bole
1 Americannoun
noun
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any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.
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a medium red-brown color made from such clay.
noun
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a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment
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a moderate reddish-brown colour
noun
Etymology
Origin of bole1
1275–1325; Middle English < Old Norse bolr trunk (of a tree), torso; see bulwark
Origin of bole2
1350–1400; Middle English bol < Late Latin bōlus lump; see bolus
Example Sentences
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NW96 is thought to predate 1580 because of a lead ingot cast from a furnace, known as a bole, which fell out of use around that time.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
Chhora Chhori ko phool de, bole main tumse pyaaar karta hoom; chhori chhore ko phool de, bole main tumse pyaar karti hoon.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2013
They offered little here beyond their opening "bole", an energetic and co-ordinated invitation to enter a physical contest.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2012
The combatants appeared, 17-year-old Texans big around as the bole of a sequoia born when the local mail came by Pony Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nowhere had I to stand, no way of climbing, the root and bole being far below, and far above my head the branches and their leaves, massed, overshadowing Kharybdis pool.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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