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Jole
JOLE
,Noun.
1.
The cheek; used in the phrase, cheek by jole, that is, with the cheeks together, close, tete a tete.2.
The head of a fish.JOLE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
jole
jole
English
Noun
jole (plural joles)
- Obsolete spelling of jowl
- c. 1590-1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene II, 1824, George Steevens (editor), The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1, page 152,
- Follow! nay, I'll go with thee, cheek by jole.
- 1820, The Sketch Book, The Edinburgh Monthly Review, page 330,
- The same architect has recently been working on the repairs of the cupola of the Exchange, and the steeple of the Bow Church; and, fearful to relate, the dragon and the grasshopper actually lie, cheek by jole, in the yard of his workshop.
- 1842, A. H. Pinney, testimony, Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, Volume 41, page 117,
- I was informed, by the guard in the prison who superintended the inspection of the pork, that there were 28 or 31 barrels of joles that were in bad order; that they were not fit for use.
- c. 1590-1596, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act III, Scene II, 1824, George Steevens (editor), The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 1, page 152,
Verb
jole (third-person singular simple present joles, present participle joling, simple past and past participle joled)
- Obsolete spelling of jowl
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, Act V, Scene i, 1877, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 79,
- See how the ſlaue joles their heads againſt the earth.
- 1623, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, Act V, Scene i, 1877, The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 79,