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tole

1  [tohl] ,
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–noun
enameled or lacquered metalware, usually with gilt decoration, often used, esp. in the 18th century, for trays, lampshades, etc.
Also, tôle.

Origin:
1925–30; < F tôle sheet of iron, plate, dial. var. of table table

tole

2  [tohl] ,
–verb (used with object), toled, tol⋅ing.
toll 2 (defs. 5, 6).

toll

2  [tohl] ,
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause (a large bell) to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as for summoning a congregation to church, or esp. for announcing a death.
2. to sound or strike (a knell, the hour, etc.) by such strokes: In the distance Big Ben tolled five.
3. to announce by this means; ring a knell for (a dying or dead person).
4. to summon or dismiss by tolling.
5. to lure or decoy (game) by arousing curiosity.
6. to allure; entice: He tolls us on with fine promises.
–verb (used without object)
7. to sound with single strokes slowly and regularly repeated, as a bell.
–noun
8. the act of tolling a bell.
9. one of the strokes made in tolling a bell.
10. the sound made.
Also, tole (for defs. 5, 6).

Origin:
1175–1225; ME tollen to entice, lure, pull, hence prob. to make (a bell) ring by pulling a rope; akin to OE -tyllan, in fortyllan to attract, allure
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tole also tôle   (tōl)   
n.  A lacquered or enameled metalware, usually gilded and elaborately painted.

[French tôle, sheet metal, variant of table, table, slab, from Old French, from Latin tabula, board.]
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Word Origin & History

toll  (v.)
"to sound with single strokes," 1452, probably a special use of tollen "to draw, lure," c.1220 variant of O.E. -tyllan in betyllan "to lure, decoy," and fortyllan "draw away, seduce," of obscure origin. The notion is perhaps of "luring" people to church with the sound of the bells, or of "drawing" on the bell rope.

tole 
"ornamented and painted sheet iron," 1946, from Fr. tôle "sheet iron," from dial. taule "table," from L. tabula "a flat board" (see table).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: toll
Function: noun
: a suspension of effect toll>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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