tolan.¹

Brit.

/ˈtəʊlə/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊlə/

Forms: Also 1600s tolla; anglicized tole, toll; 1800s tolah.

Etymology: < Hindi tola < Sanskrit tuˈlā balance, scale, weight, < tul- to weigh.

East India.

An East Indian weight, chiefly used for gold or silver, varying at different times and places; (from 1833) in British dominions fixed at 180 grains (the weight of the rupee). Also, a coin of this weight.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent

fanam1555

St. Thomas' coin1559

pardao1582

seraphin1582

chequina1587

pagody1588

pagoda1598

tanga1598

mahmudi1612

rupee1612

mohur1614

tola1614

lakh1615

picec1617

sicca rupee1619

rupee1678

anna1680

cash1711

R1711

star pagoda1741

pie1756

sicca1757

dam1781

dub1781

hun1807

swamy-pagoda1813

chick1842

re1856

paisa1884

naya paisa1956

poisha1974

1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) v. xvii. 544 Euery Tole is a Rupia of siluer, and tenne of those Toles is the value of one of golde.

1618 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 47 52½ tole make a seere of 30 pices.

1683 W. Hedges Diary 28 Apr. (1887) I. 83 They..tooke from them 4 or 5 tolas upon a Seer, over weight, on all their Silk brought into y^e Warehouse.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 18 All Gold and Silver is weighed by the Tole.

1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 45/1 Each of these persons shall pay a fixed revenue of a tola of gold to the Rajah.

1803 Greville in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 203 (note) A tolah is about 180 grains, Troy weight.

1895 19th Cent. Aug. 255 I placed a piece of gold, weighing a tola, on his lap.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tolan.²

Brit.

/ˈtəʊlə/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊlə/

Etymology: < ntola, name used in Zaïre.

= agba n.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > agba

tola1897

agba1908

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. iii. 58 The Bubi... His idea of decoration goes in the direction of a plaster of ‘tola’ pomatum over his body.

1959 Archit. Rev. 126 313 The table top and chair seats are covered with black imitation leather; the chair backs are of tola.

1962 House & Garden Jan. 45/2 (caption) 3-drawer desk in tola wood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tola
释义	tolan.¹ Brit. /ˈtəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈtoʊlə/ Forms: Also 1600s tolla; anglicized tole, toll; 1800s tolah. Etymology: < Hindi tola < Sanskrit tuˈlā balance, scale, weight, < tul- to weigh. East India. An East Indian weight, chiefly used for gold or silver, varying at different times and places; (from 1833) in British dominions fixed at 180 grains (the weight of the rupee). Also, a coin of this weight. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > coins of Indian subcontinent fanam1555 St. Thomas' coin1559 pardao1582 seraphin1582 chequina1587 pagody1588 pagoda1598 tanga1598 mahmudi1612 rupee1612 mohur1614 tola1614 lakh1615 picec1617 sicca rupee1619 rupee1678 anna1680 cash1711 R1711 star pagoda1741 pie1756 sicca1757 dam1781 dub1781 hun1807 swamy-pagoda1813 chick1842 re1856 paisa1884 naya paisa1956 poisha1974 1614 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (ed. 2) v. xvii. 544 Euery Tole is a Rupia of siluer, and tenne of those Toles is the value of one of golde. 1618 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 47 52½ tole make a seere of 30 pices. 1683 W. Hedges Diary 28 Apr. (1887) I. 83 They..tooke from them 4 or 5 tolas upon a Seer, over weight, on all their Silk brought into y^e Warehouse. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant iii. 18 All Gold and Silver is weighed by the Tole. 1801 Asiatic Ann. Reg. 1800 Misc. Tracts 45/1 Each of these persons shall pay a fixed revenue of a tola of gold to the Rajah. 1803 Greville in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 93 203 (note) A tolah is about 180 grains, Troy weight. 1895 19th Cent. Aug. 255 I placed a piece of gold, weighing a tola, on his lap. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tolan.² Brit. /ˈtəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈtoʊlə/ Etymology: < ntola, name used in Zaïre. = agba n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > agba tola1897 agba1908 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. iii. 58 The Bubi... His idea of decoration goes in the direction of a plaster of ‘tola’ pomatum over his body. 1959 Archit. Rev. 126 313 The table top and chair seats are covered with black imitation leather; the chair backs are of tola. 1962 House & Garden Jan. 45/2 (caption) 3-drawer desk in tola wood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1614n.²1897
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