solidadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɒlɪd/, U.S.

/ˈsɑləd/

Forms: Middle English–1600s solide (1500s–1600s solude, 1600s solede, sollide); Middle English– solid (1600s solyd, sollid).

Etymology: < Old French solide (modern French solide, = Spanish solido, Portuguese solido, Italian solido), or < Latin solidus.

I. Senses relating to solidity or compactness.

a. Free from empty spaces, cavities, interstices, etc.; having the interior completely filled in or up. Opposed to hollow.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > free from empty spaces or solid

thicka1400

solidc1400

thightc1440

unhollow1548

unhollowed1609

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §26. 35 The excellence of the spere solide..shewyth Manifeste the diuerse assenciouns of signes in diuerse places.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 85 Hollow things are more fitte to receiue sounds, and to cause them to be heard better, then things that are solide and more thicke.

1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Solide, sound, heavie, not hollowe.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 567 This was hollow, the other solid.

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 106 That [piece] examined..was a solid rhomboid.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 180 In the construction of walls they are generally built solid; but when the wall is formed entirely of brick, a saving of material is obtained..by building them hollow.

1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 277 Mr. Fawcett introduced the highly important improvement of casting the guns solid and boring them.

1881 Grove's Dict. Music III. 179 It was played with the hand,..and had seven strings mounted in a solid wooden frame.

b. spec. in Botany and Entomology (see quots.).

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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > solid or hollow > [adjective]

solid1753

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of general parts > free from empty spaces

solid1826

(a)

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Solid root..expresses the whole root to be one uniform lump of matter.

1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 378 Solidus, solid, without internal Pores.

c1789 Encycl. Brit. III. 448/1 Solid, consisting of solid substance; as the tulip.

1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 82 Solid Root; fleshy and uniform, as that of a Turnep.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1072/1 Solid, not hollow or furnished with internal cavities of any kind.

(b)1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 259 Solid (Solida). When the interior is full.1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 323 Solid Knob... When the knob consists of a single joint, or if of more, exhibits very faint traces of their separation.

c. Typography. Having no leads between the lines; unleaded; (see also quot. 1888).

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society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > having lines separated by leads > not

solid1808

unleaded1811

1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 163 To a solid page, two leads make the usual white after the head.

1839 T. C. Hansard Treat. Printing & Type-founding (1841) 89 How many lines of the particular type used there would be in a page of the given size, supposing it were all solid type.

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 128 Solid matter, type composed without leads; also applied to type with but few quadrats in.

d. Of a wall, etc.: Having no opening or window; unbroken, blank.

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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > stopping up or blocking > having no openings

unholed1562

inoculated1599

unvented1624

uncrannied1627

riftless1798

solid1865

unfenestrated1884

1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. ii. ii. ii. 427 The apse, properly speaking, is a solid semi-cylinder, surmounted by a semi-dome, but always solid below, though generally broken by windows above.

e. Photography. (See quots.)

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1918 Photo-miniature Mar. Solid, applied to prints or enlargements made to include the background existing in the negative as distinguished from vignetting.

1919 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 250 Solid applied to prints and enlargements,..denoting that the negative is printed full up to the edges—i.e., not vignetted or masked during printing.

2. Mathematics.

a. Of a body or figure: Having three dimensions.

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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > three-dimensional

solidc1430

gross?a1560

c1430 Art Nombryng 14 It is clepede a solide body that hathe þer-in..lengthe, brede, and thiknesse.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Curve The Conchoid and the Solid Parabola.

1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 111 Alternate solid angles replaced by tangent planes.

1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. i. 209 What have plane figures to do with solid orbits?

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 206/1 The rules..for measuring different superficial or solid figures will be found under the several heads.

figurative.1830 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 415/2 Narrative is linear, Action is solid.

†b. Of number or measure: = cubic adj. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > [adjective] > expressing cubic measure

solidc1430

cubical?a1560

cubic1660

the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > multiple > of self or forming powers

solidc1430

quadratec1450

wholec1450

cubic1551

squared1557

sursolid1557

cubical?a1560

zenzic1571

quadrato-quadratic1647

quadrato-cubic1654

biquadratic1668

quadrato-quadratical1668

square-squarea1679

powerfula1690

biquadrate1806

quintic1851

sextic1851

superlinear1865

(a)

c1430 Art Nombryng 14 The solide nombre or cubike is þat þat comythe of double ledynge of nombre in nombre.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 186^v When three numbers multiplyed together ye one into the other, produce any number, the number produced, is called a solide number.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Numbers, are those which arise from the Multiplication of a Plain Number, by any other whatsoever.

(b)1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E3 Ten thousand millions of Cubick German Leagues, (and consequently above threescore times as many English miles of solid measure).?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 165 A Foot solid measure hath seventeen hundred twenty eight square Inches.1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins ix. 91 There are in a solid Foot 1728 solid Inches.

c. Of, relating, or pertaining to a geometrical solid or solids (†or to cubic numbers).

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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > three-dimensional > of or relating to

solid?a1560

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xiv. sig. Oj The thirde kynde of Geometrie, where you shall haue rules to measure, not onely the solide, but also the superficiall contentes of all maner bodies.

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 22 A solide perpendiculer line is, when the point, from whence the perpendiculer is drawne, is on high, and without the plaine superficies.

1684 E. Halley (title) Discourse concerning the number of roots of solid and biquadratical equations.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Place..is when the Point is in one of the Conick Sections.

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Problem..is one which can't be Geometrically solved, but by the Intersection of a Circle, and a Conick Section.

1733 H. Gore (title) Elements of Solid Geometry.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 206/1 Solid, superficial, and linear dimensions.

1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 59 U, instead of being a single spherical solid harmonic, may be an infinite series of such harmonics.

a. Of material substances: Of a dense or massive consistency; composed of particles which are firmly and continuously coherent; hard and compact.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective]

thickc888

fastOE

sada1375

massya1382

sounda1387

massya1398

corpulent1398

grossa1475

tight1513

massive1526

spiss?1527

solid?1533

thight1539

solidate1542

crass1545

bodily1557

spissy1570

dense1599

consolid1613

materiate1626

crassy1630

cakey1705

rocky1825

?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Diii Solude, massif.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 33 It is nothing solide or massie, but much porouse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. ii. 129 Oh that this too too solid [1604 sallied] Flesh, would melt, Thaw, and resolue it selfe into a Dew.

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 179 In place of solyd walls, it is ingirt with liquid moats or trenches.

1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §76. 170 We shall demonstrate..that each Planet, the nearer it is to the Sun, the solider or more dense it is.

a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 86 What wondrous force the solid earth can move.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 299 The separation of a fluid from the solid concrete particles which it contains.

1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 177/2 These secretions are exceedingly numerous, and constitute the great bulk of the solid parts of the plant.

1895 Naturalist 26 A solid camphor.

in extended use.1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. i. 272 To think that Asses should in Judgement sit, In solid Deafness, on the Works of Wit.1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) iii. 60 I forced a way Thro' solid opposition crabb'd and gnarl'd.1887 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. V. 338 There will no longer be any obstacle to a solid despotism.

b. Solidified; frozen.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid

congealedc1384

consolidate1531

baked1547

condensate1555

congelate1574

concrete1598

indensate1599

coagulate1610

condense1610

condensated1625

concreted1634

spissed1635

conglaciated1656

corporified1680

solid1697

incrassateda1706

caked1820

solidified1828

consolidateda1850

sadded1894

densified1900

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > frozen hard

solid1786

ironclad1834

iron-bound1835

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 113 With Axes first they cleave the Wine, and thence By weight, the solid portions they dispence.

1786 S. Rogers Ode Superstit. i. iii O'er solid seas, where Winter reigns.

1879 Daily Tel. 28 June Having the bowl of solid soup carefully enwrapped in a copy of the Sunday Times.

c. In the phrase solid rock, with reference to the cutting of steps or passages in it.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > solid rock

solid rock1779

1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1793) I. 231 We entered the largest saline by a passage cut out of the solid rock.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xiv. 320 We went through a long passage, and down other steps cut in the solid rock.

1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 215/1 Two excavations, wrought with extreme labour, in the solid rock, called galleries.

d. Of clouds, the atmosphere, etc.: Having the appearance of a solid or unbroken mass; dense, thick, compact. Chiefly poetic.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > thick (of clouds)

thicky1587

filthya1616

solid1807

the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > thick or turbid

troublyc1380

greata1398

murkc1480

mistyc1485

foggyc1487

troublea1500

grossa1592

fat1598

filthya1616

thick1626

murky1667

turbid1705

solid1807

1807 W. Wordsworth Sonn. to Liberty ii. v Clouds, lingering yet, extend in solid bars Through the grey west.

1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind ii, in Prometheus Unbound 190 Thy congregated might Of vapours, from whose solid atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst.

1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 3/1 Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of the eastern cloud.

e. Astronautics. Using solid fuel.

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [adjective] > types of rocket

solid-fuelled1891

needle-nosed1931

solid1949

nose-driven1952

liquid-fuelled1960

posigrade1960

strap-on1966

1949 G. P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elem. i. 10 Long duration solid rocket units require an excessively heavy and large combustion chamber.

1961 Flight 80 650/2 A study of the requirements associated with the transport, handling, checkout, assembly, and launch of extremely large solid boosters.

1967 Technol. Week 20 Feb. 13/1 The program will cover the design, development and demonstration of a controllable solid propulsion system using integral propulsion.

1979 J. W. Cornelisse et al. Rocket Propulsion ix. 169 Solid rockets find widespread military and civil applications.

4. Of states, conditions, etc.: Characterized by solidity or compactness.

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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > characterized by solidity

solid1600

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 47 That one might..see..the continent Weary of solide firmenesse melt it selfe Into the sea.

1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F2^v The Leaves..are of a more solid Texture..than the Blossoms.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vi. 184 A little surprised at the solid weight of the distressed fair one.

1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §66 Taking water and iron as instances: when both are in a solid state we get ice and hard iron.

a. Of rain, etc.: Steady, drenching; continuous. Also, of a day: Characterized by rain of this kind.

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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy

steepc1330

pissingc1475

thightc1480

pouring1577

pashing1581

sad1590

steep-down1601

solid1621

even down1622

sluicy1697

pelting1710

buck1732

steeping1774

peppering1827

sluicing1847

torrential1849

peltering1858

plumping1879

teeming1880

lashing1885

monsoonish1886

sheeting1940

1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 354 There fell (in a sad and sollid shewer without intermission) soe much unexpected rayne.

1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vi. 86 To be looking out on a good solid English wet day.

1868 in Huntley Glouc. Gloss. 63 A solid rain.

b. Of water: Coming in a compact mass.

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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > in compact mass

confluent1718

solid1893

1893 Outing 22 146/2 Her principal fault is that she is wet in a sea-way, though she rarely ships solid water.

6. Having the property of occupying a certain amount of space (cf. solidity n. 4).

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the world > space > [adjective] > having property of occupying space

extent?a1475

extensive1624

extense1647

extended1666

bulky1674

roomthy1674

solid1690

spatial1847

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. iv. 49 Nor is an Adamant one jot more solid than Water.

1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. iv. 54 Yet it is not, that the parts of the Diamond are more solid than those of Water, or resist more.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 125 Even a particle of water is solid.

1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Pneumatics 3 The quality in air which we have called impenetrability, is sometimes called solidity, and air is said to be solid.

II. Senses relating to substantial and continuous quality.

7. Of a strong, firm, or substantial nature or quality; not slight or flimsy:

a. Of things (or persons), in figurative applications.

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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > established, settled

steadfast1258

groundlyc1275

stablec1290

firmc1374

well-groundeda1393

irradicate1436

well-fixed1567

statary1581

solid1586

confirmed1594

lodged1600

well-entrenched1661

substantive1809

corroborated1822

stabilized1887

1586 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. IV. 61 Upon a gude and solide ordour for convocating of the ministerie to General Assembleis thaireftir.

1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xv. 64 This temper had made them sollude, and fitte for anie foundation.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xiii. sig. Ff6 The Decrees of Providence are too solid and fixt to have Violence offered them.

1703 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 541 All the points of good & solid Architecture.

1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) III. 728 As he took so much pains for the graces of oratory only, I conclude he took still more for the more solid parts of it.

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. 30 Faith is gone, having no solid support.

1812 Examiner 11 May 302/2 The colouring..is solid without heaviness.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. vi. 111 His desire was for solid and sure places.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. iv. 101 There was another way of earning something solid.

b. Of structures, buildings, furniture, etc.

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1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 How goodly..were such an obedient unanimity as this... Doubtles a stanch and solid peece of frame-work, as any January could freeze together.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1676 (1955) IV. 92 The furniture is very particular for..Porcelane, & other solid & noble moveables.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 47 We saw on our right hand two very solid well built houses.

1870 J. S. Howson Metaphors St. Paul ii. 72 The solid cities of the Greeks and Romans.

c. Of food or liquor.

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the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > solid or substantial

bearinga1625

solid1685

1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 483 Venison, & plaine solid Meate, Foule, Baked & boiled meates; banquet &c in exceeding plenty.

1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. *Bij Whole Pyramids of Sweet-meats, for Boys and Women; but little of solid Meat, for Men.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋4 A Bottle or two of good solid Edifying Port, at honest George's, made a Night chearful, and threw off Reserve.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 173 One substantial meal of solid animal food daily.

d. Of cloth, garments, etc.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other

smalleOE

lightc1230

round1402

side-necked1430

wanton1489

Spanish1530

tucked1530

lustya1555

civil1582

open-breasted1598

full1601

everlasting1607

sheeten1611

nothinga1616

burly1651

pin-up1677

slouching1691

double-breasted1701

negligée1718

translated1727

uniform1746

undress1777

single-breasted1796

unworn1798

mamalone1799

costumic1801

safeguard1822

Tom and Jerry1830

lightweight1837

fancy dress1844

wrap-1845

hen-skin1846

Mary Stuart1846

well-cut1849

mousquetaire1851

empire1852

costumary1853

solid1859

spring weight1869

Henri II1870

western1881

hard-boiled1882

man-of-war1883

Henley1886

demi-season1890

Gretchen1890

toreador1892

crossover1893

French cut1896

drifty1897

boxy1898

Buster Brown1902

Romney1903

modistic1907

Peter Pan1908

classic1909

Fauntleroy1911

baby doll1912

flared1928

flare1929

tuck-in1929

unpressed1932

Edwardian1934

swingy1937

topless1937

wraparound1937

dressed-down1939

cover-up1942

Sun Yat-sen1942

utility1942

non-utility1948

sudsable1951

off-the-shoulder1953

peasant1953

flareless1954

A-line1955

matador1955

stretch1956

wash-and-wear1959

layered1962

Tom Jones1964

Carnaby Street1965

Action Man1966

Mao-style1967

wear-dated1968

thermal1970

bondage1980

swaggery1980

hoochie1990

mitumba1990

kinderwhore1994

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > stout or substantial

massive1670

solid1859

winter weight1871

1859 Habits Good Society iv. 177 For the country, the attire should be tasteful and solid and strong.

1903 Sat. Rev. 5 Dec. 697/2 Solid unbleached calico..wears well.

e. Cards. (See quot. 1927.)

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [adjective] > type of suit

stopped1900

solid1927

rebid1931

1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge 145 Solid suit, one of such length and strength as to be practically sure of winning every trick in that suit.

1959 Listener 12 Feb. 309/1 The jump after a forcing opening bid shows a solid suit.

1976 Country Life 1 Apr. 846/2 Even when your trump suit is solid, it may still be fatal to touch it too early.

a. Combined; consolidated; united. rare.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined

conjoint1393

redacta1398

combinate1583

combined1603

social1620

solida1626

consolidate1638

conjunct1649

alligateda1676

combinated1757

amalgamated1827

amalgamate1849

consolidateda1850

a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 94 So if tenant for life the remainder in fee bee, and they ioine in graunting a rent, this is one solid rent out of both their estates.

1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 160 The other acquired unlimited power over a solid kingdom.

b. Unanimous, undivided; united in approval or opposition. Originally U.S. solid South, the politically united southern States of America; the unanimous vote of the white electorate in these States for the Democratic party.

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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective]

anmodOE

accordantc1350

concordable1393

ogrant?a1400

whole1413

agreeing1440

communala1470

concordant1477

agreeablea1525

greeinga1547

one-hearted?1584

consenting1589

well-tuned1592

consentient1622

concording1627

unanimousa1631

unanimate1633

homodox1656

concurrent1660

concerted1673

of one lip1677

homodoxian1716

harmonious1724

concurring1732

assenting1752

one-voiced1821

solidary1841

solidaire1845

solid1855

ditto-saying1892

assented1907

society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party > the South as supporting

solid South1855

1855 in P. S. Foner Business & Slavery (1941) 114 We are now beaten by the solid vote of the City of New York.

1858 S. Colfax Let. in O. J. Hollister Life Schuyler Colfax (1887) 137 We have fallen on strange times when the solid South in the House and a score of Northern Democrats dare to vote ‘No’ on a resolution approving existing laws against the African slave trade.

