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Definition of bole
Bole Bole Bole, n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b[*a]l,
Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or
board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. Bulge.]
The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.
Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. --Tennyson.
Bole Bole Bole, n.
A measure. See Boll, n., 2. --Mortimer.
Bole Bole Bole, n. [Gr. ? a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and
also L. bolus morsel. Cf. Bolus.]
1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay,
usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of
iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances.
It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed
essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more
rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.
2. A bolus; a dose. --Coleridge.
Armenian bole. See under Armenian.
Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
bole Boll Boll, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a
vessel.]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a
pericarp of a globular form.
2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it
contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and
potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs.
avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.
[Sometimes spelled bole.]
