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bole

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bole 1  (bl)
n.
The trunk of a tree.

[Middle English, from Old Norse bolr; see bhel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

bole 2  (bl)
n.
1. Any of various soft fine clays, especially a reddish-brown variety used as a pigment.
2. A moderate reddish brown.

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin blus; see bolus.]

bole adj.

bole1
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the trunk of a tree
[from Old Norse bolr; related to Middle High German bole plank]

bole2, bolus
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a reddish soft variety of clay used as a pigment
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a moderate reddish-brown colour
[from Late Latin bōlus lump, from Greek bōlos]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bole - a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
2.bolebole - the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
stalk, stem - a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
bark - tough protective covering of the woody stems and roots of trees and other woody plants
3.Bole - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
West Chadic - a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member
Translations
bole [bəʊl] Ntronco m
bole
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What could have so suddenly transformed his matter-of-fact ascent of the giant bole to the swift and wary action of his detour among the branches?
I thought my quest had brought me into a strange old haunted forest, and that I had thrown myself down to rest at the gnarled mossy root of a great oak-tree, while all about me was nought but fantastic shapes and capricious groups of gold-green bole and bough, wondrous alleys ending in mysterious coverts, and green lanes of exquisite turf that seemed to have been laid down in expectation of some milk-white queen or goddess passing that way.
Her neck came up strongly out of her shoulders, like the bole of a tree out of the turf.
 
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