||Sol"do (?), n.; pl. Soldi (#). [It. See Sou.] A small Italian coin
||worth a sou or a cent; the twentieth part of a lira.
Sole (?), n. [F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See
Sole of the foot.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of several species of flatfishes
of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidæ, 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 (Zoöl.), a European species of sole (Solea
pegusa). -- Smooth sole (Zoöl.), the megrim.
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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.
Sole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Soling.] To
furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
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.