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tholed

tholed

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  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.