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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bole \Bole\, n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b[*a]l,
   Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or
   board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. {Bulge}.]
   The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

         Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. --Tennyson.

Bole \Bole\, n. [Etym. doubtful.]
   An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house,
   for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.
   [Scot.]

         Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the
         right Lord Geraldin.                     --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Bole \Bole\, n.
   A measure. See {Boll}, n., 2. --Mortimer.

Bole \Bole\, n. [Gr. ? a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and
   also L. bolus morsel. Cf. {Bolus}.]
   1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay,
      usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of
      iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances.
      It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed
      essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more
      rarely of magnesia. See {Clay}, and {Terra alba}.

   2. A bolus; a dose. --Coleridge.

   {Armenian bole}. See under {Armenian}.

   {Bole Armoniac}, or {Armoniak}, Armenian bole. [Obs.]
      --Chaucer.

資料來源 : WordNet®

bole
     n 1: a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish
          brown pigment)
     2: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole
        is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
        [syn: {trunk}, {tree trunk}]
     3: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely
        related to Hausa [syn: {Bolanci}]