1872 Chicago Tribune 14 Oct. 1/3 The Democrats are solid for Greeley in this county.

1876 Harper's Weekly 26 Aug. 691/2 We must recognize the solid South as the core of the Democratic party... The solid South is the Southern Confederacy seeking domination of the United States through the machinery of the Democratic party.

1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxvi. 418 Now Texas is the most solid outpost of the ‘Solid South’.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 16 Aug. The vote of the solid South.

1890 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia 84 The North can never hope to force the solid South back into the Union.

1892 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 8 Nov. 4/4 A solid New England vote for protection.

1974 Socialist Worker 23 Nov. 16/5 With the exception of a handful of white scabs on one shift all four shifts are solid.

1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. ii. 2/5 It is possible for the GOP to revitalize itself by becoming the necessary counterweight to the newly reconstituted Solid South.

c. Of persons: Regular or steady in attendance, politics, voting, etc. Chiefly U.S.

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the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adjective]

faithfulc1384

officiousc1487

heedful1548

heedy1548

religious1567

unhurting1581

rigid1602

observant1608

conscionable1620

strictc1660

solid1880

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > regular or unfailing

regular1602

reg'lar1814

solid1880

1880 Sen. Rep. 46th U.S. Congress 2 Sess. No. 693. 326 Q. These gentlemen..are both good Democrats? A. Yes, sir; they are solid Democrats.

1883 ‘Keighley’ Who are You? 90 I escorted her to Sunday School excursions, and was ‘solid’ at the picnics and bazaars.

1884 American 9 180 He is, therefore, presumed to be solid as a Southern man.

1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn xviii I'm solid for Mr. Peck every time.

d. Originally U.S. Intimately or closely allied, on friendly terms, with another.

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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar

homelya1387

familiarc1405

familarya1500

internal1581

intrinsical1602

intimated1606

intrinsic1613

intimea1618

intimous1619

domestica1631

intimate1635

pack1686

thickc1756

throng1768

versant1787

solid1882

chummy1884

tutoyant1899

cosy1927

schmoozy1954

tight1956

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > closely associated or acquainted

fastOE

specialc1390

near1523

inward1535

close1577

particular1588

lié1855

solid1882

1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 161 I was pretty solid with him.

1888 Cent. Mag. Nov. 30 We thus succeeded in making ourselves ‘solid with the administration’ before we had been in a town or village forty-eight hours.

1895 Outing 26 64 I wanted to get solid with him for a time while he lived.

1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) iv. 80 He..went back to his native village in the Ain, where there are plenty of unregenerate Pétainists to this day, quite solid with the bishop and the anti-Jewish provincial administration.

†a. Of time: Continuous, consecutive. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]

continualc1340

jointc1400

directa1513

unbroken1561

successive1586

continuate1601

uninterrupted1602

unintermitted1611

continued1628

concrete1651

constant1653

uninterrupted1657

unintermitting1661

solid1662

continuous1751

uninterrupt1776

unbroke1793

unintermittent1850

unbreathing1893

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. v. §8 The uncertainty of heathen chronology, when..implicite years are given out for solid.

1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. iii. 367 They took implicit Years for solid, and placed those Kings in a Succession which were Cotemporary with one another.

b. Of a day, hour, etc.: Whole, entire, complete. Now colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > whole or entire

solid1718

clear day1868

1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 458 Loose and undisciplin'd the Soldier lay; Or lost in Drink, and Game, the solid Day.

1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 16 Aug. The Queen kept her seven solid hours fitting on and trying the current fashions.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 420 I walked him up and down, with the rug on, for a solid hour.

10.

a. Entirely of the same substance or material (as that specified); of (gold, etc., or a legitimate alloy) and nothing else.The ‘material’ is not necessarily pure: the implication is of homogeneity rather than purity, so that, e.g., articles made of plate are excluded but not those made of an alloy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective]

oneOE

consimilec1400

suinga1425

even?c1425

agreeable1512

uniform1540

consemblable?1541

suant1547

constantc1550

just?1556

similar1563

similary1564

unvaried1570

uniformal1574

consimilar1577

homogeneana1601

homogeneal1603

homogene1607

invariable1607

of a piece1607

undistinguisheda1616

univocal1615

immutable1621

uniformable1632

solemn1639

homogeneous1646

consistent1651

pariformal1651

self-consistent1651

congeniousa1656

level1655

undiversificated1659

equal1663

of one make1674

invarieda1676

congenerous1683

undiversified1684

equable1693

solid1699

consisting1700

tranquil1794

unbranching1826

horizontal1842

sole1845

self-similar1847

homoeomeric1865

equiformal1883

monochrome1970

the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > composed of one part > specifically of material things

uniformal1574

solid1699

uniform1759

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Solid Gold, De l'or massif.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 179. ⁋6 The Wall toward the North is of solid Stone.

1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 63 The assertion that the gilded statues..were of solid gold.

1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church x. 101 [Severus] determined to build a wall of solid stone.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. xi. 424 They were purchased with solid gold.

1910 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 58 260/2 There remained a mere film..like silver foil... That is, I believe, a fair example of the so-called ‘solid silver’ sold in our swell shops, with the aid of much electric light and many bowing salesmen.

1926 J. P. De Castro Law & Pract. of Hall-marking i. 138 Though often legitimately used to differentiate between sterling silver and electro-plated silver, the expression ‘solid silver’ is frequently a much-abused term.

1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing i. 3 Solid gold is not necessarily pure gold, but is an alloy of pure gold with other metals. The unalloyed pure metal is known as fine gold.

1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing i. 3 The colour of solid gold can be varied by altering the proportions and the metals in the alloy.

1970 Choate & De May Creative Gold- & Silversmithing ii. 10 Any karat gold is called solid gold to distinguish it from gold-filled metals.

1981 Daily Tel. 24 Sept. 17 (advt.) An absolutely perfect solid gold neckchain... These are not seconds or plated gold—but sound 9 carat gold!

elliptical.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 308/1 What is termed ‘solid’, or gold jewellery of the better qualities.

b. Of colour: Of the same tone or shade throughout; uniform, self.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > monochrome

claurie1486

self1562

whole-coloured1605

concolour1646

unicolorate1657

unicolorous1657

self-coloured1682

single-coloured1703

unicolor1781

monocoloured1798

monochromic1803

unicoloured1811

concolorous1840

monochrome1849

one-coloured1854

monochromous1857

monochroous1857

monotoned1857

unicolour1860

solid1883

sole-coloured1885

monochroic1886

whole1892

whole-colour1896

single-colour1935

monocolour1955

mono1970

monotonal1973

1883 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 31 Oct. 3/6 These solid browns, blacks, greens, reds, and, in fact, all these solid colors, are popular.

1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. i. 19 Yellow and Orange dyes. Solid yellow.

1894 Outing 24 181/1 The outside of the thighs down to the knees are in solid color.

c. U.S. Of liquor: Neat, undiluted.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > neat or undiluted

neat1578

solid1894

sheer-

1894 Outing 24 49/1 He always took his liquor solid..; he swallowed down two-thirds of a tumbler of raw Appleton rum.

11. Of persons, their constitution, etc.: Strong, healthy, sturdy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc.

strongeOE

stalworthc1175

starka1250

stiff1297

stalworthyc1300

vigorousc1330

stoura1350

lustyc1374

marrowya1382

sturdyc1386

crank1398

robust1490

vigorious1502

stalwart1508

hardy1548

robustious1548

of force1577

rustical1583

marrowed1612

rustic1620

robustic1652

solid1741

refractory1843

salted1864

resistant1876

saulteda1879

the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust

strongeOE

hardOE

stalworthc1175

starka1250

stiff1297

steel to the (very) backa1300

stalworthyc1300

wightc1300

stable13..

valiant1303

stithc1325

toughc1330

wrast1338

stoura1350

sadc1384

wighty14..

derfc1440

substantialc1460

well-jointed1483

felon1487

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stalwart1508

stoutya1529

robustous?1531

rankc1540

hardy1548

robustious1548

stout1576

rustical1583

rustic1620

iron1638

robustic1652

swankinga1704

strapping1707

rugged1731

solid1741

vaudy1793

flaithulach1829

ironbark1833

swankie1838

tough as (old) boots or leather1843

skookum1847

hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862

hard-assed1954

nails1974

1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 237 If Persons of this Make should ever devote themselves to Science, they should be well assured of a solid and strong Constitution of Body.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 201 He walks there, with solid step.

1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 68 ‘Solid, bor, solid!’ meaning in one's usual health.

III. Senses relating to soundness and reliabilty.

12. Of persons:

a. Of sound scholarship or sober judgement in matters of learning or speculation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > very learned

ripeOE

deepc1175

profoundc1300

well-lettereda1387

well-groundeda1438

sad1523

well-knowledged1595

solid1600

well-tutored1600

accomplished1603

grounded1613

deep-read1639

scientissimous1650

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Epil. sig. Riii A right-ei'd and solide Reader may perceiue it was not so great a part of the Heauen awry, as they would make it.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 48 Like an ingenuous solide author.

1665 J. Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 259 It makes them grave, knowing, solid Guides, and Unfolders of the Mysteries of the Kingdom.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation 84 This discourse of Guest shewing him to have been a solid and well-read man, I have transcribed from the original.

1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 282 He has by this time become a solid student in Butler.

1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 127 The two most solid thinkers upon these subjects.

b. Sober-minded, of reliable judgement, in practical matters; steady, sedate, staid.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > showing sound judgement > of persons

well-judging1587

judicious1591

discerning1594

sound1615

solid1632

well-weighed1645

weighed1647

serious-minded1694

well-hired1828

balanced1836

discriminating1849

adult1906

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective]

seinec1330

sober1362

unfeastlyc1386

murec1390

unlaughter-milda1400

sadc1400

solemnyc1420

solemned1423

serious1440

solemnc1449

solenc1460

solemnel?1473

moy1487

demure1523

grave1549

staid1557

sage1564

sullen1583

weighty1602

solid1632

censoriousa1637

(as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650

untriumphant1659

setc1660

agelastic1666

austere1667

humourless1671

unlaughing1737

smileless1740

untriflinga1743

untittering1749

steady1759

dun1797

antithalian1818

dreich1819

laughterless1825

unsmiling1826

laughless1827

unfestive1844

sober-sided1847

gleeless1850

unfarcical1850

mome1855

deedy1895

button-down1959

buttoned-down1960

straight-faced1975

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 71 The solid, and sad man, is not troubled with the floods and ebbes of Fortune.

1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 302 He is an excellent person,..of a good judgement, and solid, but something too resolute.

a1691 G. Fox Autobiogr. in Jrnl. (1886) 280 I..therefore desired none but solid, weighty Friends might be about me.

1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 36 O! as thou art bony, be solid and cany, And tent a true lover.

1760 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) vii. 110 The hearts of some solid Friends appeared to be united to discourage the practice amongst their members.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. i. 91 Now nothing but a solid phlegmatic M. de Vergennes sits there.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xc. 247 Kearney throve because the solid classes despised him.

c. Scottish. Fully possessed of the mental faculties; of sound mind, sane.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective]

in (one's right) witc1000

wittyc1000

wisec1290

well-tempered1340

reasonablec1400

safe1402

perfectc1440

well in (also of) one's witsa1450

right in one's geara1500

well-advised1532

sensed1549

unmad1570

well-advised1585

rational1598

solid1606

in one's (right) senses1613

formala1616

of (in) disposing mind or memory1628

compos mentis1631

righta1638

well-hinged1649

well-balanced1652

spacked1673

clear-headed1709

sane1721

unfantastic1794

unmaddened1797

pas si bête1840

lucid1843

unfantastical1862

clothed and in one's right mind1873

right-minded1876

ungiddy1904

clear1950

1606 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 317/1 Scho tuk occasioun be his infirmitie and waik Judgement, he being than nocht so solide as wes necessar for the weill of his estait.

1822 J. Galt Provost xxii. 168 The heads of the town..no, may be, just so solid at the time as could have been wished.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Solid, Solide, sane..; used in a negative form; as, ‘He's no very solid’.

d. U.S. and dialect. Financially sound or reliable; possessing capital, property, or means; well-to-do.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off

wellc1405

sufficient1436

full?1483

suffisant1484

beina1525

warmc1571

well-breeched1571

meaned1605

well-meaned1605

well-lined1611

substanced?1614

well-circumstanced1643

forehanded1658

uppish1678

easy1701

brownstone1780

forehand1784

solid1788

well-to-do1794

snug1801

strong farmer1802

well-fixed1822

unindigent1830

well off1842

fixed1844

comfortably offc1850

heeled1871

well-heeled1871

well in1888

independent1893

1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 443 I wish to see the beef-trade with America taken up by solid hands.

1799 , 1863 in Thornton Amer. Gloss.

1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 613/1 She's not poor, she's a solid woman.

13.

a. Of qualities: Well founded or established; of real value or importance; substantial.Frequently in the 17th and 18th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > specifically of things

of substancea1456

solid1601

ponderous1602

of the moment1814

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. E2^v The pressure of my haires..standes at the seruice of your sollide perfections.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 122 The..solid joy conceived out of the absolutenesse of the worke.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 234 We shall see it a Mint of Solid worth, the good it hath..being inestimable.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 29. ⁋1 Having a very solid Respect for humane Nature.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. xii. 278 The chearful, solid Comfort which a fond Couple enjoy in each other's Conversation.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxii. 265 Many such portions may exist in the lungs together, without the least solid appearance of inflammation in the pulmonary substance.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. 229 He undoubtedly owed William a debt of solid gratitude.

b. Of learning or knowledge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > of knowledge: well-founded, deep

deepc1175

profound?c1422

soundc1440

recondite1644

solid1668

valid1851

1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. J. Walaeus Two Epist. (new ed.) in tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) 372 Those persons of solid Learning.

1692 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 82 He delated also of his..solid knowledge in Theologie.

1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 145 These two..are really Books of solid Learning.

1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxx. 211 She was entertained..with splendid banquets and much solid erudition.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. i. §1. 6 So essential to the reception and advancement of solid philosophical knowledge.

1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 125 He was a man of solid learning.

14.

a. Of arguments, reasons, etc.: Having a sound or substantial foundation; based upon sound principles or indisputable facts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by evidence > firmly

ygroundedc1369

well-recordeda1393

substantialc1449

grounded1548

solid1615

well-attested1652

well-authenticated1761

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] > strong, valid, convincing

justa1413

pregnanta1425

well-disposedc1449

pregnablea1500

legitime1532

concludent1571

potent1609

solid1615

concluding1620

valida1648

valuable1647

conclusive1649

cogent1659

legitimate1774

well-taken1789

1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ ii. §87 He..will thus go on by way of solid demonstration.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Oxf. 340 Having an excellent faculty in the clear and solid interpreting thereof.

1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 105 He can raise no solider an Argument against it.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 305 There seems to be something solid, in one Observation Leibnitz makes.

1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxiii. 603 Too little information..is given of the price of copper..for the purpose of attempting any solid inference as to the rise..in its value.

1894 Solicitors' Jrnl. 39 3/1 If there were no solid defence to the claim, the plaintiff would certainly obtain his order.

b. Similarly of writings, discourse, etc.

ΚΠ

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary ann. 1620 (1955) II. 2 Of solid discourse, affable, humble and in nothing affected.

1676 J. Glanvill Ess. v. 27 The Book and Method of Veronius was kindly..approved by..all the Gallick Clergy, as solid.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation Pref. p. i For the Church of England..have been written solid Apologies and Vindications.

1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 28 Father Baltus..has refuted them both in a very solid peice.

1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 459 Of the other papers in the number, which is a ‘solid’ one.

15. Marked by, or involving, serious study or intention; not light, frivolous, or merely amusing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > requiring serious attention

serious1531

severe1605

incumbent1651

strong1670

solid1700

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 52 There's as much difference between their Rhimes, and Solid Verse, as [etc.].

1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xx. cxl. 305 Scorn light fond Accents, and reserve thine Ear For those which solid Musick's sweets distil.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 68 D^r Bancroft..disposed the Clergy to a more solid course of Study.

1736 Gentleman's Mag. June 315/1 The most amiable Genius is That, which, embracing the most solid Arts, excludes not the Polite ones.

1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. i. 14 I doubt there is little solid in his studies—poetry and plays,..all nonsense.

1845 W. A. Butler in Serm. (1849) Mem. p. xxxvii Romances debauch the taste for solid reading.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxx. 59 In other countries statesmen or philosophers do..the solid thinking for the bulk of the people.

16. Of judgement, etc.: Of a sober, sound, or practical character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > of judgement: considered, sound

adviseda1325

ballasted1552

level1600

weighed1647

unprevaricate1652

unmuddied1654

solid1662

emunct1679

unintuitive1842

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 95 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Queen, who was a woman of a solid judgement.

1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 12 They shall never please solid judgments.

1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 322 Not more in Councils fam'd for solid Sense, Than winning Words and heav'nly Eloquence.

1805 A. Knox Remains (1834) I. 31 He who is apparently cold in affection may have solider judgment, and steadier resolution.

1825 W. Scott Betrothed Introd., in Tales Crusaders I. p. xv The assistance of men of reading and of solid parts.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral iv. 92 Hallam has said, with his usual solid wisdom [etc.].

