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Solit, Sollit, -ed, ppl. adj. Also: scholit, sallit. [e.m.E. soled (1480) of shoes, etc., having a particular type of sole; Sole n.¹ or v.] a. Of shoes, etc.: See also Double-solit adj., Singil(l)-solit adj. b. Of a partition wall: ? Provided with a foundation or a frame or ? lined with boards.a. 1516 Fam. Rose 188.
Doubill solit schone, price of the pare ij s. 1555 Aberd. B. Rec. I 290.
The best dowbill scholit schone for men xxxii penneis 1584 Glasgow B. Rec. I 115.
Siclyk sall geif to euirie ane of the puir men ane pair of new doubill solit schone yeirlie 1613 Inverness Rec. II 118.
Dubill solit men schoin 1632 Monteith Stewartry Ct. 26 July.
Ane pair of dobble sallit schoone 1640 Dumbarton B. Rec. 63.
Best sort of schoone—thrie sollit twentie-sex pennies the inche 1640 Dumbarton B. Rec. 63.
Bairnes schoone, doubill solit, sevin inches and undir the same, sixteen pennies 1660 Ure Rutherglen 65.
Dowble solled shooesb. 1597 Breadalbane Ct. Bk. (Reg. H.) 64b.
For tua parpall walls of wattillis solit