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Thole
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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thole or tholepin1 (θəʊl, ˈθəʊlˌpɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a wooden pin or one of a pair, set upright in the gunwales of a rowing boat to serve as a fulcrum in rowing | |
| [Old English tholl, related to Middle Low German dolle, Norwegian toll, Icelandic thollr] | |
| tholepin or tholepin1 | |
| —n | |
| [Old English tholl, related to Middle Low German dolle, Norwegian toll, Icelandic thollr] | |
| thole2 (θəʊl) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | dialect (Scot), (Northern English) (tr) to put up with; bear |
| 2. | an archaic word for suffer |
| [Old English tholian; related to Old Saxon, Old High German tholōn, Old Norse thola to endure: compare Latin tollere to bear up] | |
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Word Origin & History
thole
"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).
thole
"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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