17. Marked or characterized by a high degree of religious fervour or seriousness.Used esp. by the Society of Friends.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [adjective]

frenetic?c1550

seraphical1581

frenetical1588

ecstatical1600

zealot1641

ecstatic1645

rapturous1656

vowed1665

seraphica1668

synagoguish1690

frantic?1715

solid1740

ecstasied1787

religionistic1842

1740 Whitefield in Life & Jrnls. (1756) 436 Preached in the Afternoon to about two Thousand, and have not seen a more solid melting..since my Arrival.

1757 J. Woolman Jrnl. 29 May (1971) iv. 67 At the 12th hour the meeting of worship began, which was a solid meeting.

1769 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) x. 158 We had some solid conversation, under which I felt my soul bowed in reverence before the Most High.

18. Thorough, downright, vigorous, etc. Used with intensive force and frequently strengthened by good, right, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute

shirea1225

purec1300

properc1380

plainc1395

cleana1400

fine?a1400

entirec1400

veryc1400

starka1425

utterc1430

utterlyc1440

merec1443

absolute1531

outright1532

cleara1535

bloodyc1540

unproachable1544

flat1553

downright1577

sheer1583

right-down?1586

single1590

peremptory1601

perfecta1616

downa1625

implicit1625

every way1628

blank1637

out-and-outa1642

errant1644

inaccessional1651

thorough-paced1651

even down1654

dead1660

double-dyed1667

through stitch1681

through-stitched1682

total1702

thoroughgoing1719

thorough-sped1730

regular1740

plumb1748

hollow1751

unextenuated1765

unmitigated1783

stick, stock, stone dead1796

positive1802

rank1809

heart-whole1823

skire1825

solid1830

fair1835

teetotal1840

bodacious1845

raw1856

literal1857

resounding1873

roaring1884

all out1893

fucking1893

pink1896

twenty-four carat1900

grand slam1915

stone1928

diabolical1933

fricking1937

righteous1940

fecking1952

raving1954

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ii. 189 I never..had a right solid sound sleep in one.

1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 V. lvi. 366 England was to strike the one solid blow that was necessary.

1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow ii. ii. 112 Swear your innocency with a good solid oath.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 294 Feeling sure that for good solid murderous rascality several of my old Fan acquaintances..would take a lot of beating.

19. Australian and New Zealand slang. Severe, difficult; unfair.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective]

heavyc825

grimc900

strongeOE

hardeOE

drearyOE

eileOE

sweerOE

deara1000

bitterOE

tartc1000

smartOE

unridec1175

sharp?c1225

straitc1275

grievousc1290

fellc1330

shrewda1387

snella1400

unsterna1400

vilea1400

importunea1425

ungainc1425

thrallc1430

peisant1483

sore?a1513

weighty1540

heinous?1541

urgent?1542

asperous?1567

dure1567

spiny1586

searching1590

hoara1600

vengible1601

flinty1613

tugging1642

atrocious1733

uncannya1774

severe1774

stern1830

punishing1833

hefty1867

solid1916

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective]

arvethc885

uneathOE

arvethlichc1000

evilc1175

hardc1175

deara1225

derfa1225

illc1330

wickeda1375

uneasy1398

difficul?a1450

difficile?1473

difficulta1527

unready1535

craggy1582

spiny1604

tough1619

uphill1622

shrewda1626

spinousa1638

scabrous1646

spinose1660

rugged1663

cranka1745

tight1764

thraward1818

nasty1828

upstream1847

awkward1860

pricklyc1862

bristling1871

sticky1871

rocky1873

dodgy1898

challengeful1927

solid1943

ball-busting1944

challenging1975

1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 155 Solid, severe; severely.

1943 N. Marsh Colour Scheme ii. 35 You'd think it was royalty. They've been making it pretty solid for everybody down there. Hauling everything out and shifting us all round.

1948 R. Park Harp in South v. 62 After all, Auntie Josie's got all them kids to look after. It must be pretty solid for her with Grandma as well.

1959 E. Lambert Glory thrown In 66 They'll be solid on him for that, won't they?

20. U.S. slang. In the language of jazz: excellent, first-rate, ‘great’; (see also quot. 1937). Also as int. solid sender: see solid sender at sender n. d.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]

faireOE

bremea1000

goodlyOE

goodfulc1275

noblec1300

pricec1300

specialc1325

gentlec1330

fine?c1335

singulara1340

thrivena1350

thriven and throa1350

gaya1375

properc1380

before-passinga1382

daintiful1393

principala1398

gradelya1400

burlyc1400

daintyc1400

thrivingc1400

voundec1400

virtuousc1425

hathelc1440

curiousc1475

singlerc1500

beautiful1502

rare?a1534

gallant1539

eximious1547

jolly1548

egregious?c1550

jellyc1560

goodlike1562

brawc1565

of worth1576

brave?1577

surprising1580

finger-licking1584

admirablea1586

excellinga1586

ambrosial1598

sublimated1603

excellent1604

valiant1604

fabulous1609

pure1609

starryc1610

topgallant1613

lovely1614

soaringa1616

twanging1616

preclarent1623

primea1637

prestantious1638

splendid1644

sterling1647

licking1648

spankinga1666

rattling1690

tearing1693

famous1695

capital1713

yrare1737

pure and —1742

daisy1757

immense1762

elegant1764

super-extra1774

trimming1778

grand1781

gallows1789

budgeree1793

crack1793

dandy1794

first rate1799

smick-smack1802

severe1805

neat1806

swell1810

stamming1814

divine1818

great1818

slap-up1823

slapping1825

high-grade1826

supernacular1828

heavenly1831

jam-up1832

slick1833

rip-roaring1834

boss1836

lummy1838

flash1840

slap1840

tall1840

high-graded1841

awful1843

way up1843

exalting1844

hot1845

ripsnorting1846

clipping1848

stupendous1848

stunning1849

raving1850

shrewd1851

jammy1853

slashing1854

rip-staving1856

ripping1858

screaming1859

up to dick1863

nifty1865

premier cru1866

slap-bang1866

clinking1868

marvellous1868

rorty1868

terrific1871

spiffing1872

all wool and a yard wide1882

gorgeous1883

nailing1883

stellar1883

gaudy1884

fizzing1885

réussi1885

ding-dong1887

jim-dandy1888

extra-special1889

yum-yum1890

out of sight1891

outasight1893

smooth1893

corking1895

large1895

super1895

hot dog1896

to die for1898

yummy1899

deevy1900

peachy1900

hi1901

v.g.1901

v.h.c.1901

divvy1903

doozy1903

game ball1905

goodo1905

bosker1906

crackerjack1910

smashinga1911

jake1914

keen1914

posh1914

bobby-dazzling1915

juicy1916

pie on1916

jakeloo1919

snodger1919

whizz-bang1920

wicked1920

four-star1921

wow1921

Rolls-Royce1922

whizz-bang1922

wizard1922

barry1923

nummy1923

ripe1923

shrieking1926

crazy1927

righteous1930

marvy1932

cool1933

plenty1933

brahmaa1935

smoking1934

solid1935

mellow1936

groovy1937

tough1937

bottler1938

fantastic1938

readyc1938

ridge1938

super-duper1938

extraordinaire1940

rumpty1940

sharp1940

dodger1941

grouse1941

perfecto1941

pipperoo1945

real gone1946

bosting1947

supersonic1947

whizzo1948

neato1951

peachy-keen1951

ridgey-dite1953

ridgy-didge1953

top1953

whizzing1953

badass1955

wild1955

belting1956

magic1956

bitching1957

swinging1958

ridiculous1959

a treat1959

fab1961

bad-assed1962

uptight1962

diggish1963

cracker1964

marv1964

radical1964

bakgat1965

unreal1965

pearly1966

together1968

safe1970

bad1971

brilliant1971

fabby1971

schmick1972

butt-kicking1973

ripper1973

Tiffany1973

bodacious1976

rad1976

kif1978

awesome1979

death1979

killer1979

fly1980

shiok1980

stonking1980

brill1981

dope1981

to die1982

mint1982

epic1983

kicking1983

fabbo1984

mega1985

ill1986

posho1989

pukka1991

lovely jubbly1992

awesomesauce2001

nang2002

bess2006

amazeballs2009

boasty2009

daebak2009

beaut2013

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [adjective] > types of

Chicagoan1861

bad1897

hot1918

red-hot1918

soft1921

low-down1922

sweet1924

barrel-house1926

New Orleans1926

straight1926

crazy1927

dirty1927

hotcha1930

jungle1935

solid1935

traditional jazz1935

powerhouse1937

gutty1939

riffy1939

jivey1944

Kansas City1946

cool1948

West Coast1949

far-out1954

nutty1955

swinging1955

mainstream1957

Afro-Latin1958

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [interjection]

primea1637

à la bonne heure1750

shabash1843

all righty1877

fid1898

quaiss kitir1898

show1916

that's (also it's) the gear1925

swell1930

bakgat1969

solid1978

awesome1984

amazeballs2008

daebak2009

1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 38/1 He puts a solid man like Joe on suitcase.

1937 Amer. Speech 12 182/2 Solid, describes a player whose improvisation indicates that he is en rapport with the rhythm of the band... A band that is solid has a psychic unanimity of feeling.

1943 N.Y. Times 9 May ii. 5/4 There has [sic] been some solid trumpet players who can really send.

1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene xii. 220 The hipster classifies what other people would call good as ‘solid’ or ‘in there’.

1978 W. Hjortsberg Falling Angel (1979) xii. 54 ‘Park your axe and have a drink.’ ‘Solid.’ He placed his saxophone case carefully on the table.

IV. Adverbial uses.

21.

a. Solidly, firmly, completely, etc.; certainly, surely.A number of dialect uses are given in the Eng. Dial. Dict.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb]

fullyeOE

allesOE

fullOE

rightc1175

everydealc1300

wholec1300

whollya1325

finelyc1330

fairly1340

completec1374

gainlya1375

clearly1377

freelya1393

plaina1393

entire?a1400

entirelyc1400

oddlyc1400

sufficientlyc1440

expressc1475

totally1509

completely1526

finec1530

exactly?1531

sincerely1576

start1599

fillingly1611

circularly1618

solid1651

out-over1745

rotundly1775

roundedly?1802

whole hog1840

clear-away1883

whole cloth1917

righteous1948

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly

allOE

outlyOE

thwert-outc1175

skerea1225

thoroughc1225

downrightc1275

purec1300

purelyc1300

faira1325

finelyc1330

quitec1330

quitelyc1330

utterlyc1374

outerlya1382

plainlya1382

straighta1387

allutterly1389

starkc1390

oultrelya1393

plata1393

barec1400

outrightc1400

incomparablyc1422

absolutely?a1425

simpliciter?a1425

staringa1425

quitementa1450

properlyc1450

directly1455

merec1475

incomparable1482

preciselyc1503

clean?1515

cleara1522

plain1535

merely1546

stark1553

perfectly1555

right-down1566

simply1574

flat1577

flatly1577

skire1581

plumb1588

dead?1589

rankly1590

stark1593

sheera1600

start1599

handsmooth1600

peremptory1601

sheerly1601

rank1602

utter1619

point-blank1624

proofa1625

peremptorily1626

downrightly1632

right-down1646

solid1651

clever1664

just1668

hollow1671

entirely1673

blank1677

even down1677

cleverly1696

uncomparatively1702

subtly1733

point1762

cussed1779

regularly1789

unqualifiedly1789

irredeemably1790

positively1800

cussedly1802

heart1812

proper1816

slick1818

blankly1822

bang1828

smack1828

pluperfectly1831

unmitigatedly1832

bodaciously1833

unredeemedly1835

out of sight1839

bodacious1845

regular1846

thoroughly1846

ingrainedly1869

muckinga1880

fucking1893

motherless1898

self1907

stone1928

sideways1956

terminally1974

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adverb] > closely (of joining)

arctly1545

solid1651

intimately1665

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adverb]

trulyOE

boldlyc1175

sickerlyc1275

tristly1340

redelya1375

redilya1375

surelyc1380

tristilyc1380

certainc1384

faithfullyc1384

trustilyc1390

certainlya1400

trustlya1400

undoubtinglyc1400

absolutely?a1425

positivelyc1443

assuredly1508

traist1508

traistfully1508

crousea1525

constantlya1538

resolutely1540

suredly1551

trestly1568

cocksure1579

resolvedly1610

assurantly1619

emphatically1629

decretorily1660

convincedly1812

unmisgivingly1842

solid1937

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. vi Glory, too solid great to taste of pride.

1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 338 White Pages..make the Heap lower in that place, because they clap solider together.

1937 Amer. Speech 12 232/2 ‘Are you taking Amelia to the Charcoal Dance?’ ‘I solid am.’

1944 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 5 Oct. 6/3 Dowdy [said] he was going to leave, whereupon the Bayer woman said she'd kill him if he did... Dowdy told her that ‘You'll solid have to kill me.’

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xii. 226 Not looking for trouble but solid ready for it.

1950 L. Hughes Simple speaks his Mind xx. 108 Man, if I had a rocket plane, I would rock off into space and be solid gone. Gone. Real gone! I mean gone!

b. In a body or as a whole; unanimously. In phrases with reference to voting, esp. to go solid (for or against some thing or person).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adverb] > in an undivided manner

undividedly1539

inseparately1550

unseveredly1661

unically1689

solid1884

the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adverb]

with (also of) one mouthOE

with (also of, at) one accordc1275

common assentc1300

at onec1320

with one stevenc1320

at a voicea1325

at one wordc1325

covinlichec1330

in one (also o) voicea1393

with one (also o, a) voice?a1400

in one vote1546

of all hands1548

perlassent1548

una voce1567

by common consent1574

consentively1578

concordably1579

currently1593

unanimately1599

by or with one assent1611

unanimously1611

unanimely1625

consentingly1660

harmoniously1671

univocally1671

consentaneously1817

concurringly1840

solidly1865

solid1884

(a)

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 July 3/1 The episcopal vote..was cast solid for the Government.

1884 Sat. Rev. 5 July 1/1 The Government majority has not been in the habit of voting solid with Mr. Goschen lately.

1893 Times 22 Apr. For a party to vote solid for a measure in which not 10 per cent. of its members believe.

(b)1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. x. 131 The party going solid for whomsoever the majority has approved.1891 Sat. Rev. 24 Jan. 91/2 The fleet seems to have gone almost solid against him.

c. to book solid: to sell all the tickets of (a theatre, cinema, etc.). Usually in passive. Also absol.

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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale > tickets

to book solid1916

1916 Variety 27 Oct. 12/1 The Boston opera house is booked solid until March.

1921 Kinematograph Monthly Rec. Feb. 4 So many individual exhibitors are refusing to book ‘solid’.

1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady vii. 105 I told him the show was booked solid.

1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin ix. 234 We're booked out solid for another four months.

d. Of time: consecutively, without a break.

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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adverb]

aboutOE

by rewc1225

by ordera1382

sue?a1425

in orderc1425

successively1439

suingly1453

seriatly?a1475

consequently1477

seriatim1495

in sequencea1575

successive1593

succeedingly1602

consequentially1607

subalternately1632

successfully1651

epassyterotically1652

consequent1692

serially1841

consecutively1847

solid1938

1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xx. 379 I've had forty-eight hours solid and I'm no longer intelligent.

1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xlii. 270 He'll be out for eight hours solid.

Compounds

C1. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as solid-billed, solid-browed, solid-coloured, solid-headed, etc. Also solid-fuelled, solid-tyred at Compounds 5.

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?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 323 When to the solid-ported depths of hell his sonne was sent.

1854 Orr's Circle Sci., Org. Nat. I. 239 The ruminants of the deer and elk tribes are those which have antlers, or are ‘solid-horned’.

1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6112 Solid-headed pins.

1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 13 A gentleman with a white mustache and clipped hair: solid-browed, stiff and German.

1890 Cent. Mag. May 50/1 The White and Black Leghorns are solid-colored birds.

1895 R. B. Sharpe in R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. IV. 68 The beak of the solid-billed hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) has..a perfectly solid casque.

C2. With participles.

solid-looking adj.

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1840 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. Dec. 268/1 These were known by their coats and pantaloons of black or brown..with white cravats and waistcoats, broad solid-looking shoes, and thick hose.

1883 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. 23 A roundish more solid-looking particle.

solid-seeming adj.

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1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. viii. 19/2 This so solid-seeming World.

1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ii. 81 The solid-seeming rock is beheld as a flexible..collection of molecules.

solid-set adj.

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1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam Epil. 203 Like a statue solid-set, And moulded in colossal calm.

solid-full adj.

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1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 579 They hove their dredges,..and when they hauled them in, found them solid-full of scallops.

C3.

solid-drawn adj. made or shaped by deep drawing (see deep adj. Compounds 2).

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > other states or forms

well-attempereda1460

sheet1582

unstamped1622

unplanished1683

shotten1766

calciform1782

spongy1807

cored1865

glazed1874

stamped1879

unwelded1885

solid-drawn1888

siliconized1920

inoculated1923

deep-drawn1925

stress-relieved1925

projection-welded1933

roll-formed1935

over-aged1953

scalped1958

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 335 The copper piping for feed, bilge, blow-off, and similar purposes in connection with marine engines..are all solid drawn.

