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solan
[ soh-luhn ]
noun
- a gannet.
solan
/ ˈəʊə /
noun
- an archaic name for the gannet
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of solan1
1400–50; late Middle English soland < Old Norse ū gannet + ǫԻ duck
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of solan1
C15 soland, of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse ū gannet, ōԻ duck
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Yonder, where the gulls are screaming and diving, with here and there a solan goose and a cormorant in the midst of the flock, must be a patch of the smaller fry.
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It might be a diver or a solan goose with outspread wings, but it looked too large.
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It pastures a few sheep, and is a great breeding-place of solan geese.
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We will feel the fresh wind blowing in the canvas, and the salt spindrift in our faces, and the boat going as if she were a solan flying for the rock.”
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The voice of him was like a solan’s and dinnled in folk’s lugs, and the words of him like coals of fire.
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