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Pronunciation : Sole
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zo?l.) (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleid?, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sole
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sole
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

t. [imp. & p. p. Soled; p. pr. & vb. n. Soling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Sole
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. solus, or OF. sol, F. seul (fr. L. solus; cf. L. sollus whole, entire. Cf. Desolate, Solemn, Solo, Sullen.]
Definition : 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)

Defn: Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole. Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation.

Syn. -- Single; individual; only; alone; solitary.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913