subs. phr. (old).—A scholastic disputant. [From ‘Objection’ and ‘Solution’ used in the margin of books.]

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  1638.  WHITING, Albino and Bellama [NARES].

        Minerva does not all her treasures rivet
Into the scrues of OBS AND SOLS.

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  1678.  BUTLER, Hudibras, III. ii. 1241.

        To pass for deep and learned scholars,
Although but paltry OB-AND-SOLLERS:
As if th’ unseasonable fools
Had been a coursing in the schools.

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