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bole
1[ bohl ]
noun
, Botany.
- the stem or trunk of a tree.
bole
2[ bohl ]
noun
- any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.
- a medium red-brown color made from such clay.
bole
1/ bəʊl /
noun
- the trunk of a tree
bole
2/ bəʊl /
noun
- a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment
- a moderate reddish-brown colour
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bole1
C14: from Old Norse bolr ; related to Middle High German bole plank
Origin of bole2
C13: from Late Latin bōlus lump, from Greek bōlos
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Example Sentences
It had spread, an ebony patch, equally about the bole of the tree, so that the sun must have been immediately overhead.
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Silently he swung from bole to bole for a few minutes, and then disappeared.
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"Then listen," said Tvita, re-filling his pipe and leaning his broad back against the bole of a cocoa-palm.
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The boat had been hidden from them by the bole of a great tree which rose from the grass at the water's edge.
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He had stood up, lashed against a slender palm bole, and died on his feet.
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