An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
THOLES
Noun
tholes
plural of thole
Anagrams
• Holtes, Lhotse, helots, hostel, hotels, hôtels, loseth, shotel
Proper noun
Tholes
plural of Thole
Anagrams
• Holtes, Lhotse, helots, hostel, hotels, hôtels, loseth, shotel
Source: Wiktionary
THOLE
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
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