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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot. Gen. viii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hast wandered through the world now long a day,
Yet ceasest not thy weary soles to lead. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom. [ 1913 Webster ]

The “caliga” was a military shoe, with a very thick sole, tied above the instep. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sole leather, thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, be sure . . . first and last will reign
Sole king. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Single; individual; only; alone; solitary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lemon, or
French,
sole (Zool.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa). --
Smooth sole (Zool.), the megrim. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ F. solécisme, L. soloecismus, Gr. soloikismo`s, fr. soloiki`zein to speak or write incorrectly, fr. so`loikos speaking incorrectly, from the corruption of the Attic dialect among the Athenian colonists of So`loi in Cilicia. ] 1. An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from the rules of syntax. [ 1913 Webster ]

A barbarism may be in one word; a solecism must be of more. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any inconsistency, unfitness, absurdity, or impropriety, as in deeds or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caesar, by dismissing his guards and retaining his power, committed a dangerous solecism in politics. C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The idea of having committed the slightest solecism in politeness was agony to him. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Barbarism; impropriety; absurdity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] One who commits a solecism. Blackwall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Solecistical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect. “He thought it made the language solecistical and absurd.” Blackwall. [ 1913 Webster ]