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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sol \Sol\ Sole \Sole\, noun [From hydrosol an aqueous colloidal solution, confused with G. sole, soole, salt water from which salt is obtained.] (Chem.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\, noun [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See {Sole} of the foot.] (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus {Solea} and allied genera of the family {Soleidae}, especially the common European species ({Solea vulgaris}), which is a valuable food fish. (b) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole ({Lepidopsetta bilineata}), the long-finned sole ({Glyptocephalus zachirus}), and other species.
{Lemon}, or {French}, {sole} (Zool.), a European species of sole ({Solea pegusa}).
{Smooth sole} (Zool.), the megrim.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Soled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soling}.] To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\ (s[=o]l), noun [AS. sole, fr. L. soolea (or rather an assumed L. sola), akin to solumround, soil, sole of the foot. Cf. {Exile}, {Saloon}, {Soil} earth, {Sole} the fish.]
1. The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. --Gen. viii. 9.
Hast wandered through the world now long a day, Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead. --Spenser.
2. The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
The "caliga" was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep. --Arbuthnot.
3. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing. Specifially: (a) (Agric.) The bottom of the body of a plow; -- called also {slade}; also, the bottom of a furrow. (b) (Far.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts. (c) (Fort.) The bottom of an embrasure. (d) (Naut.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel. --Totten. (e) (Mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; -- applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
{Sole leather}, thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sole \Sole\, adjective [L. solus, or OF. sol, F. seul (fr. L. solus; cf. L. sollus whole, entire. Cf. {Desolate}, {Solemn}, {Solo}, {Sullen}.]
1. Being or acting without another; single; individual; only. "The sole son of my queen." --Shak.
He, be sure . . . first and last will reign Sole king. --Milton.
2. (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
{Corporation sole}. See the Note under {Corporation}.
Syn: Single; individual; only; alone; solitary.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: {exclusive}, {sole(a)}]
2: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)}, {solitary(a)}]
noun
1: the underside of footwear or a golf club
2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: {sole}, {fillet of sole}]
4: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
verb
1: put a new sole on; "sole the shoes" [syn: {sole}, {resole}]
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