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SOLED
soled
(adjective) having a sole or soles especially as specified; used in combination; “half-soled”; “rubber-soled”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
soled (not comparable)
(in combination) Having a specified kind of sole.
Verb
soled
simple past tense and past participle of sole
Anagrams
• Delos, Deols, Doles, Ledos, OLEDs, doles, dosel, lodes, losed
Source: Wiktionary
SOLE
Sole, n. Etym: [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.
Sole, n. Etym: [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.)
Definition: 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.]
Definition: To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.
Sole, a. Etym: [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.
2. (Law)
Definition: 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 Edition
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