sole ship (solship)

[ right; monopoly. [Rare.] The sole ship of election, which, by the ancient canons, was in the bishops, they would have a erted wholly to themselves. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 222. sole-tile (sol'til), n. A form of tile used for bottoms of sewers, muffles, etc., of which the whole circumference is not in one piece. It is made flat or curved, according to the needs of the case. See cuts under sewer3 . E. H. Knight. soleus (so-lē'us), n.; pl. solei (-1). [NL., also solæus (and sole a ), sole a , the sole of the foot: see solel .] A broad flat muscle of the calf of the leg, situated immediately in front of (deeper than) the gastrocnemius. It arises from the back upper part of the fibula and tibia, and its tendon unites with that of the gastrocnemius to form the ten do A chillis. The soleus is not a common muscle, and its great bulk in man, where it largely contributes to the swelling of the calf, is exceptional, and inversely proportionate to the smallne of the plantar is. See cuts under musclel and tendon . =