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Bole

Bōle, n.

noun

n. [Sw. bål, Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, Ger. bohle, a thick plank or board. Cf. L. Ger. boll, round.] 1. The body or stem of a tree. Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. Tennyson. 2. A measure. See BOLL. Mortimer.

Bōle, n.

noun

n. [Fr. bol, Gr. βῶλος, a clod or lump of earth, N. Lat. bolus, Linn.]

A kind of fine, compact, or earthy clay, often highly colored with iron, and varying in shades of color from white to yellowish, reddish, bluish, and brownish. See CLAY. Dana.
A bolus; a dose. Coleridge.