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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Poling  \Pol"ing\,  n.  [From  {Pole}  a  stick.] 
  1.  The  act  of  supporting  or  of  propelling  by  means  of  a  pole 
  or  poles;  as  the  poling  of  beans;  the  poling  of  a  boat. 
 
  2.  (Gardening)  The  operation  of  dispersing  worm  casts  over 
  the  walks  with  poles. 
 
  3.  One  of  the  poles  or  planks  used  in  upholding  the  side 
  earth  in  excavating  a  tunnel,  ditch,  etc 




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