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English Dictionary: Sole by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Sole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sole
adj
  1. not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication"
    Synonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)
n
  1. the underside of footwear or a golf club
  2. lean flesh of any of several flatfish
    Synonym(s): sole, fillet of sole
  3. the underside of the foot
  4. right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European
v
  1. put a new sole on; "sole the shoes"
    Synonym(s): sole, resole
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sol \Sol\ Sole \Sole\, n. [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sole \Sole\, n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat
      shape. See {Sole} of the foot.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
            {Solea} and allied genera of the family {Soleid[91]},
            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} (Zo[94]l.), a European species
            of sole ({Solea pegusa}).
  
      {Smooth sole} (Zo[94]l.), the megrim.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sole \Sole\, n. [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 [bd]caliga[b8] 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sole \Sole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Soling}.]
      To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sole \Sole\, a. [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.
            [bd]The sole son of my queen.[b8] --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.
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