1909 F. W. Raynes Domest. Sanitary Engin. & Plumbing vii. 167 Solid drawn lead pipes have many advantages as soil pipes.

1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 47 Best-quality brass hinges are ‘solid drawn’ because they are made by the leaf and the tube for the knuckle being drawn out in a long solid strip which is then cut off into lengths.

C4. With nouns, forming attributive compounds.

solid-shot n. U.S. (see quot. 1949).

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [adjective] > type of voting

absentee1858

vote-by-mail1908

solid-shot1935

crossover voting1948

1935 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 25 July 1/5 ‘Solid shot’ votes are within the law in primaries as well as in general elections.

1949 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 25 Nov. 4/5 Under the ‘solid-shot’ method a voter casts his ballot for a single candidate when two or more persons are to be elected to the same office.

solid-colour adj.

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a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 831/2 Solid Plate Saw, a circular saw made of a single plate, as distinguished from a segment saw.

1891 Cent. Dict. Solid-color porcelains.

solid-ink adj.

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1883 Stationer & Bookseller 8 May 35 Solid-ink Fountain Pens.

solid-propellant adj.

ΚΠ

1946 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 6 45 The missile is driven by a solid-propellant rocket unit.

1961 Flight 80 756/1 When the satellite reaches the 22,300 mile apogee of the trajectory..the solid-propellant apogee motor will be used to inject the satellite into a circular, near-synchronous orbit.

1982 Navy News Mar. 18/3 The missiles would be accelerated from rest by two solid~propellant boosters.

solid-silver adj.

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1897 Outing 30 350/1 The club won a handsome solid-silver cup at Long Branch.

solid-stem adj.

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1906 E. Johnston Writing & Illuminating xii. 213 A solid-stem pattern cuts up the ground into small pieces.

1961 B.S.I. News July 23/2 Solid-stem calorimeter thermometers.

C5. In special collocations: See also newel n.¹ 1, square n.

solid angle n. Mathematics †(a) a vertex of a three-dimensional body; (b) a quantity associated with a vertex or the like in three dimensions, being proportional to the fraction of a sphere centred on it which would subtend it, and conventionally measured in steradians, of which 4π make up the whole sphere.

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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > solid angle

solid angle1704

summit angle1805

summit1809

summit-quoin1895

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > element of > corner or vertex

vertex1570

cant1611

apex1659

solid angle1704

summit1809

1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Angle, is an Angle made by the meeting of three or more Planes, and those joining in a Point.

1798 C. Hutton Course Math. I. 327 Similar Solids, contained by plane figures, are such as have all their solid angles equal..and are bounded by the same number of similar planes.

1814 P. Barlow New Math. & Philos. Dict. (at cited word) Solid angles may be computed and compared with each other, as to quantity, by considering the angular point as the centre of a sphere, and the portion of its surface intercepted between the bounding planes as the measure of the angles.

1820 N. J. Larkin Introd. Solid Geom. 5 [The tetrahedron] differs from every other solid, whose faces are all equal, by having a solid angle opposite to each face.

1928 Bureau Standards Jrnl. Res. (U.S.) 1 34 The integrals are to be evaluated..over the surface of a hemisphere (solid angle 2π).

1948 Research I. 394/2 Substances..similar to a black body radiating in a solid angle of 2π.

solid balsam n. Balsam of Tolu.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > balsam > specific

opobalsamuma1398

opobalsam1526

Samaritan's balsam1640

Peruvian balsam1666

balsam of Tolu1671

tolu balsam1671

true balsam1671

balsam of saturn1694

balm of Mecca1717

balsam of Mecca1721

friar's balsam1753

Canada balsam1754

balsam of Peru1771

Riga balsam1793

balsam of Acouchi1830

solid balsam1836

Sonsonate1852

Balm of Gilead-

1836 Pharmacopoeia Royal Coll. Physicians 5 Tolu Balsam, the solid Balsam.

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solid bastion n. Fortification a bastion in which the interior surface is level with the rampart.

solid circuit n. Electronics = integrated circuit at integrated adj. b.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > integrated circuit

integrated circuit1947

solid circuit1958

1958 Proc. Internat. Symp. Electronic Components, Malvern, 1957 4 The increasing tempo of work on solid state physics may result in solid circuits of another form.

1961 Solid-State Electronics II. 20/1 Work on solid circuits was begun in the United Kingdom in 1956... The objective is..the fabrication of working circuits using doping, shaping and other techniques in single crystals of silicon.

1966 New Scientist 30 June 846/3 (caption) Solid-circuit amplifier. The chip measures 0·075 × 0·075 in and contains 30 resistors and 30 transistors.

solid diffusion n. migration of atoms within the crystal lattice of a solid; spec. in Geology, considered as a possible mechanism for a metasomatizing process in rock masses.

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the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal lattice > [noun] > atom migration within

solid diffusion1913

1913 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1912 367 The question whether true solid diffusion ever occurs in minerals is very difficult to answer.

1947 Geol. Mag. 84 218 More recent work has shown that such transformations are most easily explained as a result of solid diffusion.

1965 P. C. Badgley Struct. & Tectonic Princ. ix. 346 The advocates of solid diffusion propose..large-scale granitization of country rocks without the presence of contemporary magmatic granites in the district.

solid dig n. (see quot.).

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1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 128 Solid dig, a lean or bad ‘take’ of copy.

solid fuel n. fuel that is solid, rather than liquid or gaseous; spec. (a) coal, coke, etc., as opposed to oil, gas, or electricity for domestic heating; (b) as used in rocketry; frequently attributive. hence solid-fuelled adj. (esp. of rockets).

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [noun] > specific miscellaneous types

house-warminga1300

shruff1399

lintc1480

stope1552

tar-barrel1580

fossil fuel1759

solid fuel1891

suddite1911

synfuel1976

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [adjective] > powered by specific miscellaneous fuel

solid-fuelled1891

petrol-driven1899

fossil-fuelled1959

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > solid

solid fuel1891

Sterno1915

Meta1921

grain1952

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > used in rocketry

liquid fuel1889

solid fuel1891

propellant1919

fuel1922

rocket fuel1931

hypergol1947

hypergolic1947

lox1949

monopropellant1949

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [adjective] > types of rocket

solid-fuelled1891

needle-nosed1931

solid1949

nose-driven1952

liquid-fuelled1960

posigrade1960

strap-on1966

1891 H. J. Phillips Fuels 1 Determining the value of a solid fuel such as coal, coke, or patent fuel.

1936 Archit. Rev. 80 45/1 In electric fires, Tudor and Adam surrounds flourished, and some characteristics of the traditional solid-fuel fireplace were introduced into the designs.

1952 E. Burgess Rocket Propulsion ii. 38 Most British war rockets employed cordite, whereas America used ballistite for their solid-fuel rockets.

1958 Economist 13 Dec. 985/2 Work is likely to continue on the Titan as a reinforcement for the Atlas..until the solid-fuelled Minuteman is ready some years hence.

1960 Which? Jan. 7/2 In general..the most economic fuels are solid fuel and oil.

1971 P. J. McMahon Aircraft Propulsion x. 295 The most important factors which have led to the increase in interest in solid fuel rockets in recent years..have been concerned with the convenience and ease of storage of the solid propellants.

1972 Nature 21 Apr. 368/3 The decision to use a solid fuelled disposable booster for the proposed space shuttle effectively limits the number of possible launch sites to Cape Kennedy and Vandenberg Air Force Base.

1979 H. McLeave Borderline Case xiv. 145 Who had cached these..boots, solid-fuel heater, and two sleeping bags?

solid geology n. the geological features of a given region specifically excluding superficial deposits such as clay, sand, etc.; opposed to drift.

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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun]

geology1795

structural geology1842

stratigraphy1850

petrology1870

palaeophysiography1882

tectonics1899

palaeogeology1933

palaeostructure1937

solid geology1937

morphotectonics1956

1937 J. S. Flett First 100 Years Geol. Surv. Great Brit. v. 113 Many maps of north Yorkshire were issued only with ‘Solid’ geology.

1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery iv. 30 Following the practice of the Geological Survey in some of their detailed maps, there are to be two maps—one to show the ‘solid’ geology as it would appear if superficial deposits such as boulder clay, glacial sands and gravels and clay-with-flints..were removed and the other to show the ‘drift’ geology with all those surface deposits indicated.

1970 Watsonia 8 171 A map of the ‘drift’ as well as the solid geology would have been valuable.

solid injection n. in diesel engines, the use of a mechanical pump to spray fuel into the cylinder at high pressure, without the use of compressed air; = airless injection n. at airless adj. Compounds.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > diesel > injection of fuel in

solid injection1915

airless injection1924

1915 A. P. Chalkley Diesel Engines for Land & Marine Work (ed. 4) iii. 122 Solid injection is now being employed with a large number of engines installed in British submarines.

1936 Discovery Apr. 113/1 The engine is of the solid-injection, cold-starting type, and even under the worst climatic conditions it can be started in a few seconds.

1969 J. Flack et al. Marine Combustion Pract. ii. v. 154 Airless or solid injection superseded the blast system... Mechanically operated injectors have given way in their turn to automatic injectors.

solid key n.

ΚΠ

1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. §6105 The key is what is called ‘solid’, that is, that the ‘bits’ or ‘steps’ are cut on the solid metal of the ‘web’.

solid rib n.

ΚΠ

1782 Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) 167 The eight upper ribs were formerly classed into pairs, with particular names to each two, to wit, the crooked, the solid [etc.].

solid shoot n.

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1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1033 Solid Shoot [=Square Shoot, a wooden trough for discharging water from a building].

solid shot n. (see quots.).

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively

shot1474

solid shot1876

1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 393/2 Solid Shot, projectiles made of solid iron or steel.

solid solution n. a solid phase consisting of two or more substances uniformly mixed in proportions that can be varied; also, the state of being a constituent of such a phase.

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the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solid phase > [noun] > solid solution

solid solution1890

1890 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 58 1044 As instances of solid solutions, we have isomorphous mixtures and mixed crystals, amorphous solutions, as in the case of the glasses and certain minerals; and then such cases as the solution of hydrogen by palladium and other metals.

1900 Proc. Royal Soc. 67 109 Silver and copper are each capable of holding a small percentage of the other in solid solution, but..if both metals are present in considerable amounts, the two solidified solutions exist side by side.

1964 H. Hodges Artifacts xix. 215 In brasses containing less than 36% zinc a solid solution, the α-phase, is formed in which the zinc atoms enter the space lattice of the copper.

1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 119 Such a series is called a solid solution series, and all members have the same crystalline structure.

solid stowing n. Coal Mining the process of filling abandoned workings with solid material, esp. spoil.

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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific mining processes > in coal-mining

outstroke1747

holing1841

coal-cutting1842

patio1845

sumping1849

bottoming1856

salting1856

patio process1862

spragging1865

yardage1877

booming1880

brushing1883

filling1883

sounding1883

yard-work1883

blanketing1884

goafing1888

freezing process1889

power loading1901

bashing1905

rock dusting1915

mucking1918

solid stowing1929

stone-dusting1930

roof bolting1949

rock bolting1955

1929 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers LXXVI. 258 Solid stowing of the goaf is universal, and in most cases consists of dry stowing done by hand.

1964 Times Rev. Industry Feb. 48/3 The industry in this area has pioneered a method of dealing with subsidence known as ‘solid stowing’ in which colliery spoil is dampened and blown under pressure into abandoned seams.

1977 Down & Stocks Environmental Impact of Mining xii. 313 Solid stowing reduces a [sc. the ‘subsidence factor’] to about 0·4–0·5.

solid system n. Electrical Engineering a system of cable-laying in which insulated cables are laid in a trough which is then filled with bitumen.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > cable > laying below ground > system of laying

solid system1891

1891 Electr. Engineer 30 Jan. 121/2 In the Callender Solid system the insulated cables are laid in an iron trough and the whole filled in solid with melted bitumen.

1898 Electr. Engin. (Chicago) July 2 The first and simplest is the ‘solid’ or ‘built-in’ system, where wires, which are insulated thoroughly and thoroughly protected from mechanical disturbances, are buried in the ground.

1920 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 4) 352 The B.O.T. raise no objection to the omission of the copper tape on unarmoured cables laid on the solid system; a great deal of such cable is in use without any leakage trouble.

1953 C. C. Barnes Power Cables xv. 154 The solid system is more expensive than burying cables direct in the ground and requires a greater measure of skilled supervision and favourable weather conditions... For the above reasons the solid system is seldom used today.

solid tyre n. a tyre made of solid rubber, with no pneumatic cavity; so solid-tyred adj., fitted with such tyres.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > fitted with tyres > fitted with specific type of tyres

pneumatic-tyred1890

solid-tyred1891

pneumatic-shod1894

balloon-tyred1895

high profile1916

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre

rubber1875

tyre1875

tirea1877

pneumatic1890

cushion1891

cushion-tire1891

pneu1891

solid tyre1891

balloon tyre1899

single-tube1904

tubular tyre1908

shoe1917

solid1919

tubular1924

air wheel1930

skin1954

tub1978

1891 Bicycling News 31 Jan. 77/1 Given a solid tyre..it will be found that about one half of its diameter is available for tractive and cushioning purposes.

1891 Bicycling News 21 Feb. Riders of solid-tyred machines, when changing to Pneumatics.

1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Aug. (1965) I. 540 It would be a bad machine even of its own kind, the art of building for solid tyres being a decaying one.

1946 W. H. Crouse Automobile Engin. xxvii. 572 Solid tires have very limited usage, their use being confined largely to specialized industrial applications.

