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ˈsolidness [f. solid a.] The quality of being solid, in lit. and fig. senses; solidity. (a)1600Surflet Countrie Farme iii. lxviii. 591 Grosse peeces [of gold] in respect of their solidnes consume but a verie little. 1620I. Jones Stone-Heng (1725) 50 The Plainness and Solidness of the Tuscan Order. 1650Venner Via Recta 154 Peare-Wardens, in regard of the solidnesse of their substance, may be longest kept. 1730Bailey (fol.), Substantiality,..Solidness, Firmness. 1838Dickens Nickelby xxxiv, ‘Here's flesh’ cried Squeers, turning the boy about... ‘Here's firmness, here's solidness!’ (b)1630H. Lord Banians 95 To settle us in the solidnesse of our owne faith. 1668H. More Div. Dial. ii. vi. (1713) 108 The fulness and Solidness of the Cause we contend for. 1681Manton Wks. (1872) VIII. 23 When they excel you..for solidness and settledness in manners. |