bole
1[ bohl ]
/ boʊl /
noun Botany.
the stem or trunk of a tree.
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1Definition for bole (2 of 2)
bole
2[ bohl ]
/ boʊl /
noun
any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.
a medium red-brown color made from such clay.
Also bolus.
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British Dictionary definitions for bole (1 of 2)
bole
1/ (bəʊl) /
noun
the trunk of a tree
Word Origin for bole
C14: from Old Norse bolr; related to Middle High German bole plank
British Dictionary definitions for bole (2 of 2)
bole
2bolus
/ (bəʊl) /
noun
a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment
a moderate reddish-brown colour
Word Origin for bole
C13: from Late Latin bōlus lump, from Greek bōlos
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Word Origin and History for bole
bole
early 14c., from Old Norse bolr "tree trunk," from Proto-Germanic *bulas (cf. Middle Dutch bolle "trunk of a tree"), from PIE *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (cf. Greek phyllon "leaf," phallos "swollen penis;" Latin flos "flower," florere "to blossom, flourish," folium "leaf;" Old Prussian balsinis "cushion;" Old Norse belgr "bag, bellows;" Old English bolla "pot, cup, bowl;" Old Irish bolgaim "I swell," blath "blossom, flower," bolach "pimple," bolg "bag;" Breton bolc'h "flax pod;" Serbian buljiti "to stare, be bug-eyed;" Serbo-Croatian blazina "pillow").
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