noun. Any of various soft fine clays, especially a reddish-brown variety used as a pigment.

noun. A moderate reddish brown.

noun. The trunk of a tree.

noun. The body or stem of a tree.

noun. Anything of cylindrical shape; a roll; a pillar: as, boles of stone.

noun. A small boat suited for a rough sea.

noun. Another spelling of boll.

noun. A general term including certain compact, amorphous, soft, more or less brittle, unctuous clays, having a conchoidal fracture and greasy luster, and varying in color from yellow, red, or brown to nearly black.

noun. A bolus; a dose.

noun. In medieval and early Renaissance art, an earthy paste added over gesso as a ground for tempera painting and gilding.

noun. A small square recess or cavity in a wall; also, a window or opening in the wall of a house, usually with a wooden shutter instead of glass.

noun. A name given in the north of England to a place where lead was anciently smelted.

noun. The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

noun. An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.

noun. A measure. See boll, n., 2.

noun. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See clay, and terra alba.

noun. A bolus; a dose.

noun. See under Armenian.

noun. Armenian bole.

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noun. The trunk or stem of a tree.

noun. the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

noun. a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

noun. a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa