solan

American  

[soh-luhn] / ˈsoʊ lən /

noun

1. a gannet.

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solan British  

/ ˈsəʊlən /

noun

1. an archaic name for the gannet

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Etymology

Origin of solan

1400–50; late Middle English soland < Old Norse sūla gannet + ǫnd duck

Example Sentences

The solan keekit doun into Tam’s face, and there was something unco in the creature’s ee.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Sula bassana, or solan goose: a large sea bird of the family Pelecanidæ, common on the Scottish coasts.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

In severe winters, flocks of solan geese, locally denominated "barnacles," frequent the shores.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 396, October 31, 1829 by Various

"Rin, Geordie, rin to the boat, mak' sure of the boat, man--rin!" he cries, "or yon solan 'll have it awa'," says he.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The origin of the names solan or soland, sulan, sula and haf-sula, which are evidently all closely related, is not so obvious.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various