Bole
Bole ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English bole, from Icelandic bolr; akin to Swedish bål, Danish bul, trunk, stem of a tree, German bohle a thick plank or board; compare LG. boll round. Compare Bulge.]
The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.
Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean.
Bole , noun
[Etym. doubtful.]
An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. [Scottish]
Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin.
Bole , noun
A measure. See Boll, n., 2. — Mortimer
Bole , noun
[Greek {not transcribed} a clod or lump of earth: compare French bol, and also Latin bolus morsel. Compare 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
Collocations (2)
Armenian bole , See under Armenian.
Bole Armoniac or Armoniak , Armenian bole. [Obsolete] — Chaucer