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Thole
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. Longfellow.
2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. Thole pin. Same as Thole.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] Gower. So much woe as I have with you tholed. Chaucer. To thole the winter's steely dribble. Burns.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]