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so⋅les

  [Sp. saw-les]
–noun
a pl. of sol 3 .
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sol

1  [sohl]
–noun Music.
1. the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone G.
Also, so.
Compare sol-fa (def. 1).

Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L solve; see gamut

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

sole

2  [sohl] noun, verb, soled, sol⋅ing.
–noun
1. the bottom or under surface of the foot.
2. the corresponding under part of a shoe, boot, or the like, or this part exclusive of the heel.
3. the bottom, under surface, or lower part of anything.
4. Carpentry.
a. the underside of a plane.
b. soleplate.
5. Golf. the part of the head of the club that touches the ground.
–verb (used with object)
6. to furnish with a sole, as a shoe.
7. Golf. to place the sole of (a club) on the ground, as in preparation for a stroke.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME (n.) < OF < L solea sandal, sole, deriv. of solum base, bottom

Related forms:
soleless, adjective

sol

3  [sohl, sol; Sp. sawl]
–noun, plural sols, Spanish. so⋅les  [saw-les] .
1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 centavos. Abbreviation: S.
2. Also called libra. a former gold coin of Peru.
Origin:
1880–85; < AmerSp: sun, Sp < L sōl

sole

3  [sohl]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) sole, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) soles.
1. a European flatfish, Solea solea, used for food.
2. any other flatfish of the families Soleidae and Cynoglossidae, having a hooklike snout.
Origin:
1300–50; ME < MF < OPr < VL *sola (for L solea; see sole 2 ), so called from its flat shape; cf. Sp suela, It soglia, Pg solha

sol

4  [sawl, sol]
–noun Physical Chemistry.
a fluid colloidal solution.
Compare aerosol, gel.

Origin:
shortened form of hydrosol

sole⋅plate

  [sohl-pleyt]
–noun Carpentry.
a plate upon which studding is erected.
Also called shoe, sole, sole⋅piece  [sohl-pees] .

Origin:
1835–45; sole 2 + plate 1
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sol 2   (sŏl)   
n.  An old French coin worth 12 deniers.

[French, from Old French, from Late Latin solidus, solidus; see solidus.]
sol 3   (sōl)   
n.   pl. so·les (sō'lěs)
See Table at currency.

[Spanish, sun (from the drawing on the coin), from Latin sōl, sun; see sāwel- in Indo-European roots.]
sol 4   (sôl, sōl)   
n.  A colloidal solution.

[From solution.]
sole 1   (sōl)   
n.  

  1. The underside of the foot.

  2. The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.

  3. The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially:

    1. The bottom surface of a plow.

    2. The bottom surface of the head of a golf club.

tr.v.   soled, sol·ing, soles

  1. To furnish (a shoe or boot) with a sole.

  2. To put the sole of (a golf club) on the ground, as in preparing to make a stroke.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, from solum, bottom, sole of the foot.]
sole 3   (sōl)   
n.   pl. sole or soles

  1. Any of various chiefly marine flatfish of the family Soleidae, related to and resembling the flounders, especially any of several European species, such as Solea solea, valued as food fishes.

  2. Any of various other flatfish, especially certain coastal flounders.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, flatfish (from its shape); see sole1.]
so·les   (sō'lās)   
n.  Plural of sol3.
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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.).

sole  (n.2)
"flatfish," 1252, from O.Fr. sole, from L. solea "a kind of flatfish," originally "sandal" (see sole (n.1)), so called from resemblance of the fish to a sandal.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: sole
Function: adjective
: belonging exclusively or otherwise limited to one usually specified individual, unit, or group
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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

Main Entry: sole
Pronunciation: 'sOl
Function: noun
1 : the undersurface of a foot
2 : the somewhat concave plate of moderatelydense horn that covers the lower surface of the coffin bone of the horse, partly surrounds the frog, and is bounded externally by the wall

Main Entry: sole·plate
Pronunciation: 'sOl-"plAt
Function: noun
: a flattened nucleated mass of soft granular protoplasm surrounding the end of amotor nerve in a striated muscle fiber
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sol (sôl, sōl)
n.
A colloidal dispersion of a solid in a liquid.

sole (sōl)
n.
The underside of the foot.

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