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Tole
//tol// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded. uncountable
- 2 Obsolete form of toll, especially in the sense a portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it. alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
- 3 A tola (unit of mass). uncommon
- 4 enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century wordnet
Verb
- 1 To entice; to allure or attract. archaic
"It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ..."
- 2 simple past and past participle of tell England, Southern-US, dialectal, form-of, participle, past
"I done tole you for the last time."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.
Etymology 2
From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).
Etymology 3
See toll.
Etymology 4
* As an English surname, variant of Toll and Towle. * As an Albanian surname, from a short form of Apostol.
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