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