cole

cabbage or rape plant: cole slaw

Not to be confused with:

coal – a combustible mineral used as fuel: They used coal for heating their homes.

kohl – a preparation used as eye makeup: She accented her eyes with kohl.

cole

(kōl)

[Middle English col, from Old English cāl, from Latin caulis, cabbage.]

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cole

(kəʊl)

(Plants) any of various plants of the genus Brassica, such as the cabbage and rape. Also called: colewort

[Old English cāl, from Latin caulis plant stalk, cabbage]

Cole

(kəʊl)

(Biography) Nat 'King', real name Nathaniel Adams Cole. 1917–65, US popular singer and jazz pianist

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cole

(koʊl)

n.

any of various plants of the genus Brassica, of the mustard family, esp. kale or rape.

[before 1000; Middle English col(e), Old English cāl, cāw(e)l < Latin caulis stalk, cabbage, akin to Greek kaulós stalk. compare kohlrabi]

Cole

(koʊl)

n.

Thomas, 1801–48, U.S. painter, born in England.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	cole - a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head borecole, Brassica oleracea acephala, colewort, kail, kale crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae Brassica, genus Brassica - mustards: cabbages; cauliflowers; turnips; etc. collard - variety of kale having smooth leaves
	2.	cole - coarse curly-leafed cabbage kail, kale cabbage, chou - any of various types of cabbage collard greens, collards - kale that has smooth leaves

Translations

chou

couve

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It is this moral fusion that renders the whole perfect, as the harmony of fine coloring throws a glow of glory on the pictures of Claude, or, for that matter, on those of Cole, too.

{salle a manger-salons = dining rooms-parlor; GREAT EMPORIUM[capitals in original] = New York City; Claude = Claude Lorrain(1600-1682), French landscape painter; Cole = Thomas Cole (1801-1848), American landscape painter; rout = evening party; Chausse d'Autin = Chaussee d'Antin, a fashionable Parisian street and neighborhood}

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Cole, my father has been dead many; many years; he died before I can remember.

"Are you in deesgrace also, friend Cole?" he inquired in his all but perfect English.

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If any degenerate monarch of modern times could be in any way compared with him, I should say the venerable King Cole would be that illustrious potentate.

It was upon this occasion that King Lud, seated on the top of his throne in full council, rose, in the exuberance of his feelings, and commanded the lord chief justice to order in the richest wines and the court minstrels--an act of graciousness which has been, through the ignorance of traditionary historians, attributed to King Cole, in those celebrated lines in which his Majesty is represented as Calling for his pipe, and calling for his pot, And calling for his fiddlers three.

Which is an obvious injustice to the memory of King Lud, and a dishonest exaltation of the virtues of King Cole.

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Elton was still talking, still engaged in some interesting detail; and Emma experienced some disappointment when she found that he was only giving his fair companion an account of the yesterday's party at his friend Cole's, and that she was come in herself for the Stilton cheese, the north Wiltshire, the butter, the cellery, the beetroot, and all the dessert.

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Aiken, an able mariner, destined to command the schooner intended for the coasting trade, and ordered him, together with John Coles, sail- maker, Stephen Weekes, armorer, and two Sandwich Islanders, to proceed ahead and take soundings, while the ship should follow under easy sail.

Aiken and Coles were not to be seen; near him were the two Sandwich Islanders, stripping themselves of their clothing that they might swim more freely.

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In a speech that was prepared for Dr Cole's 100th birthday last year, Professor Evans said that Dr Cole qualified as an optometrist in the mid-1940s.

Optometrists pay tribute to Dr Philip Cole, 100

Cole was also ordered to successfully complete a consecutive term of 30 months of probation that will begin following her release from prison.

Nokomis woman receives sentence