A tobacco pipe, so arranged that the smoke passes
through water, making a bubbling noise, whence its name. In India, the
bulb containing the water is often a cocoanut shell.
1. Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. Relaxed; hence; merry; cheerful. [R.] A brow solute, and ever-laughing eye. Young. 3. Soluble; as, a solute salt. [Obs.] 4. (Bot.) Not adherin...