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thole
1[ thohl ]
noun
- a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.
thole
2[ thohl ]
verb (used with object)
, Chiefly Scot.
, tholed, thol·ing.
- to suffer; bear; endure.
thole
1/ θəʊl /
thole
2/ ˈθəʊlˌpɪn; θəʊl /
noun
- a wooden pin or one of a pair, set upright in the gunwales of a rowing boat to serve as a fulcrum in rowing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thole1
before 900; Middle English tholle, Old English tholl; cognate with Low German dolle, Old Norse thollr; akin to Old Norse thǫll young fir-tree
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Word History and Origins
Origin of thole1
Old English tholian; related to Old Saxon, Old High German tholōn, Old Norse thola to endure: compare Latin tollere to bear up
Origin of thole2
Old English tholl, related to Middle Low German dolle, Norwegian toll, Icelandic thollr
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Example Sentences
I canna thole him, wi' his lang-nebbit words, explainin' an' expoundin' the gude Book as if it had jist come oot!
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So the boy was called Tweedie, and founded the great family of that name, whose legend was, “Thole and think.”
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I heard the creak of thole-pins as the rowers gave way, and the wash of oars as the boat shot off into the dark.
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His motto is Thole, and he gets too few opportunities of tholing.
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The folk round could thole them no longer, so they just up and burned the fort aboot their lugs.
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