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Webster 1913 Edition
Bole
Bole
,Noun.
[OE.
bole
, fr. Icel. bolr
; akin to Sw. bål
, 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
,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.
[Scot.]
Open the
bole
wi’speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin. Sir W. Scott.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bole
BOLE
, n.1.
The body, or stem of a tree. [Not in use.]2.
A measure of corn, containing six bushels.BOLE
,Noun.
Armenian bole is of a bright red color, with a tinge of yellow, harder than the other kinds, and of a rough dusty surface.
Bole of Blois is yellow, lighter than the other kinds, and it effervesces with acids.
Bohemian bole is of a yellow color, with a cast of red, and of a flaky texture.
French bole is of a pale red color, variegated with specks of white and yellow.
Lemnian bole is of a pale red color.
Silesian bole is of a pale yellow color.