
SOMACHE, Fr. Brackish, salt. The mixture of sea and river water is so called, as eau somache.
SOME-war, Ind. Monday.
SOMMERS, in an ammunition waggon, are the upper sides, supported by the staves entered into them with one of their ends, and the other into the side pieces.
SOMMIER d’un Port levis, Fr. See [Seuil de Pont levis].
SONAILLER, Fr. A term used among the drivers of mules, to signify the leading animal that has a bell tied to his neck, which they call sonaille.
SONDE, Fr. Sounding lead, probe, any instrument used to ascertain the nature of soil, &c.
SONDER, Fr. To sound, to throw out the lead.