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tole

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.

Noun

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tole (uncountable)

  1. A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.

Etymology 2

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From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).

Verb

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tole (third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen)

  1. (archaic) To entice; to allure or attract.
    It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
    • 1693, John Locke, “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, in The works of John Locke Esq, volume III, published 1797, page 52:
      And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible Degrees, till he at laſt, quitting his Fears, maſters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applauſe.
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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tole (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.

Etymology 4

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Noun

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tole (plural toles)

  1. (uncommon) A tola (unit of mass).

Etymology 5

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Verb

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tole

  1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, and some dialects of England) simple past and past participle of tell
    I done tole you for the last time.

Anagrams

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German doln, from Old High German dolēn (“to endure”).

Verb

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tole (Uri)

  1. to tolerate
  2. to endure

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Latvian

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Noun

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tole f (5th declension)

  1. A female cow without horns (see Polled livestock at Wikipedia)
  2. (by extension, derogatory) A woman lacking in initiative

Usage notes

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  • This word is rather old and is not widely used in the modern language.

Lindu

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Noun

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tole

  1. urine

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English tōl.

Noun

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tole

  1. Alternative form of tool (“tool”)

Etymology 2

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From Old English tyllan.

Verb

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tole

  1. Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse þola.

Verb

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tole (present tense toler, past tense tolte, past participle tolt, passive infinitive tolast, present participle tolande, imperative tol)

  1. to bear, endure, stand, tolerate
    Dei toler ikkje synet av kvarandre. - They can't stand the sight of each other.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Old English

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Noun

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tōle

  1. dative singular of tōl

Slovene

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Pronoun

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tole

  1. inflection of tale:
    1. accusative singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative singular neuter

Uzbek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic طَالِع (ṭāliʕ).

Noun

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tole (plural tolelar)

  1. luck, fortune, fate
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