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Solʹstice (2 syl.)

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The summer solstice is June 21st; the winter solstice is December 22nd; so called because, on arriving at the corresponding points of the ecliptic, the sun is stopped and made to approach the equator again. (Latin, sol sistit or stat, the sun stops.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Soldiering
Solecism
Solemn
Soler
Solid Doctor
Solingen
Solomon
Solomon’s Carpet
Solomon’s Ring
Solon of Parnassus
Solstice
Solyman
Soma
Somagia (singular somagium)
Sombrero
Somerset
Somerset or Somersault
Somerset House
Somoreen
Son (or descendant of)
Son of Belial

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Solstice