foot solen.
/ˈfʊt səʊl/, U.S. /ˈfʊt ˌsoʊl/ The sole of the foot.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xiii. 22 For the multitude of thi wickednesse opened ben thi more shamefast thingus, defoulid ben þi foot soles [L. plantae].
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 4648 (MED) Sorys she had..from foote-sole to þe crounne on hy.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke. xxiv. f. cxciiii He that eateth breade with me (saith Christ) shal lift vs his foote sole against me.
1612 H. Ainsworth Bk. Psalmes Englished with Annot. lxxxix. 52 The oracle, Gen. 3. 15, that the serpent should bruise the footsole of the womans seed.
1630 J. Taylor Goose in Wks. 105/2 The name of them [sc. Soland geese] may well proceede From the Dams foot-sole, whence they all do breede.
1725 R. J. Andree Vocab. in Six Langs. 176 The Titillation of a Feather is pleasing under the Foot Sole, but very offensive in the Nostrils and Eyes.
1793 J. Trapp tr. A. Rochon Voy. Madagascar (rev. ed.) 59 The distemper usually settles on the foot-sole.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 16 A dreary road the weary foot-sole wears.
1916 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Aug. 220/1 The centripetal impulses from the irritation of the foot sole reach the..flexor centres of all five toes.
1960 A. B. Griswold in M. C. Subhadradis Diskul et al. Arts of Thailand iv. 98 Podoscopy relies on an inspection of the lines and creases in the footsole.
2002 Guardian 29 June 34 b I sensed footsteps—not heard them but felt the tramping movement through my own foot soles on the wooden piazza planks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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