bole
See also: bolē, bóle, bółe, bôle, bøle, Bole, Bólè, and b́olĕ
English
The bole (trunk) of a tree
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /bol/
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bəʊl/, /bɒʊl/
- Rhymes: -əʊl
- Homophone: bowl
Etymology 1
From Middle English bole, from Old Norse bolr, akin to Danish bul and German Bohle (“plank”). See also bulwark (“defensive wall”).
Noun
bole (plural boles)
- The trunk or stem of a tree.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women, in Poems, Volume 1, page 188,
- Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean / Upon the dusky brushwood underneath / Their broad curved branches, fledged with clearest green, / New from its silken sheath.
- 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, OCLC 305520:
- A fine powder filled the air and caressed the cheek with a tingle in its touch, and the black boles of the trees showed up in a light that seemed to come from below.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women, in Poems, Volume 1, page 188,
Translations
the trunk or stem of a tree
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Etymology 2
Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod or lump of earth”): compare French bol. Doublet of bolus.
Noun
bole (countable and uncountable, plural boles)
- Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.
- 2018 April 14, “8 things to know about İznik pottery”, in Christie's:
- Good Iznik has strong colours well-contained within their outlines and a very clean, clear white. The red colour, made with Armenian bole (an earthy clay) should be thick and proud of the surface.
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- (colour) The shade of reddish brown which resembles this clay.
- bole:
- (obsolete) A bolus; a dose.
- 1649, Jeremy Taylor, An Apology for Authorized and Set Forms of Liturgy Against the Pretence of the Spirit, 1849, Charles Page Eden (editor), The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Volume V, page 294,
- […] or else […] the churches were very incurious to swallow such a bole, if no pretension could have been reasonably made for their justification.
- 1649, Jeremy Taylor, An Apology for Authorized and Set Forms of Liturgy Against the Pretence of the Spirit, 1849, Charles Page Eden (editor), The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Volume V, page 294,
Derived terms
- Armenian bole
Noun
bole (plural boles)
- Alternative form of boll (old unit of measure).
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, OCLC 13320837:
- Take then good Barley newly thrashed and well purged from the Chaff, and put thereof eight Boles, that is about ſix English Quarters, in a Stone - trough
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Noun
bole (plural boles)
- (Scotland) An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, to admit air or light.
- 1816, Walter Scott, The Antiquary, 1862, Adam and Charles Black, page 220,
- "Open the bole," said the old woman firmly and hastily to her daughter-in-law, “open the bole wi' speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin […] .
- 1816, Walter Scott, The Antiquary, 1862, Adam and Charles Black, page 220,
- (Scotland) A small closet.
Anagrams
- Belo, Lebo, Loeb, lobe
Albanian
Alternative forms
- bolle
Etymology
Variant of bolle. Occurs exclusively in the plural form.
Noun
bole ?
- testicles
Related terms
- bile
- ballë
- mbjell
- pjell
Buol
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔɺ̢ɛ/
Noun
bole
- house
Czech
Alternative forms
- boleje (verb)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbolɛ]
- Rhymes: -olɛ
- Hyphenation: bo‧le
Noun
bole
- vocative singular of bol
Verb
bole
- present masculine singular transgressive of bolet
Dama (Sierra Leone)
Etymology
Perhaps related to Vai [script needed] (boi, “structure without walls”) or Mende bolo (“courthouse with high walls”) (having the definite form bolei.
Noun
bole
- courthouse
References
- Dalby, T. D. P. (1963), “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54
Latvian
Etymology
From English bowl, probably via German Bowle. Alternative historical forms: bols. First attested use to mean a bowl for making punch – 1880. First attested use to refer to the beverage itself – 1886.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [būōle]
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Noun
bole f (5th declension)
- (dated sense) a bowl for making punch
- Bowle: bole (punša un citu tādu dzērienu kauss) – Bowle (German): bole (a bowl for punch or similar drinks).[2]
- punch (drink made of wine, diluted with juices, syrups and fruit, often with added cognac or rhum)
- zemeņu bole – strawberry punch
- boles trauks – punch bowl
Declension
Declension of bole (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | bole | boles |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | boli | boles |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | boles | boļu |
| dative (datīvs) | bolei | bolēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | boli | bolēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | bolē | bolēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | bole | boles |
Synonyms
- (punch): punšs
References
- “bole” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
- Brasche G., (1880), Deutsch-lettisches Wörterbuch, Riga; Leipzig, page 152.
Lower Sorbian
Verb
bole
- Superseded spelling of bóle.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From a mixture of Old English bula, *bulla, and Old Norse boli, both from Proto-Germanic *bulô.
Alternative forms
- bule, bul, bolle, boule, bool, boole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbul(ə)/, /ˈbuːl(ə)/, /ˈbɔːl(ə)/
Noun
bole (plural boles or bolen)
- bull, steer, male cow
- (heraldry) A heraldic bull
- (astrology) Taurus (zodiac)
- (astronomy) Taurus (constellation)
Related terms
- bullok
Descendants
- English: bull
- Scots: bul, bull
References
- “bōle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse bolr.
Alternative forms
- boole, bol
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔːl/
Noun
bole (plural boles)
- trunk, bole
- tree
Descendants
- English: bole
References
- “bōle, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
bole (Cyrillic spelling боле)
- feminine plural active past participle of bosti
West Makian
Etymology
From Malay boleh (“can, may, possible”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbo.l̪e/
Interjection
bole
- good, fine!
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics