| How could he expect a blessing on a boat bought as he had bought The solan? |
| I walked to the tide-beaten beach and watched the solan Goose in search of a retreat from the destroyer, man. |
| It might be a diver or a solan goose with outspread wings, but it looked too large. |
| Known locally as solan geese, gannets are Britain's biggest seabird, having a wingspan of up to six feet. |
| The flesh of the solan goose is deprived in a similar manner of its naturally rank and fishy flavour. |
| On the same authority I learn that a solan goose, or gannet, has been known to visit this stream. |
