Definition of Poles. Meaning of Poles. Synonyms of Poles

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Definition of Poles

pole
Rod Rod, n. [The same word as rood. See Rood.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov. xiii. 24. (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. ``The rod, and bird of peace.' --Shak. (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay. (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar. (e) An instrument for measuring. 2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole. Black rod. See in the Vocabulary. Rods and cones (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
Pole
Pole Pole, n. [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland.] A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.
Pole
Pole Pole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poled; p. pr. & vb. n. Poling.] 1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. 2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn. 3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. 4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

Meaning of Poles from wikipedia

- Look up pole or Pole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pole or poles may refer to: Poles (people), another term for Polish people, from the country of...
- heritage or ethnicity. The majority of Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. The po****tion of self-declared Poles in Poland is estimated at 37,394,000 out...
- been a Pole, Marie Leszczyńska. Many Poles settled in France after the rule of Napoleon and the collapse of the Duchy of Warsaw, when 100,000 Poles, largely...
- for the poles and miss much of the rest, the name is simply too distracting." Fred and Florence Olsen were the original purchasers of Blue Poles from Jackson...
- Poles has added comedy whilst giving his results: in 2003, as Slovenia was the final country to vote with the overall winner still unknown, Poles joked...
- included the carving of totem poles. Missionaries urged converts to cease production and destroy existing poles. Nearly all totem-pole-making had ceased by 1901...
- coordinator. In 2013, Poles was retained under new general manager John Dorsey. In 2016, Poles was promoted to director of college scouting. Poles was retained...
- overhead on utility poles as an inexpensive way to keep them insulated from the ground and out of the way of people and vehicles. Utility poles are usually made...
- Coincidentally, the continental and oceanic poles of inaccessibility have a similar radius; the Eurasian poles EPIA1 and EPIA2 are about 178 km (111 mi)...
- Since the north pole of a magnet attracts the south poles of other magnets and repels the north poles, it must be attracted to the south pole of Earth's magnet...