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

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Bole\, n. [Gr. ? a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and also L. bolus morsel. Cf. Bolus.]

1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.

2. A bolus; a dose. --Coleridge.

Armenian bole. See under Armenian.

Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel.]

1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [Sometimes spelled bole.]

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Bol"lard\, n. [Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard.] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.

Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.

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Boll"ing\, n. [Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll, v. t.] A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.

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Bo"lus\, n.; pl. Boluses. [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. ? lump of earth. See Bole, n., clay.] A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.

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Bul"wark\, n. [Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw. bolwerk, Dan. bolv["a]rk, bulv["a]rk, rampart; akin to G. bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See Bole stem, and Work, n., and cf. Boulevard.]

1. (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection.

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. --Blackstone.

3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck.

Syn: See Rampart.

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Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog.]

1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.

I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii. 6.

The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron.

Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder.

Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned.

Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.

Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.

Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.

Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill.

Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug.

Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.

Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite, bole, etc.

Fire clay, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick.

Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin.

Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.

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