thole

¹

[thohl]

noun

1. a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.

thole

²

[thohl]

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.

tholed, tholing 

1. to suffer; bear; endure.

thole

¹

/ θəʊl /

verb

1. dialect,  (tr) to put up with; bear

2. an archaic word for suffer

thole

²

/ ˈθəʊlˌpɪn, θəʊl /

noun

1. a wooden pin or one of a pair, set upright in the gunwales of a rowing boat to serve as a fulcrum in rowing

Word History and Origins

Origin of thole¹

before 900; Middle English tholle, Old English tholl; cognate with Low German dolle, Old Norse thollr; akin to Old Norse thǫll young fir-tree

Origin of thole²

First recorded before 900; Middle English tholen, Old English tholian; cognate with Old Norse thola, Gothic thulan; akin to Greek tlênai “to bear, endure,” Latin tolerāre ( tolerate )

Word History and Origins

Origin of thole¹

Old English tholian; related to Old Saxon, Old High German tholōn, Old Norse thola to endure: compare Latin tollere to bear up

Origin of thole²

Old English tholl, related to Middle Low German dolle, Norwegian toll, Icelandic thollr

Example Sentences

Republican members of Congress hate it; they signed up for “America First,” not shipping bucketloads of free money to s**thole countries thousands of miles away.

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We know how he feels about those "s**thole" countries.

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He has openly expressed his contempt for subhuman vermin from s**thole countries poisoning the blood of our country.

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Lemon then cited Trump once referring to “s--thole” countries and claimed he mistreats African-Americans as examples of Trump’s racist actions.

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“Why are we having all these people from s--thole countries come here?”

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