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Sole
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.
(2):
(n.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(n.) 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.
(5):
(n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.
(6):
(n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.
(7):
(n.) The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
(8):
(n.) The bottom of the body of a plow; - called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.
(9):
(n.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.
(10):
(n.) The bottom of an embrasure.
(11):
(n.) The seat or bottom of a mine; - applied to horizontal veins or lodes.
(12):
(v. t.) To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
(13):
(a.) Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.
(14):
(a.) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sole'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sole.html. 1828.
