Definition of bole

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Bole (n.) 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..

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Scibboleth :: Scibboleth (n.) Shibboleth.
Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii..
Gamboled :: Gamboled (imp. & p. p.) of Gambo.
Bole :: Bole (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it..
Obole :: Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple..
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Tremolite :: Tremolite (n.) A white variety of amphibole, or hornblende, occurring in long, bladelike crystals, and coarsely fibrous masses..
Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..
Boletic :: Boletic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus..
Meiosis :: Meiosis (n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is..
Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..
Hypobole :: Hypobole (n.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order..
Ecbole :: Ecbole (n.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.
Bole :: Bole (n.) A measure. See Boll, n., 2..
Triblet :: Triblet (n.) Alt. of Tribole.
Boletus :: Boletus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous..
Amphibolic :: Amphibolic (a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
Parembole :: Parembole (n.) A kind of parenthesis.
Rocambole :: Rocambole (n.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot..
Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase..
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