sole (1), soal (1)

[A. S. sole (pl. solen ), from Lat. sole a =the sole of the foot, or of a shoe; Dut. zool; Sw.sola; Dan. saale; Icel. sóli; O. H. Ger. sola; Ger. sohle; Sp. suela; Ital. suolo.] [SOLE, (2), s.] 6,561 467,047 3,156 319,659 1 810 *2. The foot itself. "Ceasest not thy weary soles to lead." Spenser: F. Q., I. x. 9. 23,699 31,092 1,965 35,262 964 32,068 89,372 Wisconsin.. 25,052 96.424 5. A white ant. [TERMITE.] (1) Soldiers and Sailors : The name given by children to Soldier-beetles (q. v.). 4. The bottom frame of a wagon. II. Technically: 1. Agriculture: (1) The lower part of the plow which runs in contact with the bottom of the furrow. It generally consists of the lower surfaces of the share and landside. (2) The bottom of the furrow. 2. Farr.: The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts. IMG:content-1705.png:[blocks in formation] applied to any word or expre ion which violates 3. Fort .: The bottom of an embrasure. 4. Hydr.: The lower edge of the barrel of a tur any established usage of speaking or writing. bine or water-wheel. 5. Join .: The lower surface of a plane. 6. Machinery : (1) The top or floor of a bracket on which a plummer-block rests. (2) The plate which constitutes the foundation of a marine steam-engine, and which is bolted to the keelsons. 7. Metall.: The floor or hearth of the metal Chamber in a reverberatory, puddling, or boiling furnace. IMG:content-1706.png:[blocks in formation] Mining: A piece of wood belonging to a small windla to draw up ore from the mine. sõle (2), *sõal (2), s. [Fr. sole, from Lat. sole a = the sole of the foot, a sole.] [SOLE (1), 8.] Ichthyol .: Any individual of the genus Solea (q.v.); spec if., Solea vulgar is , the common European species, in high estimation as a food-fish, the flesh being white, firm, and well-flavored, and only in ferior to that of the turbot. The upper side of the body is dark brown, the lower side white, and they attain a weight of six or seven pounds. They spawn in the spring, and, except for a few weeks in the breeding season, are in condition all the year round. The name is also applied to any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality. sõle, v . t . [SOLE (1), s.] To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a pair of boots; to cover as with a sole. "His feet were soled with a treble tuft of a close short tawny down."- Grew : Museum. Hence, that which is considered at one time a solecism may at another be considered as correct language, owing to the change constantly going on in the use and application of words or idioms. "The learned doctor represents it as a great solecism to speak of an ell or a mile of consciousne ." - Water land: Works , i. 209. 2. Any unfitne , absurdity, or impropriety, as in behavior; a violation of the rules of society. "My mind lately prompted me, that I should commit a great solecism, if among the rest of my friends in England, I should leave you unsaluted."-Howell: Letters, bk. i., let. 40. sol-ě çist, subst. [ Gr.sol oikistēs.] One who is guilty of a solecism in language or behavior. "Shall a noble writer, and an inspired noble writer, be called a solecist and oarbarian, for giving a new turn to a word so agreeable to the analogy and genius of the Greek tongue?" -Black wall : Sacred Cla ics , i. 159. sol-ě-çist-ic, sol ě-çist-ic-al, a . [English solecist : -ic, -ical. Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a solecism; incongruous, incorrect. "The use of these combinations with respect to the pronouns is almost always solecistical."-Tyrwhitt: Glo . to Chaucer, s. v. Self . sol-e-çist-ic-al-ly, adv. [English solecistical; -ly.] In a solecistic manner. "I have set down some of them, briefly and almost solecistically." - Wollaston: Religion of Nature. (Introd.) *sol-ě-çize, v . i. [Gr. soloikizō .] To commit or make use of solecisms, in language or behavior. "To fancy the holy writers to solecize in their language." - More: Mystery of Godline , bk. i., ch. ix. sō-le-cur-tus, s. [ Lat.solen (q. v.), and curt us =short.] Zool . & Paleont .: A genus of Solenide (g. v.), with twenty-five recent species, from the United States, Britain, the Mediterranean, West Africa, and Madeira. Shell ovate-oblong, umbo small, margins almost parallel, ends rounded, gaping, ligaments external, hinge-teeth, pallial sinus very deep, rounded. Animal very large and thick, not entirely retractile within the shell. They bury themselves deeply in mud or sand, and are difficult to obtain alive. Fo il, thirty species, from the Neocomian of the United States and Europe. sōle'-ly, *sol-y, adv. [Eng. sole, a.; -ly.] Only, singly, alone; without another or others. "This is a matter solely with God."-Gilpin: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 17.