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▪ I. ‖ sola, n.|ˈsəʊlə|
Also solah, and erron. solar.
[Urdū and Bengālī solā = Hindī sholā: see shola.]
A tall leguminous swamp-plant (æschynomena aspera or paludosa) of India; the pith of this employed in making light hats. Used attrib. with hat, helmet, topee.
(a)1848tr. Hoffmeister's Trav. Ceylon, etc. vii. 248 With only a shirt and a ‘solah’ hat. 1857Lady Canning in Hare Two Noble Lives (1893) II. 255 [The mounted volunteers] with sola helmets on their heads. 1901Daily Chron. 27 May 4/5 Instead of the uncomfortable regulation helmet they are provided with Sola hats.
(b)1845Stocqueler Handbk. Brit. India (1854) 92 It will be prudent to wear a sola topee, or hat composed of the soft pulp of a tree. 1872E. Braddon Life India ii. 20 [Where the trees] pour down richly-scented blossoms upon his sola topee. 1900Blackw. Mag. Apr. 516/1 A solah topi with a green-lined rim.
▪ II. ‖ sola, a.|ˈsəʊlə|
[L. sōla, fem. of sōlus solus, and It. sola, fem. of solo solo.]
1. Of females: Sole, solitary, alone.
1753Richardson Grandison (1811) V. xxi. 137 Aunt Nell would not have descended sola into her greys, nor Cicely Badger neither, if they might have obtained the men of their choice. 1768F. Burney Early Diary (1889) I. 10, I should be content to love Sola—and let Dueto be reserved for those who have a proper sense of their superiority. 1825T. Hook Sayings Ser. ii. Sutherl. I. 39 James..found the matron sola, and evidently prepared for a solemn discussion of the weighty affair.
2. techn. Of bills: (see quot. 1866).
1737W. Stephens Jrnl. 27 Oct. in Jrnl. Proc. in Georgia (1742) I. 5 He brought a small Box with sola Bills for a large Sum. 1750Colonial Rec. Georgia (1906) VI. 323 The last Issue of Sola Bills was not sufficient to defray the Estimate to Michaelmas. 1866Crump Banking v. 101 A ‘sola’ bill of exchange is a single bill, as distinguished from bills drawn in ‘sets’.
▪ III. † sola, int. Obs.
Also sowla.
[Cf. soho int. and hola holla.]
A call or cry to attract attention or notice.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. iv. i. 151 Ah heauens, it is most patheticall nit. Sowla, sowla. 1596― Merch. V. v. i. 43 Loren. Who calls? Clo. Sola, did you see M. Lorenzo? |