solan
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of solan
1400–50; late Middle English soland < Old Norse sūla gannet + ǫnd duck
Example Sentences
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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
He had charge, besides, of the solan geese that roosted in the crags; and from these an extraordinary income is derived.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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
Bass Rock, a steep basaltic rock at the mouth of the Firth of Forth, 350 ft. high, tenanted by solan geese; once used as a prison, specially in Covenanting times.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
He had charge besides of the solan geese that roosted in the crags; and from these an extraordinary income is derived.
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