solen.[F. sole, L. solea; -- so named from its flat shape. See Sole of the foot.] (Zol.) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleid, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.()Lemon, or French, sole (Zol.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa). -- Smooth sole (Zol.), the megrim.()()n.[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. (Agric.) The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.()Sole leather, thick, strong, used for making the soles of boots and shoes, and for other purposes.()v. t. To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.()a.[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.(Shak.)He, be sure . . . first and last will reign
Sole king. (Milton.)2. (Law) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.()Corporation sole. See the Note under Corporation.()()