6 definitions found
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\, 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.
``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 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 ``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 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["o]l.)
a Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus
{Solea} and allied genera of the family {Soleid[ae]},
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["o]l.), a European species
of sole ({Solea pegusa}).
{Smooth sole} (Zo["o]l.), the megrim.
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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sole
adj 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)}]
n 1: the underside of footwear or a golfclub
2: lean flesh of any of several flatfish [syn: {fillet of sole}]
3: the underside of the foot
4: right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in
warm seas esp. European
v : put a new sole on "sole the shoes" [syn: {resole}]
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