(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:14:58

So*la"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Solaria (#). [L. See Solar, n.]

1.

An apartment freely exposed to the sun; anciently, an apartment or inclosure on the roof of a house; in modern times, an apartment in a hospital, used as a resort for convalescents.

2. Zool.

Any one of several species of handsome marine spiral shells of the genus Solarium and allied genera. The shell is conical, and usually has a large, deep umbilicus exposing the upper whorls. Called also perspective shell.

 

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