Definitions for: 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)



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Bolanci, tree trunk, trunk

See Also: bark, dirt, pigment, soil, stalk, stem, tree, West Chadic

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