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Bole
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 Bole, n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2. --Mortimer.
Bole
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.
bole
Boll 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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- Oregon during the 1870s and 1880s. Charles Boles was born around 1829 in Norfolk, England to John and Maria Boles (sometimes spelled Bolles). He was the third...
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- film Frankenstein. Boles was born in Greenville, Texas to a middle-class family. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1917. Boles served in the intelligence...
- the dissolution of parliament on 5 November. Boles was born on 2 November 1965, the son of Sir Jack Boles, who was later Director-General of the National...
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Boles previously was co-owner of Panther Racing. Boles grew up in Danville, Indiana, the son of Jeff Boles, a Hendricks County Circuit...
- Look up boly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boly may refer to: Bóly District, Hungary Bóly, a town and the district seat Boľ (Hungarian: Boly), a village...
- Bolić is a Croatian surname, derived from the word bol, meaning "pain, ache". It may refer to: Dražen Bolić (born 1971), Serbian footballer Elvir Bolić...
- sports shooter John B. Boles (born 1943), American historian John Patrick Boles (1930–2014), American Roman Catholic bishop John Bole (disambiguation) This...
- Boles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Billy J. Boles (1938–2021), American Air Force general Boles baronets, British gentry family...