tole
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /tol/
- Homophone: toll
Etymology 1 edit
From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.
Noun edit
tole (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).
Verb edit
tole (third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen)
- (archaic) To entice; to allure or attract.
- It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
- 1693, John Locke, “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, in The works of John Locke Esq, volume III, published 1797, page 52:
- And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible Degrees, till he at laſt, quitting his Fears, maſters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applauſe.
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
tole (uncountable)
- (historical) A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.
Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
tole (plural toles)
Etymology 5 edit
Verb edit
tole
- (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, and some dialects of England) simple past and past participle of tell
- I done tole you for the last time.
Anagrams edit
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German doln, from Old High German dolēn (“to endure”).
Verb edit
tole (Uri)
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 21.
Latvian edit
Noun edit
tole f (5th declension)
- A female cow without horns (see Polled livestock at Wikipedia)
- (by extension, derogatory) A woman lacking in initiative
Usage notes edit
- This word is rather old and is not widely used in the modern language.
Lindu edit
Noun edit
tole
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English tōl.
Noun edit
tole
- Alternative form of tool (“tool”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English tyllan.
Verb edit
tole
- Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
tole (present tense toler, past tense tolte, past participle tolt, passive infinitive tolast, present participle tolande, imperative tol)
- to bear, endure, stand, tolerate
- Dei toler ikkje synet av kvarandre. - They can't stand the sight of each other.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
See also edit
- tåle (Bokmål)
References edit
- “tole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Uzbek edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
tole (plural tolelar)