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–noun Botany.

the stem or trunk of a tree.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < ON bolr trunk (of a tree), torso; see bulwark

]

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–noun

1.	any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.

2.	a medium red-brown color made from such clay.

Also, bolus.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME bol < LL bōlus lump; see bolus

]

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n. The trunk of a tree.

[Middle English, from Old Norse bolr; see bhel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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n.

Any of various soft fine clays, especially a reddish-brown variety used as a pigment.
A moderate reddish brown.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin bōlus; see bolus.]

bole adj.

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c.1314, from O.N. bolr "tree trunk," from P.Gmc. *bulas, from PIE *bhel- "to blow, swell" (cf. Gk. phyllon "leaf," phallos "swollen penis;" L. flos "flower," florere "to blossom, flourish," folium "leaf;" O.Prus. balsinis "cushion;" O.N. belgr "bag, bellows;" O.E. bolla "pot, cup, bowl;" O.Ir. bolgaim "I swell," blath "blossom, flower," bolach "pimple," bolg "bag;" Bret. bolc'h "flax pod;" Serb. buljiti "to stare, be bug-eyed;" Serbo-Croat. blazina "pillow").

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bole
noun
1.	a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
2.	the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber [syn: trunk]
3.	a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa

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Bole

Bo"lar\, a. [See Bole clay.] Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.

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Bole\, n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b[*a]l, Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. Bulge.] The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. --Tennyson.

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Bole

Bole\, n. [Etym. doubtful.] 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.

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Bole

Bole\, n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2. --Mortimer.

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