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| a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar. |
Also called thole·pin
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Audio Help [thohl-pin] Pronunciation Key.[Origin: bef. 900; ME tholle, OE tholl; c. LG dolle, ON thollr; akin to ON thǫll young fir-tree
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Audio Help [thohl] Pronunciation Key, –verb (used with object), tholed, thol·ing. Chiefly Scot.
| to suffer; bear; endure. |
[Origin: bef. 900; ME tholen, OE tholian; c. ON thola, Goth thulan; akin to L tolerāre (see tolerate), Gk tlênai to bear, endure
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n. A thole pin. [Middle English tholle, thole pin, from Old English thol; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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thole (v.)
"to be subjected to or exposed to, to endure without complaint," now Scottish and Northern Eng. dial., from O.E. þolian, from P.Gmc. stem *thul- (cf. O.S. tholon, O.H.G. dolon, Ger. geduld, O.N. þola, Goth. þulan), cognate with L. tolerare (see toleration).
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thole (n.)
"peg," from O.E. þoll, from P.Gmc. *thulnaz (cf. O.N. þollr, M.L.G. dolle, E.Fris. dolle, Du. dol), of unknown origin. No record of the word in Eng. from c.1000 to c.1440.
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| thole | |
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| a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg] |
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Tal"ent\, n. [F., fr. L. talentum a talent (in sense 1), Gr. ? a balance, anything weighed, a definite weight, a talent; akin to ? to bear, endure, ?, L. tolerare, tollere, to lift up, sustain, endure. See Thole, v. t., Tolerate.]1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 min[ae] or 6,000 drachm[ae]. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was [pounds]243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180. Rowing vessel whose burden does not exceed five hundred talents. --Jowett (Thucid.). 2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93? lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from [pounds]340 to [pounds]396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels. 3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire. [Obs.] They rather counseled you to your talent than to your profit. --Chaucer. 4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (--Matt. xxv. 14-30). He is chiefly to be considered in his three different talents, as a critic, a satirist, and a writer of odes. --Dryden. His talents, his accomplishments, his graceful manners, made him generally popular. --Macaulay. Syn: Ability; faculty; gift; endowment. See Genius.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Thole
Thole\, n. [Written also thowel, and thowl.] [OE. thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Thole
Thole\, n. [Written also thowel, and thowl.] [OE. thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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