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solstitial, a. and n.|sɒlˈstɪʃəl|
Also 6–7 -tiall, -ciall, 7–9 -cial.
[a. F. solsticial, † solstitial, or ad. L. sōlstitiāl-is, f. sōlstitium: see solstice.]
A. adj.
1. Of or belonging to, connected with, a solstice or the solstices.
1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 35 They are called Colures, of which th'one..is named th'equinoctiall Colure, and th'other..the solstitiall Colure. 1591Nashe Prognost. Wks. (Grosart) II. 164 The Sunne..at his passage vnto the solsticiall estiuall signe Cancer. 1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. i. xxvii. (1636) 336 Now it is found to have passed that point so farre towards the Solsticiall point, as [etc.]. 1601Holland Pliny I. 8 The shadowes of them that dwell Northerly vnder the Solstitiall circle in Summer. 1634Peacham Compl. Gentl. vii. 60 The other passeth thorow the Solstitiall points, and is called the Solstitiall Colure. 1755B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sci. 192/3 What Distinction is made of these Solstitial Points? 1812–6Playfair Nat. Phil. II. 121 From observations of the sun's solstitial altitudes. 1845Theologian II. 36 Cancer..is a watery,..solstitial, and exceedingly fruitful sign. 1894R. A. Gregory Elem. Physiogr. vii. (ed. 4) 141 Each of the solsticial points being midway between the equinoxes.
2. Occurring, taking place, etc., at the time of the solstice(s).
c1610Sir C. Heydon Astrol. Disc. (1650) 14 These four causes are most evident upon the very solstitial days. 1695Phil. Trans. XIX. 15 In order to determine the Proportion of the Gnomon to the Solstitial shade. 1796Pegge Anonym. (1809) 431 The solstitial rains are here in England extremely beneficial. 1845Peter Parley's Ann. VI. 133 The setting in of the solstitial season. 1853Kane Grinnell Exped. xxxi. (1856) 266 The solstitial day of greatest darkness. 1881Nature XXIII. 609 The solstitial months, namely June and December.
3. Of heat, etc.: Characteristic of the summer solstice. Also as an epithet of the sun, etc., in this connexion.
1642H. More Song of Soul ii. ii. vii, The glorious Sun..such as he is in his solstitiall noon. 1667Milton P.L. x. 656 From the South to bring Solstitial summers heat. 1708J. Philips Cyder i. 13 Sirius parched with Heat Solstitial the green herb. 1795Gentl. Mag. 540 Luxuriant foliage opposes the solstitial sun. 1829Wordsw. Th. on the Seasons ii, Less fair is summer riding high In fierce solstitial power. 1868Kingsley Christmas Day 37 That day Shall dawn in glory, and solstitial blaze Of full midsummer sun.
4. a. Of plants: Coming up at the summer solstice; growing or fading rapidly.
After solstitialis herba in Plautus Pseud. i. i. 36.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 475 The short Duration of worldly Happinesse, how aptly called the Solstitiall Plant. 1657–61Heylin Hist. Reform. Pref. p. i, So many Ordinances..should be as short lived as Jonas' Gourd, or the solstitial herb in Plautus. 1783Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 417 As the two last are solstitial, and rather delicate plants, I wondered the less at their sensibility.
b. Of insects, etc.: Appearing about the time of the summer solstice.
1812Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. ii. 449 The Solstitial Parrakeet is twice described by Buffon, under different divisions of the genus. 1818Kirby & Sp. Introd. Entomol. II. xxiii. 372 The solstitial and common cockchafer appear in the evening—the former generally coming forth at the summer solstice. 1835Kirby Habits & Inst. Anim. II. xx. 366 About the time of the summer solstice, the solstitial beetle may be seen and heard buzzing in vast numbers over the trees and hedges.
5. Connected with the observation of the solstices.
1834Hist. Astron. (U.K.S.) vi. 32/1 The construction of the astrolabium..was rather more complicated than that of the solstitial or equatorial armillæ. 1883Bible Myths (ed. 2) 439 An astronomical observatory containing..solstitial and equatorial armils,..and other apparatus. 1906Lockyer Stonehenge iii. 19 We have in Stonehenge a solstitial temple.
†B. n. A solstice. Obs. rare.
1561Eden Arte Nauig. i. xv. 16 These Tropykes are descrybed by the motion of the fyrst moueable with the points of the Solstitials. 1612Hopton Concord. Yeares (1615) 53 The Summer and Winter Solstitials.
Hence solˈstitially adv., towards the solstices.
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iv. 166 That the Leaves of the Olive and some other trees solstitially turn..is scarce expectable in any Climate. 1894Athenæum 21 Apr. 515/3 The temples were oriented solstitially or equinoctially. |