1963 A. Bird & F. Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car Pocketbk. 17 A horizontal~engined, twin-cylinder, chain-driven, solid-tyred ‘dog~cart’ was in production by the end of the year.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	solid
释义	solidn.¹ Brit. /ˈsɒlɪd/, U.S. /ˈsɑləd/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s solide. Etymology: < solid adj., or < French solide, Latin solidum. 1. Geometry. A body or magnitude of three dimensions; one having length, breadth, and thickness. solid of revolution, one formed by the revolution of a plane figure. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > three-dimensional solid1495 body1551 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > three-dimensional > solid of revolution solid of revolution1816 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xix. cxxvii. 928 The Cubus is properly the Solid ylyke longe, brode, and depe. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. Defs. sig. Piv Lyke solides are such as are encompassed with superficies that are lyke and of equall number. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xi. f. 312 A solide or body is that which hath length, breadth, and thicknes. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. ii. 36 As wee esteeme of a circle described in a plaine surface, so must we iudge in solides of a Spheare. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) All Solids are either Spherical or Elliptical, which have no Sides or Angles; or Prisms, which are contain'd in Plains. 1725 I. Watts Logick i. vi. §8 Geometry divides its Objects into Lines, Surfaces and Solids. 1816 tr. S. F. Lacroix Elem. Treat. Differential & Integral Calculus 679 To find the differentials of the volumes and curve surfaces of solids of revolution. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 364/2 We have thus the five regular solids, and have shown that there can be no others. 1878 H. P. Gurney Crystallogr. 41 A solid cannot be bounded by fewer than four planes. 2. a. A solid substance or body. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun] > a dense or solid thing or body clota1000 goba1382 massa1382 gobbetc1384 clustera1387 lumpa1400 grume1555 solidity1604 concrescence1610 concression1613 concretion1646 ponderant1656 condensation1665 clumper1673 clue1674 solid1698 clump1699 wodge1847 density1858 boulder1861 doorstop1967 swadge1968 the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solid phase > [noun] > solid solid1698 1698 J. Keill Exam. Theory Earth (1734) 195 For it is not so with solids as with fluids, where all range themselves according to their intensive gravities. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1757) 7 Nor is it to be objected, that by fire these vegetative particles should be destroyed, seeing they are supposed to be solids. 1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 65 The first class consists of solids, which compose the great known part of the globe. 1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits 62 The quantity of solids in a fluid ounce of the urine. 1882 G. M. Minchin Uniplanar Kinematics 137 Every one easily recognises a broad distinction between a Fluid and a Solid. in extended use.1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Semi-vowels..are distinguished into Solids and Liquids.1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Solids,..or solid Letters, are those which are never liquefied. b. Physiology. A solid part or constituent of the body. Used in plural.Frequently in the 18th cent.; now Obsolete or rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily substance > [noun] > solid or soft substance solid1705 soft tissue1892 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica 31 I come now to shew, after what manner [exercise] affects the Solids. 1769 E. Bancroft Ess. Nat. Hist. Guiana 324 Its use..is indispensably necessary in this climate, to corroborate the solids. 1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 14 325 Its influence upon the nervous system through..the balance between the solids and fluids. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. 420 All the solids in the human body are either simple or vital.] c. Building. A solid mass of masonry or other construction, esp. that between windows or doors; a pier of a bridge. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [noun] > stonework or masonry > mass of solid1736 butment1805 massif1862 1736 N. Hawksmoor Short Historical Acct. London-bridge 9 There are also eighteen Solids or Piers of different Dimensions, from thirty-four to twenty-five Feet thick. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §45 The whole therefore to the height of the store-room floor..having been made with all possible solidity, was denominated the solid. 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 3 84/1 To obtain the largest possible admission of light, with the smallest obstruction of solids or piers. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. iii. i. 754 The investigation relative to the voids and solids of doors. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1015 at Pier A solid between the doors or windows of a building. d. Printing. (See quot. 1888.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > relief engraving > [noun] > wood engraving and cutting > xylographic material > design or print > darker part of solid1888 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 128 Solids, the blacker or more solid parts of a woodcut or other illustration. 3. the solid, the unbroken mass, the main part or body, of something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > the main part bodyOE trunk1615 stump1634 the solid1776 masterpiece1825 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 148 The Tongues and Grooves to be put on with Spikes and stout Oak Pins, or made out of the Solid. 1840 R. Browning Sordello iv. 168 Her hero's car Clove dizzily the solid of the war. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 13 Feb. 4/2 The mechanically operated valves are..actuated by cams turned from the solid. 4. elliptical in plural in various senses: a. Solid or substantial dishes or food. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [noun] > solid or substantial food substantials1751 solid1786 substantialities1813 1786 J. Woodforde Diary 18 July (1926) II. 258 I..could eat no solids all day long. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 1 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 217 I am very well served at dinner with many and good dishes, and some of them solids. 1973 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 123 103 It can be seen also in Table 4 that infants did not eat solids at two weeks, but did at five weeks. 1977 W. H. Manville Good-bye iv. 40 Junior just began eating solids. b. U.S. Self-coloured cloths or garments. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > of specific colour purpureeOE blackc1225 greyc1225 white?c1225 greena1250 yellow1368 violet1380 purplec1390 blue1480 colours1641 tawnies1809 butternut1810 subfusc1853 solid1883 Lovat1908 jungle green1946 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > self coloured solid1883 1883 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 31 Oct. 3/6 Solids are all the go this season. Stripes and checks are very dull. c. Salt-making. (See quot. 1886.) ΚΠ 1886 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester Solids, the solid brickwork about the fires, on which the bars, bearers, and other ironwork rests. d. Mining. (See quot. 1894.) ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > solid rock solid1894 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Solids, in mining, the solid rock as distinguished from soil, moss, drifts, etc. e. Scottish. Solid qualities or character. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [noun] > good quality > collectively ness1651 laudable1715 solid1896 1896 J. Horne Canny Countryside xix. 212 That precentor was never again seen in Knockdry. He lacked ‘solids’. 5. A solid rubber tyre. (No longer current.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre rubber1875 tyre1875 tirea1877 pneumatic1890 cushion1891 cushion-tire1891 pneu1891 solid tyre1891 balloon tyre1899 single-tube1904 tubular tyre1908 shoe1917 solid1919 tubular1924 air wheel1930 skin1954 tub1978 1919 Brit. Manufacturer Nov. 38/1 50,000 pneumatic tyres a week, in addition to solids. 1924 A. W. Judge Mod. Motor Cars II. 178 Both ordinary and Giant Solids. Compounds Special combinations: solids-not-fat n. Dairying the components of milk other than water and fats and other lipids (being largely lactose and proteins); the proportion of such components in a sample of milk. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dairy produce > [noun] > milk > constituents or extracts of milk frangipane1844 galactin1854 solids-not-fat1874 Plasmon1900 1874 J. A. Wanklyn Milk-Analysis ix. 38 The effect of skimming is to diminish the proportion of fat, and to leave the proportion of ‘solids not fat’ unaltered. 1930 Analyst LV. 543 The resulting curves..do not indicate that the highest proportion of solids-not-fat is contained in the bottom part of the milk. 1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 5 Jan. 99/1 Changes in solids-not-fat were small, and nearly 19 per cent of the tests in Friesian herds and 7 per cent of those in Ayrshire herds were below the legal minimum standard of 8·5 per cent. solids pump n. a machine for forcing lumpy or granular material, or liquid containing it, through a pipe or chamber against the force of gravity. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > pump > [noun] > other types of pump bottom lift1778 rose pump1778 centrifugal pump1789 jack-heada1792 jet pump1850 sand-pump1865 Union pump1867 shell-pump1875 eductor1877 brake-pump1881 bull-pump1881 cam-pumpa1884 sand-reel1883 grasshopper1884 knapsack pump1894 knapsack sprayer1897 turbo-pump1903 Sylphon1906 slush pump1913 displacement pump1924 power pack1937 proportioner1945 solids pump1957 peristaltic pump1958 powerhead1981 Cornish pump- 1957 T. G. Hicks Pump Selection & Application xiv. 313 Solids pumps..are designed to handle solutions containing large percentages of suspended abrasive materials. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XII. 474/2 The solids pump has found its principal application in the operation of oil-shale retorts. Here it is used to feed crushed shale into the bottom of a conical vessel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † solidn.² Forms: Also solide. Etymology: < Latin solidus solidus n.¹ Obsolete. A weight or value equivalent to that of the Roman solidus. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > value of money > [noun] > specific equivalent weights talentc893 silver weightc1000 pennyweighta1398 solid1601 weight1890 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 36 The ordinarie dose is from half an obolus to a Solid.., according to the strength of the patient. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. 1 Esdras viii. 27 Cuppes of gold twentie, which had a thousand solides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). solidadj. Brit. /ˈsɒlɪd/, U.S. /ˈsɑləd/ Forms: Middle English–1600s solide (1500s–1600s solude, 1600s solede, sollide); Middle English– solid (1600s solyd, sollid). Etymology: < Old French solide (modern French solide, = Spanish solido, Portuguese solido, Italian solido), or < Latin solidus. I. Senses relating to solidity or compactness. 1. a. Free from empty spaces, cavities, interstices, etc.; having the interior completely filled in or up. Opposed to hollow. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > free from empty spaces or solid thicka1400 solidc1400 thightc1440 unhollow1548 unhollowed1609 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §26. 35 The excellence of the spere solide..shewyth Manifeste the diuerse assenciouns of signes in diuerse places. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 85 Hollow things are more fitte to receiue sounds, and to cause them to be heard better, then things that are solide and more thicke. 1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Solide, sound, heavie, not hollowe. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 567 This was hollow, the other solid. 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 106 That [piece] examined..was a solid rhomboid. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 180 In the construction of walls they are generally built solid; but when the wall is formed entirely of brick, a saving of material is obtained..by building them hollow. 1863 P. Barry Dockyard Econ. 277 Mr. Fawcett introduced the highly important improvement of casting the guns solid and boring them. 1881 Grove's Dict. Music III. 179 It was played with the hand,..and had seven strings mounted in a solid wooden frame. b. spec. in Botany and Entomology (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > solid or hollow > [adjective] solid1753 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [adjective] > of general parts > free from empty spaces solid1826 (a) 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Solid root..expresses the whole root to be one uniform lump of matter. 1776 J. Lee Introd. Bot. (ed. 3) 378 Solidus, solid, without internal Pores. c1789 Encycl. Brit. III. 448/1 Solid, consisting of solid substance; as the tulip. 1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 82 Solid Root; fleshy and uniform, as that of a Turnep. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1072/1 Solid, not hollow or furnished with internal cavities of any kind. (b)1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 259 Solid (Solida). When the interior is full.1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 323 Solid Knob... When the knob consists of a single joint, or if of more, exhibits very faint traces of their separation. c. Typography. Having no leads between the lines; unleaded; (see also quot. 1888). ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printed matter > arrangement or appearance of printed matter > [adjective] > having lines separated by leads > not solid1808 unleaded1811 1808 C. Stower Printer's Gram. 163 To a solid page, two leads make the usual white after the head. 1839 T. C. Hansard Treat. Printing & Type-founding (1841) 89 How many lines of the particular type used there would be in a page of the given size, supposing it were all solid type. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 128 Solid matter, type composed without leads; also applied to type with but few quadrats in. d. Of a wall, etc.: Having no opening or window; unbroken, blank. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > stopping up or blocking > having no openings unholed1562 inoculated1599 unvented1624 uncrannied1627 riftless1798 solid1865 unfenestrated1884 1865 J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. ii. ii. ii. 427 The apse, properly speaking, is a solid semi-cylinder, surmounted by a semi-dome, but always solid below, though generally broken by windows above. e. Photography. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1918 Photo-miniature Mar. Solid, applied to prints or enlargements made to include the background existing in the negative as distinguished from vignetting. 1919 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 250 Solid applied to prints and enlargements,..denoting that the negative is printed full up to the edges—i.e., not vignetted or masked during printing. 2. Mathematics. a. Of a body or figure: Having three dimensions. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > three-dimensional solidc1430 gross?a1560 c1430 Art Nombryng 14 It is clepede a solide body that hathe þer-in..lengthe, brede, and thiknesse. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Curve The Conchoid and the Solid Parabola. 1823 H. J. Brooke Familiar Introd. Crystallogr. 111 Alternate solid angles replaced by tangent planes. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. iii. i. 209 What have plane figures to do with solid orbits? 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 206/1 The rules..for measuring different superficial or solid figures will be found under the several heads. figurative.1830 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 415/2 Narrative is linear, Action is solid. †b. Of number or measure: = cubic adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > [adjective] > expressing cubic measure solidc1430 cubical?a1560 cubic1660 the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic or algebraic operations > [adjective] > multiple > of self or forming powers solidc1430 quadratec1450 wholec1450 cubic1551 squared1557 sursolid1557 cubical?a1560 zenzic1571 quadrato-quadratic1647 quadrato-cubic1654 biquadratic1668 quadrato-quadratical1668 square-squarea1679 powerfula1690 biquadrate1806 quintic1851 sextic1851 superlinear1865 (a) c1430 Art Nombryng 14 The solide nombre or cubike is þat þat comythe of double ledynge of nombre in nombre. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 186^v When three numbers multiplyed together ye one into the other, produce any number, the number produced, is called a solide number. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Numbers, are those which arise from the Multiplication of a Plain Number, by any other whatsoever. (b)1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. i, in Occas. Refl. sig. E3 Ten thousand millions of Cubick German Leagues, (and consequently above threescore times as many English miles of solid measure).?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 165 A Foot solid measure hath seventeen hundred twenty eight square Inches.1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins ix. 91 There are in a solid Foot 1728 solid Inches. c. Of, relating, or pertaining to a geometrical solid or solids (†or to cubic numbers). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [adjective] > three-dimensional > of or relating to solid?a1560 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) ii. xiv. sig. Oj The thirde kynde of Geometrie, where you shall haue rules to measure, not onely the solide, but also the superficiall contentes of all maner bodies. 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 22 A solide perpendiculer line is, when the point, from whence the perpendiculer is drawne, is on high, and without the plaine superficies. 1684 E. Halley (title) Discourse concerning the number of roots of solid and biquadratical equations. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Place..is when the Point is in one of the Conick Sections. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Problem..is one which can't be Geometrically solved, but by the Intersection of a Circle, and a Conick Section. 1733 H. Gore (title) Elements of Solid Geometry. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 206/1 Solid, superficial, and linear dimensions. 1885 H. W. Watson & S. H. Burbury Math. Theory Electr. & Magn. I. 59 U, instead of being a single spherical solid harmonic, may be an infinite series of such harmonics. 3. a. Of material substances: Of a dense or massive consistency; composed of particles which are firmly and continuously coherent; hard and compact. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] thickc888 fastOE sada1375 massya1382 sounda1387 massya1398 corpulent1398 grossa1475 tight1513 massive1526 spiss?1527 solid?1533 thight1539 solidate1542 crass1545 bodily1557 spissy1570 dense1599 consolid1613 materiate1626 crassy1630 cakey1705 rocky1825 ?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Diii Solude, massif. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 33 It is nothing solide or massie, but much porouse. a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. ii. 129 Oh that this too too solid [1604 sallied] Flesh, would melt, Thaw, and resolue it selfe into a Dew. 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 179 In place of solyd walls, it is ingirt with liquid moats or trenches. 1715 tr. D. Gregory Elements Astron. I. i. §76. 170 We shall demonstrate..that each Planet, the nearer it is to the Sun, the solider or more dense it is. a1771 T. Gray Imit. Propertius in Wks. (1814) II. 86 What wondrous force the solid earth can move. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 299 The separation of a fluid from the solid concrete particles which it contains. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 177/2 These secretions are exceedingly numerous, and constitute the great bulk of the solid parts of the plant. 1895 Naturalist 26 A solid camphor. in extended use.1746 P. Francis tr. Horace in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Epistles ii. i. 272 To think that Asses should in Judgement sit, In solid Deafness, on the Works of Wit.1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) iii. 60 I forced a way Thro' solid opposition crabb'd and gnarl'd.1887 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. V. 338 There will no longer be any obstacle to a solid despotism. b. Solidified; frozen. