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Bole

Bole Meaning & Definition
Bole Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bole?

[n] a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
[n] the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
[n] a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bole: Bolanci | tree trunk | trunk

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bole: anthrophore | axis | barrel | cane | carpophore | cask | caudex | caulicle | caulis | column | culm | cylinder | cylindroid | drum | footstalk | funicule | funiculus | haulm | leafstalk | pedicel | peduncle | petiole | petiolule | petiolus | pillar | pipe | reed | roll | roller | rouleau | seedstalk | spear | spire | stalk | stem | stipe | stock | straw | tigella | trunk | tube

See Also | bark | dirt | pigment | soil | stalk | stem | tree | West Chadic

Bole In Webster's Dictionary

\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\, n. [Etym. doubtful.] An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. [Scot.] Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin. --Sir W. Scott.
\Bole\, n. A measure. See {Boll}, n., 2. --Mortimer.
\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.

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