Sole

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): ( n.) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.

(2): ( n.) A fluid mixture of a colloid and a liquid; a liquid colloidal solution or suspension.

(3): ( n.) Any one of several species of flatfishes of the genus Solea and allied genera of the family Soleidae, especially the common European species (Solea vulgaris), which is a valuable food fish.

(4): ( n.) Any one of several American flounders somewhat resembling the true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species.

(5): ( n.) The bottom of the foot; hence, also, rarely, the foot itself.

(6): ( n.) The bottom of a shoe or boot, or the piece of leather which constitutes the bottom.

(7): ( n.) The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

(8): ( n.) The bottom of the body of a plow; - called also slade; also, the bottom of a furrow.

(9): ( n.) The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.

(10): ( n.) The bottom of an embrasure.

(11): ( n.) The seat or bottom of a mine; - applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

(12): ( v. t.) To furnish with a sole; as, to sole a shoe.

(13): ( a.) Being or acting without another; single; individual; only.

(14): ( a.) Single; unmarried; as, a feme sole.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [2]

 Joshua 1:3 (c) The passage indicates that the believer and the follower of our Lord must step out by faith in the service of the King and claim what belongs to him because he is a child of the King.

 2 Samuel 14:25 (c) This verse is telling us that all of Absalom's body was perfect and free from any defects of any kind. He had a wicked spirit in a lovely body. The only good thing God could say about him was that he had a good physical body.

 Isaiah 1:6 (b) The complete wickedness of man is described in this picture. His thoughts in his head are bad, and his walk on his feet is bad. God sees nothing in a natural human being that is good, or right, or pleasant.

 Ezekiel 1:7 (b) There are four pictures of Christ in this passage, and one of these is the description of His lovely walk, so perfect, and yet so efficient. It is telling us that our Lord in all of His work and service was and is perfect and successful.

King James Dictionary [3]

Sole, n. L. solea, solum that which sets or is set or laid. The radical sense coincides with that of sill.

1. The bottom of the foot and by a figure, the foot itselft. 2. The bottom of the shoe or the piece of lether which constitutes the bottom. The cliga was a military show with a very thick sole, tied above the instep. 3. The part of any thing that forms the bottom, and on which it stands upon the ground. Elms is proper for mills, soles for wheels, and pipes. 4. A marine fish of the genus Pleurinectes, so called probably because it keeps on or near the bottom of the sea. These fish abound on the British coast, and hence the name of sole bank, to the southward of Ireland. This fish sometimes grows to the weight of six or seven pounds. 5. In ship-building, a sort of lining, used to prevent the wearing of any thing. 6. A sort of horn under a horse's hoof.

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