Alepole :: Alepole (n.) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.

Antipole :: Antipole (n.) The opposite pole; anything diametrically opposed.

Bibliopole :: Bibliopole (n.) One who sells books.

Counterpole :: Counterpole (n.) The exact opposite.

Imp-pole :: Imp-pole (n.) A pole for supporting a scaffold.

Maypole :: Maypole (n.) A tall pole erected in an open place and wreathed with flowers, about which the rustic May-day sports were had..

Metropole :: Metropole (n.) A metropolis.

Monopoler :: Monopoler (n.) A monopolist.

Napoleon :: Napoleon (n.) A French gold coin of twenty francs, or about $3.86..

Napoleonic :: Napoleonic (a.) Of or pertaining to Napoleon I., or his family; resembling, or having the qualities of, Napoleon I..

Napoleonist :: Napoleonist (n.) A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

Philopolemic :: Philopolemic (a.) Alt. of Philopolemica.

Philopolemical :: Philopolemical (a.) Fond of polemics or controversy.

Pole :: Pole (n.) A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

Pole :: Pole (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which clim

Pole :: Pole (n.) A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5/ yards, or a square measure equal to 30/ square yards; a rod; a perch..

Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops..

Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn..

Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat..

Pole :: Pole (v. t.) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole..

Pole :: Pole (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole..

Pole :: Pole (n.) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian..

Pole :: Pole (n.) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle..

Pole :: Pole (n.) The firmament; the sky.

Pole :: Pole (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n..

Poleax :: Poleax (n.) Alt. of Poleax.

Poleaxe :: Poleaxe (n.) Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel..

Polecat :: Polecat (n.) A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret..

Polecat :: Polecat (n.) The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Poled :: Poled (imp. & p. p.) of Pol.

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