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thole

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thole  \Thole\,  v.  i. 
  To  wait.  [Prov.  Eng.  &  Scot.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thole  \Thole\,  n.  [Written  also  {thowel},  and  {thowl}.]  [OE. 
  thol,  AS  [thorn]ol;  akin  to  D.  dol,  Icel.  [thorn]ollr  a  fir 
  tree,  a  young  fir,  a  tree,  a  thole.] 
  1.  A  wooden  or  metal  pin,  set  in  the  gunwale  of  a  boat,  to 
  serve  as  a  fulcrum  for  the  oar  in  rowing.  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  The  pin,  or  handle,  of  a  scythe  snath. 
 
  {Thole  pin}.  Same  as  {Thole}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thole  \Thole\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tholed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tholing}.]  [OE.  [thorn]olen,  [thorn]olien,  AS  [thorn]olian; 
  akin  to  OS  thol[=o]n,  OHG.  dol[=e]n,  G.  geduld  patience, 
  dulden  to  endure,  Icel.  [thorn]ola,  Sw  t[*a]la,  Dan.  taale, 
  Goth.  [thorn]ulan,  L.  tolerate,  tulisse  to  endure,  bear, 
  tollere  to  lift,  bear,  Gr  ?  to  bear,  Skr.  tul  to  lift. 
  [root]55.  Cf  {Tolerate}.] 
  To  bear;  to  endure;  to  undergo.  [Obs.  or  Scot.]  --Gower. 
 
  So  much  woe  as  I  have  with  you  tholed.  --Chaucer. 
 
  To  thole  the  winter's  steely  dribble.  --Burns. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thole 
  n  :  a  device  attached  to  the  gunwale  of  a  boat  that  holds  the 
  oar  in  place  and  acts  as  a  fulcrum  for  rowing  [syn:  {peg}, 
  {pin},  {tholepin},  {rowlock},  {oarlock}]




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