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > make (more) dense or solid congealedc1384 consolidate1531 baked1547 condensate1555 congelate1574 concrete1598 indensate1599 coagulate1610 condense1610 condensated1625 concreted1634 spissed1635 conglaciated1656 corporified1680 solid1697 incrassateda1706 caked1820 solidified1828 consolidateda1850 sadded1894 densified1900 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > frozen > frozen hard solid1786 ironclad1834 iron-bound1835 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 113 With Axes first they cleave the Wine, and thence By weight, the solid portions they dispence. View more context for this quotation 1786 S. Rogers Ode Superstit. i. iii O'er solid seas, where Winter reigns. 1879 Daily Tel. 28 June Having the bowl of solid soup carefully enwrapped in a copy of the Sunday Times. c. In the phrase solid rock, with reference to the cutting of steps or passages in it. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > solid rock solid rock1779 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1793) I. 231 We entered the largest saline by a passage cut out of the solid rock. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xiv. 320 We went through a long passage, and down other steps cut in the solid rock. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 215/1 Two excavations, wrought with extreme labour, in the solid rock, called galleries. d. Of clouds, the atmosphere, etc.: Having the appearance of a solid or unbroken mass; dense, thick, compact. Chiefly poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > [adjective] > thick (of clouds) thicky1587 filthya1616 solid1807 the world > matter > gas > air > [adjective] > specific qualities of (the) air > thick or turbid troublyc1380 greata1398 murkc1480 mistyc1485 foggyc1487 troublea1500 grossa1592 fat1598 filthya1616 thick1626 murky1667 turbid1705 solid1807 1807 W. Wordsworth Sonn. to Liberty ii. v Clouds, lingering yet, extend in solid bars Through the grey west. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind ii, in Prometheus Unbound 190 Thy congregated might Of vapours, from whose solid atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst. 1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 3/1 Of yonder gap in the solid gray Of the eastern cloud. e. Astronautics. Using solid fuel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [adjective] > types of rocket solid-fuelled1891 needle-nosed1931 solid1949 nose-driven1952 liquid-fuelled1960 posigrade1960 strap-on1966 1949 G. P. Sutton Rocket Propulsion Elem. i. 10 Long duration solid rocket units require an excessively heavy and large combustion chamber. 1961 Flight 80 650/2 A study of the requirements associated with the transport, handling, checkout, assembly, and launch of extremely large solid boosters. 1967 Technol. Week 20 Feb. 13/1 The program will cover the design, development and demonstration of a controllable solid propulsion system using integral propulsion. 1979 J. W. Cornelisse et al. Rocket Propulsion ix. 169 Solid rockets find widespread military and civil applications. 4. Of states, conditions, etc.: Characterized by solidity or compactness. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adjective] > characterized by solidity solid1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 47 That one might..see..the continent Weary of solide firmenesse melt it selfe Into the sea. 1665 R. Boyle Disc. iv. iv, in Occas. Refl. sig. F2^v The Leaves..are of a more solid Texture..than the Blossoms. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vi. 184 A little surprised at the solid weight of the distressed fair one. 1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. §66 Taking water and iron as instances: when both are in a solid state we get ice and hard iron. 5. a. Of rain, etc.: Steady, drenching; continuous. Also, of a day: Characterized by rain of this kind. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [adjective] > heavy steepc1330 pissingc1475 thightc1480 pouring1577 pashing1581 sad1590 steep-down1601 solid1621 even down1622 sluicy1697 pelting1710 buck1732 steeping1774 peppering1827 sluicing1847 torrential1849 peltering1858 plumping1879 teeming1880 lashing1885 monsoonish1886 sheeting1940 1621 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 354 There fell (in a sad and sollid shewer without intermission) soe much unexpected rayne. 1847 A. Helps Friends in Council I. i. vi. 86 To be looking out on a good solid English wet day. 1868 in Huntley Glouc. Gloss. 63 A solid rain. b. Of water: Coming in a compact mass. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > [adjective] > in compact mass confluent1718 solid1893 1893 Outing 22 146/2 Her principal fault is that she is wet in a sea-way, though she rarely ships solid water. 6. Having the property of occupying a certain amount of space (cf. solidity n. 4). ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > having property of occupying space extent?a1475 extensive1624 extense1647 extended1666 bulky1674 roomthy1674 solid1690 spatial1847 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. iv. 49 Nor is an Adamant one jot more solid than Water. 1694 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding (new ed.) ii. iv. 54 Yet it is not, that the parts of the Diamond are more solid than those of Water, or resist more. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 125 Even a particle of water is solid. 1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Pneumatics 3 The quality in air which we have called impenetrability, is sometimes called solidity, and air is said to be solid. II. Senses relating to substantial and continuous quality. 7. Of a strong, firm, or substantial nature or quality; not slight or flimsy: a. Of things (or persons), in figurative applications. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adjective] > established, settled steadfast1258 groundlyc1275 stablec1290 firmc1374 well-groundeda1393 irradicate1436 well-fixed1567 statary1581 solid1586 confirmed1594 lodged1600 well-entrenched1661 substantive1809 corroborated1822 stabilized1887 1586 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. IV. 61 Upon a gude and solide ordour for convocating of the ministerie to General Assembleis thaireftir. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xv. 64 This temper had made them sollude, and fitte for anie foundation. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xiii. sig. Ff6 The Decrees of Providence are too solid and fixt to have Violence offered them. 1703 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 541 All the points of good & solid Architecture. 1746 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) III. 728 As he took so much pains for the graces of oratory only, I conclude he took still more for the more solid parts of it. a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. 30 Faith is gone, having no solid support. 1812 Examiner 11 May 302/2 The colouring..is solid without heaviness. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. vi. 111 His desire was for solid and sure places. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. iv. 101 There was another way of earning something solid. b. Of structures, buildings, furniture, etc. ΚΠ 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 27 How goodly..were such an obedient unanimity as this... Doubtles a stanch and solid peece of frame-work, as any January could freeze together. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1676 (1955) IV. 92 The furniture is very particular for..Porcelane, & other solid & noble moveables. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant ii. 47 We saw on our right hand two very solid well built houses. 1870 J. S. Howson Metaphors St. Paul ii. 72 The solid cities of the Greeks and Romans. c. Of food or liquor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > solid or substantial bearinga1625 solid1685 1685 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) IV. 483 Venison, & plaine solid Meate, Foule, Baked & boiled meates; banquet &c in exceeding plenty. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Pref. sig. Bij Whole Pyramids of Sweet-meats, for Boys and Women; but little of solid Meat, for Men. 1711 R. Steele Spectator* No. 43. ⁋4 A Bottle or two of good solid Edifying Port, at honest George's, made a Night chearful, and threw off Reserve. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 173 One substantial meal of solid animal food daily. d. Of cloth, garments, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > other smalleOE lightc1230 round1402 side-necked1430 wanton1489 Spanish1530 tucked1530 lustya1555 civil1582 open-breasted1598 full1601 everlasting1607 sheeten1611 nothinga1616 burly1651 pin-up1677 slouching1691 double-breasted1701 negligée1718 translated1727 uniform1746 undress1777 single-breasted1796 unworn1798 mamalone1799 costumic1801 safeguard1822 Tom and Jerry1830 lightweight1837 fancy dress1844 wrap-1845 hen-skin1846 Mary Stuart1846 well-cut1849 mousquetaire1851 empire1852 costumary1853 solid1859 spring weight1869 Henri II1870 western1881 hard-boiled1882 man-of-war1883 Henley1886 demi-season1890 Gretchen1890 toreador1892 crossover1893 French cut1896 drifty1897 boxy1898 Buster Brown1902 Romney1903 modistic1907 Peter Pan1908 classic1909 Fauntleroy1911 baby doll1912 flared1928 flare1929 tuck-in1929 unpressed1932 Edwardian1934 swingy1937 topless1937 wraparound1937 dressed-down1939 cover-up1942 Sun Yat-sen1942 utility1942 non-utility1948 sudsable1951 off-the-shoulder1953 peasant1953 flareless1954 A-line1955 matador1955 stretch1956 wash-and-wear1959 layered1962 Tom Jones1964 Carnaby Street1965 Action Man1966 Mao-style1967 wear-dated1968 thermal1970 bondage1980 swaggery1980 hoochie1990 mitumba1990 kinderwhore1994 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [adjective] > stout or substantial massive1670 solid1859 winter weight1871 1859 Habits Good Society iv. 177 For the country, the attire should be tasteful and solid and strong. 1903 Sat. Rev. 5 Dec. 697/2 Solid unbleached calico..wears well. e. Cards. (See quot. 1927.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [adjective] > type of suit stopped1900 solid1927 rebid1931 1927 M. C. Work Contract Bridge 145 Solid suit, one of such length and strength as to be practically sure of winning every trick in that suit. 1959 Listener 12 Feb. 309/1 The jump after a forcing opening bid shows a solid suit. 1976 Country Life 1 Apr. 846/2 Even when your trump suit is solid, it may still be fatal to touch it too early. 8. a. Combined; consolidated; united. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > [adjective] > combined conjoint1393 redacta1398 combinate1583 combined1603 social1620 solida1626 consolidate1638 conjunct1649 alligateda1676 combinated1757 amalgamated1827 amalgamate1849 consolidateda1850 a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 94 So if tenant for life the remainder in fee bee, and they ioine in graunting a rent, this is one solid rent out of both their estates. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages I. ii. 160 The other acquired unlimited power over a solid kingdom. b. Unanimous, undivided; united in approval or opposition. Originally U.S. solid South, the politically united southern States of America; the unanimous vote of the white electorate in these States for the Democratic party. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adjective] anmodOE accordantc1350 concordable1393 ogrant?a1400 whole1413 agreeing1440 communala1470 concordant1477 agreeablea1525 greeinga1547 one-hearted?1584 consenting1589 well-tuned1592 consentient1622 concording1627 unanimousa1631 unanimate1633 homodox1656 concurrent1660 concerted1673 of one lip1677 homodoxian1716 harmonious1724 concurring1732 assenting1752 one-voiced1821 solidary1841 solidaire1845 solid1855 ditto-saying1892 assented1907 society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > Democratic Party > the South as supporting solid South1855 1855 in P. S. Foner Business & Slavery (1941) 114 We are now beaten by the solid vote of the City of New York. 1858 S. Colfax Let. in O. J. Hollister Life Schuyler Colfax (1887) 137 We have fallen on strange times when the solid South in the House and a score of Northern Democrats dare to vote ‘No’ on a resolution approving existing laws against the African slave trade. 1872 Chicago Tribune 14 Oct. 1/3 The Democrats are solid for Greeley in this county. 1876 Harper's Weekly 26 Aug. 691/2 We must recognize the solid South as the core of the Democratic party... The solid South is the Southern Confederacy seeking domination of the United States through the machinery of the Democratic party. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xxvi. 418 Now Texas is the most solid outpost of the ‘Solid South’. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 16 Aug. The vote of the solid South. 1890 G. A. Henty With Lee in Virginia 84 The North can never hope to force the solid South back into the Union. 1892 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 8 Nov. 4/4 A solid New England vote for protection. 1974 Socialist Worker 23 Nov. 16/5 With the exception of a handful of white scabs on one shift all four shifts are solid. 1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. ii. 2/5 It is possible for the GOP to revitalize itself by becoming the necessary counterweight to the newly reconstituted Solid South. c. Of persons: Regular or steady in attendance, politics, voting, etc. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > observance > [adjective] faithfulc1384 officiousc1487 heedful1548 heedy1548 religious1567 unhurting1581 rigid1602 observant1608 conscionable1620 strictc1660 solid1880 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > that does something habitually > regular or unfailing regular1602 reg'lar1814 solid1880 1880 Sen. Rep. 46th U.S. Congress 2 Sess. No. 693. 326 Q. These gentlemen..are both good Democrats? A. Yes, sir; they are solid Democrats. 1883 ‘Keighley’ Who are You? 90 I escorted her to Sunday School excursions, and was ‘solid’ at the picnics and bazaars. 1884 American 9 180 He is, therefore, presumed to be solid as a Southern man. 1888 W. D. Howells Annie Kilburn xviii I'm solid for Mr. Peck every time. d. Originally U.S. Intimately or closely allied, on friendly terms, with another. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar homelya1387 familiarc1405 familarya1500 internal1581 intrinsical1602 intimated1606 intrinsic1613 intimea1618 intimous1619 domestica1631 intimate1635 pack1686 thickc1756 throng1768 versant1787 solid1882 chummy1884 tutoyant1899 cosy1927 schmoozy1954 tight1956 the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > closely associated or acquainted fastOE specialc1390 near1523 inward1535 close1577 particular1588 lié1855 solid1882 1882 G. W. Peck Peck's Sunshine 161 I was pretty solid with him. 1888 Cent. Mag. Nov. 30 We thus succeeded in making ourselves ‘solid with the administration’ before we had been in a town or village forty-eight hours. 1895 Outing 26 64 I wanted to get solid with him for a time while he lived. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) iv. 80 He..went back to his native village in the Ain, where there are plenty of unregenerate Pétainists to this day, quite solid with the bishop and the anti-Jewish provincial administration. 9. †a. Of time: Continuous, consecutive. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective] continualc1340 jointc1400 directa1513 unbroken1561 successive1586 continuate1601 uninterrupted1602 unintermitted1611 continued1628 concrete1651 constant1653 uninterrupted1657 unintermitting1661 solid1662 continuous1751 uninterrupt1776 unbroke1793 unintermittent1850 unbreathing1893 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. v. §8 The uncertainty of heathen chronology, when..implicite years are given out for solid. 1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. iii. 367 They took implicit Years for solid, and placed those Kings in a Succession which were Cotemporary with one another. b. Of a day, hour, etc.: Whole, entire, complete. Now colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > [adjective] > whole or entire solid1718 clear day1868 1718 M. Prior Solomon on Vanity ii, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 458 Loose and undisciplin'd the Soldier lay; Or lost in Drink, and Game, the solid Day. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 16 Aug. The Queen kept her seven solid hours fitting on and trying the current fashions. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 420 I walked him up and down, with the rug on, for a solid hour. 10. a. Entirely of the same substance or material (as that specified); of (gold, etc., or a legitimate alloy) and nothing else.The ‘material’ is not necessarily pure: the implication is of homogeneity rather than purity, so that, e.g., articles made of plate are excluded but not those made of an alloy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] oneOE consimilec1400 suinga1425 even?c1425 agreeable1512 uniform1540 consemblable?1541 suant1547 constantc1550 just?1556 similar1563 similary1564 unvaried1570 uniformal1574 consimilar1577 homogeneana1601 homogeneal1603 homogene1607 invariable1607 of a piece1607 undistinguisheda1616 univocal1615 immutable1621 uniformable1632 solemn1639 homogeneous1646 consistent1651 pariformal1651 self-consistent1651 congeniousa1656 level1655 undiversificated1659 equal1663 of one make1674 invarieda1676 congenerous1683 undiversified1684 equable1693 solid1699 consisting1700 tranquil1794 unbranching1826 horizontal1842 sole1845 self-similar1847 homoeomeric1865 equiformal1883 monochrome1970 the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > composed of one part > specifically of material things uniformal1574 solid1699 uniform1759 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) Solid Gold, De l'or massif. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 179. ⁋6 The Wall toward the North is of solid Stone. 1844 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VIII. 63 The assertion that the gilded statues..were of solid gold. 1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church x. 101 [Severus] determined to build a wall of solid stone. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. xi. 424 They were purchased with solid gold. 1910 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 58 260/2 There remained a mere film..like silver foil... That is, I believe, a fair example of the so-called ‘solid silver’ sold in our swell shops, with the aid of much electric light and many bowing salesmen. 1926 J. P. De Castro Law & Pract. of Hall-marking i. 138 Though often legitimately used to differentiate between sterling silver and electro-plated silver, the expression ‘solid silver’ is frequently a much-abused term. 1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing i. 3 Solid gold is not necessarily pure gold, but is an alloy of pure gold with other metals. The unalloyed pure metal is known as fine gold. 1962 L. S. Sasieni Princ. & Pract. Optical Dispensing i. 3 The colour of solid gold can be varied by altering the proportions and the metals in the alloy. 1970 Choate & De May Creative Gold- & Silversmithing ii. 10 Any karat gold is called solid gold to distinguish it from gold-filled metals. 1981 Daily Tel. 24 Sept. 17 (advt.) An absolutely perfect solid gold neckchain... These are not seconds or plated gold—but sound 9 carat gold! elliptical.1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 308/1 What is termed ‘solid’, or gold jewellery of the better qualities. b. Of colour: Of the same tone or shade throughout; uniform, self. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > monochrome claurie1486 self1562 whole-coloured1605 concolour1646 unicolorate1657 unicolorous1657 self-coloured1682 single-coloured1703 unicolor1781 monocoloured1798 monochromic1803 unicoloured1811 concolorous1840 monochrome1849 one-coloured1854 monochromous1857 monochroous1857 monotoned1857 unicolour1860 solid1883 sole-coloured1885 monochroic1886 whole1892 whole-colour1896 single-colour1935 monocolour1955 mono1970 monotonal1973 1883 Evening Star (Washington, D.C.) 31 Oct. 3/6 These solid browns, blacks, greens, reds, and, in fact, all these solid colors, are popular. 1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. i. 19 Yellow and Orange dyes. Solid yellow. 1894 Outing 24 181/1 The outside of the thighs down to the knees are in solid color. c. U.S. Of liquor: Neat, undiluted. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > neat or undiluted neat1578 solid1894 sheer- 1894 Outing 24 49/1 He always took his liquor solid..; he swallowed down two-thirds of a tumbler of raw Appleton rum. 11. Of persons, their constitution, etc.: Strong, healthy, sturdy. