sol — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

dead, spanish

The dead sol lying on the beach had dried out completely in the hot sun.

VERB + SOL

can't, doubled, ouched, reach

SOL + NOUN

gills, la, minutes, phrase, si, ti

The fish's sol gills extracted oxygen from the water as it swam downstream.

PREP.

after, with

After sol, the musicians took a break before rehearsing the next piece.

ADV.

anyway, ever

I didn't understand the instructions anyway, so I just did what seemed right.

Definitions

noun

1

In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la.

D ſol re, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, / Ela mi, ſhow pitty or I die.

Ser[vant, i.e., Peter]. Alack alack what ſhal I doe, come Fidlers play me ſome mery dumpe. / I. [First musician]. A ſir, this is no time to play. / […] / Ser. Then will I giue it you, and ſoundly to. / I. What will you giue vs? / Ser. The fidler, Ile re you, Ile fa you, Ile ſol you. / I. If you re vs and fa vs, we will note you.

2

In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.

noun

1

An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers.

This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker.

Moſt of their owne coines that I ſaw were theſe. In gold but one, which is their chiquiney: This piece doth much vary in the value. For ſometimes it is high, ſometimes low. When I was there, a chiquiney was worth eleuen liuers, and twelue ſols. Which counteruaileth eight ſhillings and eight pence halfe penny of our money.

noun

1

A former Spanish-American silver coin.

The Tobacco of this colony is ſo excellent, that if the commerce thereof was free, it would ſell for one hundred ſols and ſix livres the pound, ſo fine and delicate is its juice and flavour.

2

In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical

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Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

D ſol re, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, / Ela mi, ſhow pitty or I die.

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02

Ser[vant, i.e., Peter]. Alack alack what ſhal I doe, come Fidlers play me ſome mery dumpe. / I. [First musician]. A ſir, this is no time to play. / […] / Ser. Then will I giue it you, and ſoundly to.

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03

This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker.

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04

Moſt of their owne coines that I ſaw were theſe. In gold but one, which is their chiquiney: This piece doth much vary in the value. For ſometimes it is high, ſometimes low. When I was there, a chiquin

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05

It was the fate of the grenadier company, to which I now belonged, to lie at Rheims, where I found myſelf in the utmoſt want of every thing: My pay, which amounted to five ſols a day, far from ſupplyi

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06

The Tobacco of this colony is ſo excellent, that if the commerce thereof was free, it would ſell for one hundred ſols and ſix livres the pound, ſo fine and delicate is its juice and flavour.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, sol is marked as obsolete, informal, historical, poetic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.