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bole

1  [bohl]
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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

bole

2  [bohl]
–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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bole 1   (bōl)   
n.  The trunk of a tree.

[Middle English, from Old Norse bolr; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
bole 2   (bōl)   
n.  
  1. Any of various soft fine clays, especially a reddish-brown variety used as a pigment.
  2. A moderate reddish brown.

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

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.

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.

Bole

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

Bole

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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bole 
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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