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > resistant to disease, etc. strongeOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 stalworthyc1300 vigorousc1330 stoura1350 lustyc1374 marrowya1382 sturdyc1386 crank1398 robust1490 vigorious1502 stalwart1508 hardy1548 robustious1548 of force1577 rustical1583 marrowed1612 rustic1620 robustic1652 solid1741 refractory1843 salted1864 resistant1876 saulteda1879 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > [adjective] > robust strongeOE hardOE stalworthc1175 starka1250 stiff1297 steel to the (very) backa1300 stalworthyc1300 wightc1300 stable13.. valiant1303 stithc1325 toughc1330 wrast1338 stoura1350 sadc1384 wighty14.. derfc1440 substantialc1460 well-jointed1483 felon1487 robust1490 stalwart1508 stoutya1529 robustous?1531 rankc1540 hardy1548 robustious1548 stout1576 rustical1583 rustic1620 iron1638 robustic1652 swankinga1704 strapping1707 rugged1731 solid1741 vaudy1793 flaithulach1829 ironbark1833 swankie1838 tough as (old) boots or leather1843 skookum1847 hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862 hard-assed1954 nails1974 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. xvi. 237 If Persons of this Make should ever devote themselves to Science, they should be well assured of a solid and strong Constitution of Body. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 201 He walks there, with solid step. 1893 H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 68 ‘Solid, bor, solid!’ meaning in one's usual health. III. Senses relating to soundness and reliabilty. 12. Of persons: a. Of sound scholarship or sober judgement in matters of learning or speculation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > very learned ripeOE deepc1175 profoundc1300 well-lettereda1387 well-groundeda1438 sad1523 well-knowledged1595 solid1600 well-tutored1600 accomplished1603 grounded1613 deep-read1639 scientissimous1650 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Epil. sig. Riii A right-ei'd and solide Reader may perceiue it was not so great a part of the Heauen awry, as they would make it. View more context for this quotation 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 48 Like an ingenuous solide author. 1665 J. Bunyan Holy Citie (1669) 259 It makes them grave, knowing, solid Guides, and Unfolders of the Mysteries of the Kingdom. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation 84 This discourse of Guest shewing him to have been a solid and well-read man, I have transcribed from the original. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. xi. 282 He has by this time become a solid student in Butler. 1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 127 The two most solid thinkers upon these subjects. b. Sober-minded, of reliable judgement, in practical matters; steady, sedate, staid. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > showing sound judgement > of persons well-judging1587 judicious1591 discerning1594 sound1615 solid1632 well-weighed1645 weighed1647 serious-minded1694 well-hired1828 balanced1836 discriminating1849 adult1906 the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adjective] seinec1330 sober1362 unfeastlyc1386 murec1390 unlaughter-milda1400 sadc1400 solemnyc1420 solemned1423 serious1440 solemnc1449 solenc1460 solemnel?1473 moy1487 demure1523 grave1549 staid1557 sage1564 sullen1583 weighty1602 solid1632 censoriousa1637 (as) grave (also solemn, etc.) as a judge1650 untriumphant1659 setc1660 agelastic1666 austere1667 humourless1671 unlaughing1737 smileless1740 untriflinga1743 untittering1749 steady1759 dun1797 antithalian1818 dreich1819 laughterless1825 unsmiling1826 laughless1827 unfestive1844 sober-sided1847 gleeless1850 unfarcical1850 mome1855 deedy1895 button-down1959 buttoned-down1960 straight-faced1975 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 71 The solid, and sad man, is not troubled with the floods and ebbes of Fortune. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. iii. 302 He is an excellent person,..of a good judgement, and solid, but something too resolute. a1691 G. Fox Autobiogr. in Jrnl. (1886) 280 I..therefore desired none but solid, weighty Friends might be about me. 1724 in Ramsay Tea-t. Misc. (1733) I. 36 O! as thou art bony, be solid and cany, And tent a true lover. 1760 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) vii. 110 The hearts of some solid Friends appeared to be united to discourage the practice amongst their members. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iii. i. 91 Now nothing but a solid phlegmatic M. de Vergennes sits there. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xc. 247 Kearney throve because the solid classes despised him. c. Scottish. Fully possessed of the mental faculties; of sound mind, sane. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > [adjective] in (one's right) witc1000 wittyc1000 wisec1290 well-tempered1340 reasonablec1400 safe1402 perfectc1440 well in (also of) one's witsa1450 right in one's geara1500 well-advised1532 sensed1549 unmad1570 well-advised1585 rational1598 solid1606 in one's (right) senses1613 formala1616 of (in) disposing mind or memory1628 compos mentis1631 righta1638 well-hinged1649 well-balanced1652 spacked1673 clear-headed1709 sane1721 unfantastic1794 unmaddened1797 pas si bête1840 lucid1843 unfantastical1862 clothed and in one's right mind1873 right-minded1876 ungiddy1904 clear1950 1606 Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 317/1 Scho tuk occasioun be his infirmitie and waik Judgement, he being than nocht so solide as wes necessar for the weill of his estait. 1822 J. Galt Provost xxii. 168 The heads of the town..no, may be, just so solid at the time as could have been wished. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Solid, Solide, sane..; used in a negative form; as, ‘He's no very solid’. d. U.S. and dialect. Financially sound or reliable; possessing capital, property, or means; well-to-do. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > well-off wellc1405 sufficient1436 full?1483 suffisant1484 beina1525 warmc1571 well-breeched1571 meaned1605 well-meaned1605 well-lined1611 substanced?1614 well-circumstanced1643 forehanded1658 uppish1678 easy1701 brownstone1780 forehand1784 solid1788 well-to-do1794 snug1801 strong farmer1802 well-fixed1822 unindigent1830 well off1842 fixed1844 comfortably offc1850 heeled1871 well-heeled1871 well in1888 independent1893 1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 443 I wish to see the beef-trade with America taken up by solid hands. 1799 , 1863 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. 1904 Eng. Dial. Dict. V. 613/1 She's not poor, she's a solid woman. 13. a. Of qualities: Well founded or established; of real value or importance; substantial.Frequently in the 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > specifically of things of substancea1456 solid1601 ponderous1602 of the moment1814 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. iii. sig. E2^v The pressure of my haires..standes at the seruice of your sollide perfections. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 122 The..solid joy conceived out of the absolutenesse of the worke. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 234 We shall see it a Mint of Solid worth, the good it hath..being inestimable. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 29. ⁋1 Having a very solid Respect for humane Nature. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia I. iii. xii. 278 The chearful, solid Comfort which a fond Couple enjoy in each other's Conversation. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxii. 265 Many such portions may exist in the lungs together, without the least solid appearance of inflammation in the pulmonary substance. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. 229 He undoubtedly owed William a debt of solid gratitude. b. Of learning or knowledge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > [adjective] > of knowledge: well-founded, deep deepc1175 profound?c1422 soundc1440 recondite1644 solid1668 valid1851 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. J. Walaeus Two Epist. (new ed.) in tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) 372 Those persons of solid Learning. 1692 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 82 He delated also of his..solid knowledge in Theologie. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 145 These two..are really Books of solid Learning. 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xxx. 211 She was entertained..with splendid banquets and much solid erudition. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. i. §1. 6 So essential to the reception and advancement of solid philosophical knowledge. 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 125 He was a man of solid learning. 14. a. Of arguments, reasons, etc.: Having a sound or substantial foundation; based upon sound principles or indisputable facts. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [adjective] > supported by evidence > firmly ygroundedc1369 well-recordeda1393 substantialc1449 grounded1548 solid1615 well-attested1652 well-authenticated1761 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adjective] > strong, valid, convincing justa1413 pregnanta1425 well-disposedc1449 pregnablea1500 legitime1532 concludent1571 potent1609 solid1615 concluding1620 valida1648 valuable1647 conclusive1649 cogent1659 legitimate1774 well-taken1789 1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ ii. §87 He..will thus go on by way of solid demonstration. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Oxf. 340 Having an excellent faculty in the clear and solid interpreting thereof. 1665 J. Webb Vindic. Stone-Heng Restored 105 He can raise no solider an Argument against it. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 305 There seems to be something solid, in one Observation Leibnitz makes. 1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxiii. 603 Too little information..is given of the price of copper..for the purpose of attempting any solid inference as to the rise..in its value. 1894 Solicitors' Jrnl. 39 3/1 If there were no solid defence to the claim, the plaintiff would certainly obtain his order. b. Similarly of writings, discourse, etc. ΚΠ c1660 J. Evelyn Diary ann. 1620 (1955) II. 2 Of solid discourse, affable, humble and in nothing affected. 1676 J. Glanvill Ess. v. 27 The Book and Method of Veronius was kindly..approved by..all the Gallick Clergy, as solid. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation Pref. p. i For the Church of England..have been written solid Apologies and Vindications. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. V. 28 Father Baltus..has refuted them both in a very solid peice. 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 459 Of the other papers in the number, which is a ‘solid’ one. 15. Marked by, or involving, serious study or intention; not light, frivolous, or merely amusing. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > requiring serious attention serious1531 severe1605 incumbent1651 strong1670 solid1700 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical v. 52 There's as much difference between their Rhimes, and Solid Verse, as [etc.]. 1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xx. cxl. 305 Scorn light fond Accents, and reserve thine Ear For those which solid Musick's sweets distil. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 68 D^r Bancroft..disposed the Clergy to a more solid course of Study. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. June 315/1 The most amiable Genius is That, which, embracing the most solid Arts, excludes not the Polite ones. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. i. 14 I doubt there is little solid in his studies—poetry and plays,..all nonsense. 1845 W. A. Butler in Serm. (1849) Mem. p. xxxvii Romances debauch the taste for solid reading. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. lxxx. 59 In other countries statesmen or philosophers do..the solid thinking for the bulk of the people. 16. Of judgement, etc.: Of a sober, sound, or practical character. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > of judgement: considered, sound adviseda1325 ballasted1552 level1600 weighed1647 unprevaricate1652 unmuddied1654 solid1662 emunct1679 unintuitive1842 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 95 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors The Queen, who was a woman of a solid judgement. 1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 12 They shall never please solid judgments. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xv. 322 Not more in Councils fam'd for solid Sense, Than winning Words and heav'nly Eloquence. 1805 A. Knox Remains (1834) I. 31 He who is apparently cold in affection may have solider judgment, and steadier resolution. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed Introd., in Tales Crusaders I. p. xv The assistance of men of reading and of solid parts. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral iv. 92 Hallam has said, with his usual solid wisdom [etc.]. 17. Marked or characterized by a high degree of religious fervour or seriousness.Used esp. by the Society of Friends. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [adjective] frenetic?c1550 seraphical1581 frenetical1588 ecstatical1600 zealot1641 ecstatic1645 rapturous1656 vowed1665 seraphica1668 synagoguish1690 frantic?1715 solid1740 ecstasied1787 religionistic1842 1740 Whitefield in Life & Jrnls. (1756) 436 Preached in the Afternoon to about two Thousand, and have not seen a more solid melting..since my Arrival. 1757 J. Woolman Jrnl. 29 May (1971) iv. 67 At the 12th hour the meeting of worship began, which was a solid meeting. 1769 J. Woolman Jrnl. (1971) x. 158 We had some solid conversation, under which I felt my soul bowed in reverence before the Most High. 18. Thorough, downright, vigorous, etc. Used with intensive force and frequently strengthened by good, right, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute shirea1225 purec1300 properc1380 plainc1395 cleana1400 fine?a1400 entirec1400 veryc1400 starka1425 utterc1430 utterlyc1440 merec1443 absolute1531 outright1532 cleara1535 bloodyc1540 unproachable1544 flat1553 downright1577 sheer1583 right-down?1586 single1590 peremptory1601 perfecta1616 downa1625 implicit1625 every way1628 blank1637 out-and-outa1642 errant1644 inaccessional1651 thorough-paced1651 even down1654 dead1660 double-dyed1667 through stitch1681 through-stitched1682 total1702 thoroughgoing1719 thorough-sped1730 regular1740 plumb1748 hollow1751 unextenuated1765 unmitigated1783 stick, stock, stone dead1796 positive1802 rank1809 heart-whole1823 skire1825 solid1830 fair1835 teetotal1840 bodacious1845 raw1856 literal1857 resounding1873 roaring1884 all out1893 fucking1893 pink1896 twenty-four carat1900 grand slam1915 stone1928 diabolical1933 fricking1937 righteous1940 fecking1952 raving1954 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. ii. 189 I never..had a right solid sound sleep in one. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 V. lvi. 366 England was to strike the one solid blow that was necessary. 1888 R. L. Stevenson Black Arrow ii. ii. 112 Swear your innocency with a good solid oath. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 294 Feeling sure that for good solid murderous rascality several of my old Fan acquaintances..would take a lot of beating. 19. Australian and New Zealand slang. Severe, difficult; unfair. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] heavyc825 grimc900 strongeOE hardeOE drearyOE eileOE sweerOE deara1000 bitterOE tartc1000 smartOE unridec1175 sharp?c1225 straitc1275 grievousc1290 fellc1330 shrewda1387 snella1400 unsterna1400 vilea1400 importunea1425 ungainc1425 thrallc1430 peisant1483 sore?a1513 weighty1540 heinous?1541 urgent?1542 asperous?1567 dure1567 spiny1586 searching1590 hoara1600 vengible1601 flinty1613 tugging1642 atrocious1733 uncannya1774 severe1774 stern1830 punishing1833 hefty1867 solid1916 the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adjective] arvethc885 uneathOE arvethlichc1000 evilc1175 hardc1175 deara1225 derfa1225 illc1330 wickeda1375 uneasy1398 difficul?a1450 difficile?1473 difficulta1527 unready1535 craggy1582 spiny1604 tough1619 uphill1622 shrewda1626 spinousa1638 scabrous1646 spinose1660 rugged1663 cranka1745 tight1764 thraward1818 nasty1828 upstream1847 awkward1860 pricklyc1862 bristling1871 sticky1871 rocky1873 dodgy1898 challengeful1927 solid1943 ball-busting1944 challenging1975 1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 155 Solid, severe; severely. 1943 N. Marsh Colour Scheme ii. 35 You'd think it was royalty. They've been making it pretty solid for everybody down there. Hauling everything out and shifting us all round. 1948 R. Park Harp in South v. 62 After all, Auntie Josie's got all them kids to look after. It must be pretty solid for her with Grandma as well. 1959 E. Lambert Glory thrown In 66 They'll be solid on him for that, won't they? 20. U.S. slang. In the language of jazz: excellent, first-rate, ‘great’; (see also quot. 1937). Also as int. solid sender: see solid sender at sender n. d. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > jazz > [adjective] > types of Chicagoan1861 bad1897 hot1918 red-hot1918 soft1921 low-down1922 sweet1924 barrel-house1926 New Orleans1926 straight1926 crazy1927 dirty1927 hotcha1930 jungle1935 solid1935 traditional jazz1935 powerhouse1937 gutty1939 riffy1939 jivey1944 Kansas City1946 cool1948 West Coast1949 far-out1954 nutty1955 swinging1955 mainstream1957 Afro-Latin1958 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [interjection] primea1637 à la bonne heure1750 shabash1843 all righty1877 fid1898 quaiss kitir1898 show1916 that's (also it's) the gear1925 swell1930 bakgat1969 solid1978 awesome1984 amazeballs2008 daebak2009 1935 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 38/1 He puts a solid man like Joe on suitcase. 1937 Amer. Speech 12 182/2 Solid, describes a player whose improvisation indicates that he is en rapport with the rhythm of the band... A band that is solid has a psychic unanimity of feeling. 1943 N.Y. Times 9 May ii. 5/4 There has [sic] been some solid trumpet players who can really send. 1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene xii. 220 The hipster classifies what other people would call good as ‘solid’ or ‘in there’. 1978 W. Hjortsberg Falling Angel (1979) xii. 54 ‘Park your axe and have a drink.’ ‘Solid.’ He placed his saxophone case carefully on the table. IV. Adverbial uses. 21. a. Solidly, firmly, completely, etc.; certainly, surely.A number of dialect uses are given in the Eng. Dial. Dict. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] fullyeOE allesOE fullOE rightc1175 everydealc1300 wholec1300 whollya1325 finelyc1330 fairly1340 completec1374 gainlya1375 clearly1377 freelya1393 plaina1393 entire?a1400 entirelyc1400 oddlyc1400 sufficientlyc1440 expressc1475 totally1509 completely1526 finec1530 exactly?1531 sincerely1576 start1599 fillingly1611 circularly1618 solid1651 out-over1745 rotundly1775 roundedly?1802 whole hog1840 clear-away1883 whole cloth1917 righteous1948 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly allOE allOE outlyOE thwert-outc1175 skerea1225 thoroughc1225 downrightc1275 purec1300 purelyc1300 faira1325 finelyc1330 quitec1330 quitelyc1330 utterlyc1374 outerlya1382 plainlya1382 straighta1387 allutterly1389 starkc1390 oultrelya1393 plata1393 barec1400 outrightc1400 incomparablyc1422 absolutely?a1425 simpliciter?a1425 staringa1425 quitementa1450 properlyc1450 directly1455 merec1475 incomparable1482 preciselyc1503 clean?1515 cleara1522 plain1535 merely1546 stark1553 perfectly1555 right-down1566 simply1574 flat1577 flatly1577 skire1581 plumb1588 dead?1589 rankly1590 stark1593 sheera1600 start1599 handsmooth1600 peremptory1601 sheerly1601 rank1602 utter1619 point-blank1624 proofa1625 peremptorily1626 downrightly1632 right-down1646 solid1651 clever1664 just1668 hollow1671 entirely1673 blank1677 even down1677 cleverly1696 uncomparatively1702 subtly1733 point1762 cussed1779 regularly1789 unqualifiedly1789 irredeemably1790 positively1800 cussedly1802 heart1812 proper1816 slick1818 blankly1822 bang1828 smack1828 pluperfectly1831 unmitigatedly1832 bodaciously1833 unredeemedly1835 out of sight1839 bodacious1845 regular1846 thoroughly1846 ingrainedly1869 muckinga1880 fucking1893 motherless1898 self1907 stone1928 sideways1956 terminally1974 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adverb] > closely (of joining) arctly1545 solid1651 intimately1665 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adverb] trulyOE boldlyc1175 sickerlyc1275 tristly1340 redelya1375 redilya1375 surelyc1380 tristilyc1380 certainc1384 faithfullyc1384 trustilyc1390 certainlya1400 trustlya1400 undoubtinglyc1400 absolutely?a1425 positivelyc1443 assuredly1508 traist1508 traistfully1508 crousea1525 constantlya1538 resolutely1540 suredly1551 trestly1568 cocksure1579 resolvedly1610 assurantly1619 emphatically1629 decretorily1660 convincedly1812 unmisgivingly1842 solid1937 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. vi Glory, too solid great to taste of pride. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 338 White Pages..make the Heap lower in that place, because they clap solider together. 1937 Amer. Speech 12 232/2 ‘Are you taking Amelia to the Charcoal Dance?’ ‘I solid am.’ 1944 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 5 Oct. 6/3 Dowdy [said] he was going to leave, whereupon the Bayer woman said she'd kill him if he did... Dowdy told her that ‘You'll solid have to kill me.’ 