peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock
(noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thole (third-person singular simple present tholes, present participle tholing, simple past and past participle tholed)
(intransitive, dated) To suffer.
(transitive, now, Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
• (to suffer)
• (to endure): brook, live with; See also tolerate
thole (uncountable)
(obsolete, rare or regional) The ability to bear or endure something; endurance, patience.
thole (plural tholes)
A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
• (pin for oars): oarlock, rowlock, tholepin
• (pin of the snath of a scythe): nib
thole (plural tholes)
(architecture) A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.
• Holte, helot, hetol, hotel, hôtel, lothe
Thole (plural Tholes)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thole is the 17521st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1608 individuals. Thole is most common among White (94.28%) individuals.
• Holte, helot, hetol, hotel, hôtel, lothe
Source: Wiktionary
Thole, n. [Written also thowel, and thowl.] Etym: [OE. thol, AS. þol; akin to D. dol, Icel. þollr a fir tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.]
1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. Longfellow.
2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. Thole pin. Same as Thole.
Thole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tholed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tholing.] Etym: [OE. þolen, þolien, AS. þolian; akin to OS. tholon, OHG. dolen, G. geduld patience, dulden to endure, Icel. þola, Sw. tåla, Dan. taale, Goth. þulan, L. tolerate, tulisse, to endure, bear, tollere to lift, bear, Gr. tul to lift. *55. Cf. Tolerate.]
Definition: To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] Gower. So much woe as I have with you tholed. Chaucer. To thole the winter's steely dribble. Burns.
Thole, v. i.
Definition: To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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