Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thole pin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture: Same as
tholus ; sometimes, a vaulted niche, or recess in a temple, where votive offerings were suspended. - noun The scutcheon or knot at the center of a timber vault.
- noun A pin inserted in the gunwale of a boat, or in a similar position, to act as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
- noun The pin or handle of a scythe-snath.
- noun A cart-pin.
- noun Patience; endurance; tolerance.
- To bear; undergo; sustain; put up with; stand.
- To experience; feel; suffer.
- To tolerate; permit; allow.
- To admit of; afford.
- To give freely.
- To endure grief, pain, misfortune, etc.; suffer.
- To be patient or tolerant; bear (with); be indulgent.
- To wait; stay; remain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Obs. or Scot. To bear; to endure; to undergo.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. & Scot. To wait.
- noun A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
- noun The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
- noun Same as
Thole .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
pin in the side of aboat which acts as a fulcrum for theoars - verb intransitive To
suffer . - verb transitive, Northern England To
endure , totolerate , to put up with.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Monthly Review 1776
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… this is good … i like the idea of thole starting the season in Triple-A, where he can work on catching big-league quality pitching, under the tutelage of Chris Coste … the question now is, what happens to Omir Santos … will he or Shawn Riggans end up being traded … and, if so, to whom and for what …
MetsBlog.com Matthew Cerrone 2010
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Finally. gaustad sh! thole, meaning the entire city of Buffalo, not your little neighborhood.
Buffalo Rising 2008
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UN International Sh! thole of the year, 40 years running.
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Shut your lying sh! thole and work with our president!
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In 100 years, the entire territory of Jew-Free Palestine will be the same kind of s – thole that Gaza is today.
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After the federal Tory cabinet minister swore at Charlottetown airport security personnel and said theyâd cause her to be âstuck in this s–thole,â an anonymous resident got revenge for the city by publicizing her outburst in a letter, forcing her to apologize.
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Then away they rowed, so hard and fast, that well-nigh the half of the keel slipped away from the ship, and so hard they laid on to the oars that thole and gunwale brake.
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"Ho! some of you catch up chance spars, break up the benches, or snatch the oar-blade from the thole, and beat out the brains of these our foreign foes."
Helen 2008
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"Ho! some of you catch up chance spars, break up the benches, or snatch the oar-blade from the thole, and beat out the brains of these our foreign foes."
Helen 2008
glenhaven commented on the word thole
In Nova Scotia the wooden pins used as oarlocks in dories and mackerel flats are set into the tholes and are pronounced "tullpins".
February 16, 2011
yarb commented on the word thole
"...those Stalinist crimes imputed to you by your most ardent admirers and which the intelligently decent have NEVER been able to thole."
- Alasdair gray, 1982, Janine.
November 26, 2011