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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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