sole

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But anyway, I, of course, also, you know, came into serious disagreement with the LTTE, who I supported, because of their own internal abuses, you know, and internal-and they also wiped out many other-the other Tamil militant groups decimated them and tried to establish themselves as the sole-what they call the sole representatives of the Tamil people.

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  1. noun The underside of the foot.
  2. noun The underside of a shoe or boot, often excluding the heel.
  3. noun The part on which something else rests while in a vertical position, especially:
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  • But anyway, I, of course, also, you know, came into serious disagreement with the LTTE, who I supported, because of their own internal abuses, you know, and internal-and they also wiped out many other-the other Tamil militant groups decimated them and tried to establish themselves as the sole-what they call the sole representatives of the Tamil people. —  Democracy Now!
  • The UK industry body, Northwest Vision and Media, has been named the sole organisation to support and promote the creative and digital businesses in the region. —  GamesIndustry.biz - News
  • Th Isla del sole, which is the main island on lake titikaka and famed for being where the incas considered the sun to be born was quite a way considering this was a bloody lake and not a sea! —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • It was 20 euros a kilo but the sole was around the same price and 2 sole for dinner usually cost around 7 euro so that would be okay. —  Thyme For Cooking, the Blog
  • Such appropriations provide a very specific amount of funding and name the sole-source vendor / contractor to receive the contract. —  GOPUSA
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, from solum, bottom, sole of the foot.
  2. Middle English, alone, from Old French sol, from Latin sōlus; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.
  3. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin solea, sandal, flatfish (from its shape); see sole1.

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  1. from Middle English sole, soole (of the foot or of a shoe), from Anglo-Saxon sole (plural soleny for *solan) = Middle Dutch sole, Dutch zool = Middle Low German sole, Low German sale = Old High German sola, Middle High German sole, sol, German sohle = Icelandic sōli = Swedish sÅla = Danish saale = Gothic (Moesogothic) sulja, the sole of the foot, = OIt, suola, also suolo, Italian suolo = Spanish suela = Portuguese sola = Provencal sola, sol = French sole, the sole of the foot, from Middle Latin sola, a collateral form (found in glossaries) of Latin solea, a slipper or sandal (consisting of a single sole fastened on by a strap across the instep), a kind of shoe for animals, also the sole of the foot (of animals), in Middle Latin also the sole of a shoe, a flat under surface, the bottom, from solum, the ground, soil. Cf. soil, sole.
  2. from sole, n.
  3. from Middle English sole = German sohle = Swedish sola, from Old French (and F.) sole = Provencal solha = Spanish suela = Portuguese solha = Italian soglia, from Latin solea, the sole (fish), prob. so called from its flatness, from solea, a slipper or sandal: see sole.
  4. from Middle English sole, from OF sol, French seul = Provencal sol = Sp, solo = Portuguese so = Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, alone, only, single, sole, lonely, solitary; prob. the same word as OL, sollus, entire, complete, = Greek ὀλος (Ionic οὑλος), whole, = Skt. sarva, all, whole: see safe. Hence (from L.) solitary, solitude, solo, sullen, soliloquy, desolate, etc. From the Greek word is the first element in holocaust, holograph, etc.
  5. from sole, a.
  6. from Middle English sole, soole, from Anglo-Saxon sāl, a cord, rope, rein, chain, collar, = Old Saxon sēl = Old High German Middle High German G. seil = Icel, seil = Gothic (Moesogothic) *sail (in deriv. insailjan), a cord, = Old Bulgarian silo, a cord; akin to Greek ἱμάς, a band, Sanskrit √ si, bind.
  7. Also soal; prob. a particular use of sole.
  8. Also soal, sowl, formerly sowle; origin uncertain.
 

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