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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sole, v. Also: soll. P.p. sould. [e.m.E. sole (1570), soal (1607); Sole n.1] tr. a. To provide shoes or stockings with a sole.1630 Ecclesia Antiqua 167.
[The cordiners … frequented] landward kirks and villages with their schone to be sould 1701 Aberd. Journal N. & Q. VI 178.
For tuo ells of stenten to soll my stockingsproverb. a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 831.
I am not sa scant of claith as to sole my hose with a doken
b. To floor, provide with a floor; also absol.1714 Household Bk. Gr. Baillie 247.
Stones to sole the big ovenabsol. 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 5la.
For xii sparis to sole with xx Ss.
