Sole, sōl, n. the lowest part or under-side of the foot: the foot: the bottom of a boot or shoe: the bottom of anything.—v.t. to furnish with a sole.—adj. Solē′iform, slipper-shaped.—ns. Sole′-leath′er, strong leather for the soles of boots and shoes; Sole′-tile, a form of tile for the bottoms of sewers, &c.; Sōlē′us, a flat muscle of the calf of the leg beneath the gastrocnemius. [A.S. sole—L. solea—solum, bottom.]
Sole, sōl, n. a genus (Solea) of flat-fish, elongate-oval in form, with flesh firm, white, and excellently flavoured. [Fr. sole—L. solea.]
Sole, sōl, adj. alone: only: being or acting without another: single: (law) unmarried.—advs. Sole; Sole′ly, alone: only: singly.—n. Sole′ness. [Fr.,—L. solus, alone.]
Solecism, sol′ē-sizm, n. a breach of syntax: any absurdity or impropriety: any incongruity, prodigy.—v.i. Sol′ēcise, to commit solecisms.—n. Sol′ēcist, one who commits solecisms.—adjs. Solēcist′ic, -al, pertaining to, or involving, a solecism: incorrect: incongruous.—adv. Solēcist′ically. [Fr. solécisme—L. solœcismus—Gr. soloikismos—soloikos, speaking incorrectly, awkward; dubiously said to come from the corruption of the Attic dialect among the Athenian colonists of Soloi in Cilicia.]
Solein, sol′ān, adj. (Spens.) sad. [Sullen.]
Solemn, sol′em, adj. attended with religions ceremonies, pomp, or gravity, originally taking place every year, said esp. of religious ceremonies: impressing with seriousness: awful: devout: having the appearance of gravity: devotional: attended with an appeal to God, as an oath: serious: sober, gloomy, black.—n. Solemnisā′tion.—v.t. Sol′emnise, to perform religiously or solemnly once a year, or periodically: to celebrate with due rites: to render grave.—ns. Sol′emniser; Solem′nity, a solemn religious ceremony: a ceremony adapted to inspire with awe: reverence: seriousness: affected gravity.—adv. sol′emnly.—n. Sol′emnness. [O. Fr. solempne, solemne (Fr. solennel)—L. sollemnis, solennis—sollus, all, every, annus, a year.]
Solen, sō′len, n. a genus of bivalve molluscs—Razor-shell and Razor-fish.—adjs. Solanā′cean, Solanā′ceous.—n. Sol′enite, a fossil razor-shell. [Gr. sōlēn, a channel.]
Solenoid, sō-lē′noid, n. a helix of copper wound in the form of a cylinder, longitudinally magnetised with an intensity varying inversely as the area of the normal section in different parts.—adj. Solēnoi′dal.—adv. Solēnoi′dally. [Gr. sōlēn, a pipe, eidos, form.]
Solenostomous, sol-ē-nos′tō-mus, adj. having a tubular or fistulous snout.—n. Solenos′tomus, the typical genus of the Solenostomidæ, a family of solenostomous lophobranchiate fishes. [Gr. sōlēn, a pipe, stoma, mouth.]
Solert, sol′ert, adj. (obs.) subtle.—n. Soler′tiousness. [L. sollers, crafty, sollertia, skill.]