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sou

  [soo] ,
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–noun
1. (formerly) either of two bronze coins of France, equal to 5 centimes and 10 centimes.
2. sol 2 .
Origin:
1810–20; < F; OF sol sol 2

sol

2  [sohl, sol]
–noun
a former coin and money of account of France, the 20th part of a livre and equal to 12 deniers: originally gold, later silver, finally copper, it was discontinued in 1794.
Also, sou.
Compare solidus 1 (def. 2).

Origin:
1575–85; < OF sol < LL solidus solidus; cf. It soldo, Sp sueldo
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sou   (sōō)   
n.  One of several coins formerly used in France, worth a small amount.

[French, from Old French sol, from Late Latin solidus, solidus; see solidus.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
shit out of luck

and SOL
  1. phr. & comp. abb.
    Completely out of luck. (Usually objectionable.) : Sorry. U R SOL.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Sol 
"the sun," c.1450, from L. sol "the sun," from PIE *s(e)wol-, from base *saewel- "to shine, the sun" (cf. Skt. suryah, Avestan hvar "sun, light, heavens;" Gk. helios; Lith. saule; O.C.S. slunice; Goth. sauil, O.E. sol "sun," swegl "sky, heavens, the sun;" Welsh haul, O.Cornish heuul, Breton heol "sun;" O.Ir. suil "eye"). The PIE element -*el- in the root originally was a suffix and had an alternate form -*en-, yielding *s(u)wen-, source of Eng. sun (q.v.).

sou 
"small Fr. coin," 1556, back-formation from sous, pl. of O.Fr. soul, formerly a coin worth one-twentieth of a livre, from L. solidus (see solidus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sol
Pronunciation: 'säl, 'sol
Function: noun
: a fluid colloidal system; especially : one in which the dispersion medium isa liquid
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Medical Dictionary

sol (sôl, sōl)
n.
A colloidal dispersion of a solid in a liquid.

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