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues xii. 226 Not looking for trouble but solid ready for it. 1950 L. Hughes Simple speaks his Mind xx. 108 Man, if I had a rocket plane, I would rock off into space and be solid gone. Gone. Real gone! I mean gone! b. In a body or as a whole; unanimously. In phrases with reference to voting, esp. to go solid (for or against some thing or person). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adverb] > in an undivided manner undividedly1539 inseparately1550 unseveredly1661 unically1689 solid1884 the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [adverb] with (also of) one mouthOE with (also of, at) one accordc1275 common assentc1300 at onec1320 with one stevenc1320 at a voicea1325 at one wordc1325 covinlichec1330 in one (also o) voicea1393 with one (also o, a) voice?a1400 in one vote1546 of all hands1548 perlassent1548 una voce1567 by common consent1574 consentively1578 concordably1579 currently1593 unanimately1599 by or with one assent1611 unanimously1611 unanimely1625 consentingly1660 harmoniously1671 univocally1671 consentaneously1817 concurringly1840 solidly1865 solid1884 (a) 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 July 3/1 The episcopal vote..was cast solid for the Government. 1884 Sat. Rev. 5 July 1/1 The Government majority has not been in the habit of voting solid with Mr. Goschen lately. 1893 Times 22 Apr. For a party to vote solid for a measure in which not 10 per cent. of its members believe. (b)1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. x. 131 The party going solid for whomsoever the majority has approved.1891 Sat. Rev. 24 Jan. 91/2 The fleet seems to have gone almost solid against him. c. to book solid: to sell all the tickets of (a theatre, cinema, etc.). Usually in passive. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > completely dispose of by sale > tickets to book solid1916 1916 Variety 27 Oct. 12/1 The Boston opera house is booked solid until March. 1921 Kinematograph Monthly Rec. Feb. 4 So many individual exhibitors are refusing to book ‘solid’. 1955 M. Allingham Beckoning Lady vii. 105 I told him the show was booked solid. 1967 N. Marsh Death at Dolphin ix. 234 We're booked out solid for another four months. d. Of time: consecutively, without a break. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adverb] aboutOE by rewc1225 by ordera1382 sue?a1425 in orderc1425 successively1439 suingly1453 seriatly?a1475 consequently1477 seriatim1495 in sequencea1575 successive1593 succeedingly1602 consequentially1607 subalternately1632 successfully1651 epassyterotically1652 consequent1692 serially1841 consecutively1847 solid1938 1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xx. 379 I've had forty-eight hours solid and I'm no longer intelligent. 1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xlii. 270 He'll be out for eight hours solid. Compounds C1. Forming parasynthetic adjectives, as solid-billed, solid-browed, solid-coloured, solid-headed, etc. Also solid-fuelled, solid-tyred at Compounds 5. ΚΠ ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads viii. 323 When to the solid-ported depths of hell his sonne was sent. 1854 Orr's Circle Sci., Org. Nat. I. 239 The ruminants of the deer and elk tribes are those which have antlers, or are ‘solid-horned’. 1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 6112 Solid-headed pins. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. i. 13 A gentleman with a white mustache and clipped hair: solid-browed, stiff and German. 1890 Cent. Mag. May 50/1 The White and Black Leghorns are solid-colored birds. 1895 R. B. Sharpe in R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. IV. 68 The beak of the solid-billed hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) has..a perfectly solid casque. C2. With participles. a. solid-looking adj. ΚΠ 1840 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. Dec. 268/1 These were known by their coats and pantaloons of black or brown..with white cravats and waistcoats, broad solid-looking shoes, and thick hose. 1883 T. H. Huxley & H. N. Martin Course Elem. Biol. 23 A roundish more solid-looking particle. solid-seeming adj. ΚΠ 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. viii. 19/2 This so solid-seeming World. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ii. 81 The solid-seeming rock is beheld as a flexible..collection of molecules. solid-set adj. ΚΠ 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam Epil. 203 Like a statue solid-set, And moulded in colossal calm. View more context for this quotation b. solid-full adj. ΚΠ 1887 G. B. Goode Fisheries U.S.: Hist. & Methods II. 579 They hove their dredges,..and when they hauled them in, found them solid-full of scallops. C3. solid-drawn adj. made or shaped by deep drawing (see deep adj. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [adjective] > other states or forms well-attempereda1460 sheet1582 unstamped1622 unplanished1683 shotten1766 calciform1782 spongy1807 cored1865 glazed1874 stamped1879 unwelded1885 solid-drawn1888 siliconized1920 inoculated1923 deep-drawn1925 stress-relieved1925 projection-welded1933 roll-formed1935 over-aged1953 scalped1958 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 335 The copper piping for feed, bilge, blow-off, and similar purposes in connection with marine engines..are all solid drawn. 1909 F. W. Raynes Domest. Sanitary Engin. & Plumbing vii. 167 Solid drawn lead pipes have many advantages as soil pipes. 1966 A. W. Lewis Gloss. Woodworking Terms 47 Best-quality brass hinges are ‘solid drawn’ because they are made by the leaf and the tube for the knuckle being drawn out in a long solid strip which is then cut off into lengths. C4. With nouns, forming attributive compounds. a. solid-shot n. U.S. (see quot. 1949). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [adjective] > type of voting absentee1858 vote-by-mail1908 solid-shot1935 crossover voting1948 1935 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 25 July 1/5 ‘Solid shot’ votes are within the law in primaries as well as in general elections. 1949 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 25 Nov. 4/5 Under the ‘solid-shot’ method a voter casts his ballot for a single candidate when two or more persons are to be elected to the same office. b. solid-colour adj. ΚΠ a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 831/2 Solid Plate Saw, a circular saw made of a single plate, as distinguished from a segment saw. 1891 Cent. Dict. Solid-color porcelains. solid-ink adj. ΚΠ 1883 Stationer & Bookseller 8 May 35 Solid-ink Fountain Pens. solid-propellant adj. ΚΠ 1946 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. 6 45 The missile is driven by a solid-propellant rocket unit. 1961 Flight 80 756/1 When the satellite reaches the 22,300 mile apogee of the trajectory..the solid-propellant apogee motor will be used to inject the satellite into a circular, near-synchronous orbit. 1982 Navy News Mar. 18/3 The missiles would be accelerated from rest by two solid~propellant boosters. solid-silver adj. ΚΠ 1897 Outing 30 350/1 The club won a handsome solid-silver cup at Long Branch. solid-stem adj. ΚΠ 1906 E. Johnston Writing & Illuminating xii. 213 A solid-stem pattern cuts up the ground into small pieces. 1961 B.S.I. News July 23/2 Solid-stem calorimeter thermometers. C5. In special collocations: See also newel n.¹ 1, square n. solid angle n. Mathematics †(a) a vertex of a three-dimensional body; (b) a quantity associated with a vertex or the like in three dimensions, being proportional to the fraction of a sphere centred on it which would subtend it, and conventionally measured in steradians, of which 4π make up the whole sphere. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > angle > [noun] > solid angle solid angle1704 summit angle1805 summit1809 summit-quoin1895 the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > element of > corner or vertex vertex1570 cant1611 apex1659 solid angle1704 summit1809 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Solid Angle, is an Angle made by the meeting of three or more Planes, and those joining in a Point. 1798 C. Hutton Course Math. I. 327 Similar Solids, contained by plane figures, are such as have all their solid angles equal..and are bounded by the same number of similar planes. 1814 P. Barlow New Math. & Philos. Dict. (at cited word) Solid angles may be computed and compared with each other, as to quantity, by considering the angular point as the centre of a sphere, and the portion of its surface intercepted between the bounding planes as the measure of the angles. 1820 N. J. Larkin Introd. Solid Geom. 5 [The tetrahedron] differs from every other solid, whose faces are all equal, by having a solid angle opposite to each face. 1928 Bureau Standards Jrnl. Res. (U.S.) 1 34 The integrals are to be evaluated..over the surface of a hemisphere (solid angle 2π). 1948 Research I. 394/2 Substances..similar to a black body radiating in a solid angle of 2π. solid balsam n. Balsam of Tolu. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > ointments, etc. > [noun] > balsam > specific opobalsamuma1398 opobalsam1526 Samaritan's balsam1640 Peruvian balsam1666 balsam of Tolu1671 tolu balsam1671 true balsam1671 balsam of saturn1694 balm of Mecca1717 balsam of Mecca1721 friar's balsam1753 Canada balsam1754 balsam of Peru1771 Riga balsam1793 balsam of Acouchi1830 solid balsam1836 Sonsonate1852 Balm of Gilead- 1836 Pharmacopoeia Royal Coll. Physicians 5 Tolu Balsam, the solid Balsam. Categories » solid bastion n. Fortification a bastion in which the interior surface is level with the rampart. solid circuit n. Electronics = integrated circuit at integrated adj. b. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic phenomena > electronic circuit > [noun] > integrated circuit integrated circuit1947 solid circuit1958 1958 Proc. Internat. Symp. Electronic Components, Malvern, 1957 4 The increasing tempo of work on solid state physics may result in solid circuits of another form. 1961 Solid-State Electronics II. 20/1 Work on solid circuits was begun in the United Kingdom in 1956... The objective is..the fabrication of working circuits using doping, shaping and other techniques in single crystals of silicon. 1966 New Scientist 30 June 846/3 (caption) Solid-circuit amplifier. The chip measures 0·075 × 0·075 in and contains 30 resistors and 30 transistors. solid diffusion n. migration of atoms within the crystal lattice of a solid; spec. in Geology, considered as a possible mechanism for a metasomatizing process in rock masses. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > crystallography (general) > crystal (general) > crystal lattice > [noun] > atom migration within solid diffusion1913 1913 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1912 367 The question whether true solid diffusion ever occurs in minerals is very difficult to answer. 1947 Geol. Mag. 84 218 More recent work has shown that such transformations are most easily explained as a result of solid diffusion. 1965 P. C. Badgley Struct. & Tectonic Princ. ix. 346 The advocates of solid diffusion propose..large-scale granitization of country rocks without the presence of contemporary magmatic granites in the district. solid dig n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 128 Solid dig, a lean or bad ‘take’ of copy. solid fuel n. fuel that is solid, rather than liquid or gaseous; spec. (a) coal, coke, etc., as opposed to oil, gas, or electricity for domestic heating; (b) as used in rocketry; frequently attributive. hence solid-fuelled adj. (esp. of rockets). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [noun] > specific miscellaneous types house-warminga1300 shruff1399 lintc1480 stope1552 tar-barrel1580 fossil fuel1759 solid fuel1891 suddite1911 synfuel1976 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > [adjective] > powered by specific miscellaneous fuel solid-fuelled1891 petrol-driven1899 fossil-fuelled1959 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > solid solid fuel1891 Sterno1915 Meta1921 grain1952 society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > used in rocketry liquid fuel1889 solid fuel1891 propellant1919 fuel1922 rocket fuel1931 hypergol1947 hypergolic1947 lox1949 monopropellant1949 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [adjective] > types of rocket solid-fuelled1891 needle-nosed1931 solid1949 nose-driven1952 liquid-fuelled1960 posigrade1960 strap-on1966 1891 H. J. Phillips Fuels 1 Determining the value of a solid fuel such as coal, coke, or patent fuel. 1936 Archit. Rev. 80 45/1 In electric fires, Tudor and Adam surrounds flourished, and some characteristics of the traditional solid-fuel fireplace were introduced into the designs. 1952 E. Burgess Rocket Propulsion ii. 38 Most British war rockets employed cordite, whereas America used ballistite for their solid-fuel rockets. 1958 Economist 13 Dec. 985/2 Work is likely to continue on the Titan as a reinforcement for the Atlas..until the solid-fuelled Minuteman is ready some years hence. 1960 Which? Jan. 7/2 In general..the most economic fuels are solid fuel and oil. 1971 P. J. McMahon Aircraft Propulsion x. 295 The most important factors which have led to the increase in interest in solid fuel rockets in recent years..have been concerned with the convenience and ease of storage of the solid propellants. 1972 Nature 21 Apr. 368/3 The decision to use a solid fuelled disposable booster for the proposed space shuttle effectively limits the number of possible launch sites to Cape Kennedy and Vandenberg Air Force Base. 1979 H. McLeave Borderline Case xiv. 145 Who had cached these..boots, solid-fuel heater, and two sleeping bags? solid geology n. the geological features of a given region specifically excluding superficial deposits such as clay, sand, etc.; opposed to drift. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] geology1795 structural geology1842 stratigraphy1850 petrology1870 palaeophysiography1882 tectonics1899 palaeogeology1933 palaeostructure1937 solid geology1937 morphotectonics1956 1937 J. S. Flett First 100 Years Geol. Surv. Great Brit. v. 113 Many maps of north Yorkshire were issued only with ‘Solid’ geology. 1946 L. D. Stamp Britain's Struct. & Scenery iv. 30 Following the practice of the Geological Survey in some of their detailed maps, there are to be two maps—one to show the ‘solid’ geology as it would appear if superficial deposits such as boulder clay, glacial sands and gravels and clay-with-flints..were removed and the other to show the ‘drift’ geology with all those surface deposits indicated. 1970 Watsonia 8 171 A map of the ‘drift’ as well as the solid geology would have been valuable. solid injection n. in diesel engines, the use of a mechanical pump to spray fuel into the cylinder at high pressure, without the use of compressed air; = airless injection n. at airless adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > diesel > injection of fuel in solid injection1915 airless injection1924 1915 A. P. Chalkley Diesel Engines for Land & Marine Work (ed. 4) iii. 122 Solid injection is now being employed with a large number of engines installed in British submarines. 1936 Discovery Apr. 113/1 The engine is of the solid-injection, cold-starting type, and even under the worst climatic conditions it can be started in a few seconds. 1969 J. Flack et al. Marine Combustion Pract. ii. v. 154 Airless or solid injection superseded the blast system... Mechanically operated injectors have given way in their turn to automatic injectors. solid key n. ΚΠ 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxxi. §6105 The key is what is called ‘solid’, that is, that the ‘bits’ or ‘steps’ are cut on the solid metal of the ‘web’. solid rib n. ΚΠ 1782 Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) 167 The eight upper ribs were formerly classed into pairs, with particular names to each two, to wit, the crooked, the solid [etc.]. solid shoot n. ΚΠ 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1033 Solid Shoot [=Square Shoot, a wooden trough for discharging water from a building]. solid shot n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > bullet or shot collectively shot1474 solid shot1876 1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 393/2 Solid Shot, projectiles made of solid iron or steel. solid solution n. a solid phase consisting of two or more substances uniformly mixed in proportions that can be varied; also, the state of being a constituent of such a phase. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > physical chemistry > solid phase > [noun] > solid solution solid solution1890 1890 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 58 1044 As instances of solid solutions, we have isomorphous mixtures and mixed crystals, amorphous solutions, as in the case of the glasses and certain minerals; and then such cases as the solution of hydrogen by palladium and other metals. 1900 Proc. Royal Soc. 67 109 Silver and copper are each capable of holding a small percentage of the other in solid solution, but..if both metals are present in considerable amounts, the two solidified solutions exist side by side. 1964 H. Hodges Artifacts xix. 215 In brasses containing less than 36% zinc a solid solution, the α-phase, is formed in which the zinc atoms enter the space lattice of the copper. 1977 A. Hallam Planet Earth 119 Such a series is called a solid solution series, and all members have the same crystalline structure. solid stowing n. Coal Mining the process of filling abandoned workings with solid material, esp. spoil. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun] > other specific mining processes > in coal-mining outstroke1747 holing1841 coal-cutting1842 patio1845 sumping1849 bottoming1856 salting1856 patio process1862 spragging1865 yardage1877 booming1880 brushing1883 filling1883 sounding1883 yard-work1883 blanketing1884 goafing1888 freezing process1889 power loading1901 bashing1905 rock dusting1915 mucking1918 solid stowing1929 stone-dusting1930 roof bolting1949 rock bolting1955 1929 Trans. Inst. Mining Engineers LXXVI. 258 Solid stowing of the goaf is universal, and in most cases consists of dry stowing done by hand. 1964 Times Rev. Industry Feb. 48/3 The industry in this area has pioneered a method of dealing with subsidence known as ‘solid stowing’ in which colliery spoil is dampened and blown under pressure into abandoned seams. 1977 Down & Stocks Environmental Impact of Mining xii. 313 Solid stowing reduces a [sc. the ‘subsidence factor’] to about 0·4–0·5. solid system n. Electrical Engineering a system of cable-laying in which insulated cables are laid in a trough which is then filled with bitumen. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical power, electricity > distribution system > [noun] > cable > laying below ground > system of laying solid system1891 1891 Electr. Engineer 30 Jan. 121/2 In the Callender Solid system the insulated cables are laid in an iron trough and the whole filled in solid with melted bitumen. 1898 Electr. Engin. (Chicago) July 2 The first and simplest is the ‘solid’ or ‘built-in’ system, where wires, which are insulated thoroughly and thoroughly protected from mechanical disturbances, are buried in the ground. 1920 Whittaker's Electr. Engineer's Pocket-bk. (ed. 4) 352 The B.O.T. raise no objection to the omission of the copper tape on unarmoured cables laid on the solid system; a great deal of such cable is in use without any leakage trouble. 1953 C. C. Barnes Power Cables xv. 154 The solid system is more expensive than burying cables direct in the ground and requires a greater measure of skilled supervision and favourable weather conditions... For the above reasons the solid system is seldom used today. solid tyre n. a tyre made of solid rubber, with no pneumatic cavity; so solid-tyred adj., fitted with such tyres. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > fitted with tyres > fitted with specific type of tyres pneumatic-tyred1890 solid-tyred1891 pneumatic-shod1894 balloon-tyred1895 high profile1916 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre rubber1875 tyre1875 tirea1877 pneumatic1890 cushion1891 cushion-tire1891 pneu1891 solid tyre1891 balloon tyre1899 single-tube1904 tubular tyre1908 shoe1917 solid1919 tubular1924 air wheel1930 skin1954 tub1978 1891 Bicycling News 31 Jan. 77/1 Given a solid tyre..it will be found that about one half of its diameter is available for tractive and cushioning purposes. 1891 Bicycling News 21 Feb. Riders of solid-tyred machines, when changing to Pneumatics. 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 6 Aug. (1965) I. 540 It would be a bad machine even of its own kind, the art of building for solid tyres being a decaying one. 1946 W. H. Crouse Automobile Engin. xxvii. 572 Solid tires have very limited usage, their use being confined largely to specialized industrial applications. 1963 A. Bird & F. Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car Pocketbk. 17 A horizontal~engined, twin-cylinder, chain-driven, solid-tyred ‘dog~cart’ was in production by the end of the year. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1495n.²1601adj.c1400
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