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Webster 1913 Edition


Dole

Dole

(dōl)
,
Noun.
[OE.
deol
,
doel
,
dol
, OF.
doel
, fr.
doloir
to suffer, fr. L.
dolere
; perh. akin to
dolare
to hew.]
grief; sorrow; lamentation.
[Archaic]
And she died.
So that day there was
dole
in Astolat.
Tennyson.

Dole

,
Noun.
[L.
dolus
: cf. F.
dol
.]
(Scots Law)
See
Dolus
.

Dole

,
Noun.
[AS.
dāl
portion; same word as
dǣl
. See
Deal
.]
1.
Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
At her general
dole
,
Each receives his ancient soul.
Cleveland.
2.
That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.
3.
Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
So sure the
dole
, so ready at their call,
They stood prepared to see the manna fall.
Dryden.
Heaven has in store a precious
dole
.
Keble.
4.
A boundary; a landmark.
Halliwell.
5.
A void space left in tillage.
[Prov. Eng.]

Dole

(dōl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Doled
(dōld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Doling
.]
To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.
The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends
doled
out their praises to him.
De Quincey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dole

DOLE

,
Noun.
[See Deal.]
1.
The act of dealing or distributing; as the power of dole and donative. [Not in use.]
2.
That which is dealt or distributed; a part, share or portion.
3.
That which is given in charity; gratuity.
4.
Blows dealt out.
5.
Boundary. [Not in use.]
6.
A void space left in tillage. [Local.]

DOLE

,
Noun.
[L., pain, grief.] Grief; sorrow.

DOLE

,
Verb.
T.
To deal; to distribute. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


Dole

Dole

See also: dole, dolé, and dolę

German

Noun

Dole f (genitive Dole, plural Dolen)

  1. covered ditch
  2. (Switzerland) gully; drain

Declension

dole

dole

See also: Dole, dolé, and dolę

English

Verb

dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled)

  1. To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

Translations

Noun

dole

  1. Money or other goods given as charity.
    • Dryden
      So sure the dole, so ready at their call, / They stood prepar'd to see the manna fall.
    • Keble
      Heaven has in store a precious dole.
  2. Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
    • Cleveland
      At her general dole, / Each receives his ancient soul.
  3. (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed.
    I get my dole paid twice a week.
    I′ve been on the dole for two years now.
  4. A boundary; a landmark.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
  5. (Britain, dialect) A void space left in tillage.
Synonyms
  • (payment by the state to the unemployed): pancrack (UK), pogey (Canada)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English dole (grief), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo.

Noun

dole (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, William Caxton, 1868, Morte Darthur, page 212,
      Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole.
    • Tennyson
      And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat.
  2. (law, Scotland) dolus
Derived terms

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

Adverb

dole

  1. down (at a lower place or position)

Antonyms

Related terms

See also


Dutch

Verb

dole

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of dolen

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

Verb

dole

  1. inflection of doler:
    1. first-person and third-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

dolē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of doleō

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔlɛ/

Noun

dole

  1. locative singular of doł

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.lɛ/

Noun

dole

  1. inflection of dola:
    1. nominative plural
    2. accusative plural
    3. vocative plural

Noun

dole

  1. locative and vocative singular of dół

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dôle/
  • Hyphenation: do‧le

Adverb

dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)

  1. down
  2. below

Interjection

dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)

  1. down
    Dol(j)e s vladom!
    Down with the government!

Yola

Noun

dole

  1. deal

References

  • J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)