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DOLE
dole, pogy, pogey
(noun) money received from the state
dole
(noun) a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled)
To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
Noun
dole
Money or other goods given as charity.
Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
(informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed.
A boundary; a landmark.
(Britain, dialectal) A void space left in tillage.
Synonyms
• (payment by the state to the unemployed): pancrack (UK), pogey (Canada)
Etymology 2
Noun
dole (uncountable)
(archaic) Sorrow or grief; dolour.
(legal, Scotland) Dolus.
Anagrams
• Deol, Ledo, OLED, leod, lode, olde
Proper noun
DOLE
(Philippines) Acronym of Department of Labor and Employment.
Anagrams
• Deol, Ledo, OLED, leod, lode, olde
Proper noun
Dole (plural Doles)
A surname.
(trademark) Dole Food Company, a U.S. agricultural multinational corporation.
Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar.
Anagrams
• Deol, Ledo, OLED, leod, lode, olde
Source: Wiktionary
Dole, n. Etym: [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.]
Definition: grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic] And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat. Tennyson.
Dole, n. Etym: [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law)
Definition: See Dolus.
Dole, n. Etym: [AS. dal portion; same word as d. 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 beer, beer bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole bread, bread bestowed as alms. [Obs.] -- Dole meadow, a meadow in which several persons have a common right or share.
Dole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doling.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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