BOLE

Bole, Bolanci

(noun) a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa

trunk, tree trunk, bole

(noun) the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

bole

(noun) a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Bole

A Chadic language native to Nigeria.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Bole

A county-level city in Xinjiang, China.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Bole

A town in Ghana.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Bole

A village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England.

Etymology 5

Proper noun

Bole (plural Boles)

A surname.

Anagrams

• Lebo, Loeb, lobe

Etymology 1

Noun

bole (plural boles)

The trunk or stem of a tree.

Etymology 2

Noun

bole (plural boles)

Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.

(colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay.

(obsolete) A bolus; a dose.

Etymology 3

Noun

bole (plural boles)

Alternative form of boll (old unit of measure).

Etymology 4

Noun

bole (plural boles)

(Scotland) An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light.

(Scotland) A small closet.

Anagrams

• Lebo, Loeb, lobe

Source: Wiktionary

Bole, n. Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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: [Etym. doubtful.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: A measure. See Boll, n., 2. Mortimer.

Bole, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition