bole1
/bəʊl
/noun
The trunk of a tree.Many larger trees showed cankered boles and parasite-bloated boughs....
- Having maneuvered through the boles of the blue trees of the grove and into the open plain beyond, Saffron and Hawk decided to head off in the direction of a grassy hillock they spotted about a kilometer away.
- A few dead boles of tree stood scattered across the infertile land as the child faded from view, though not from distance.
Origin
Middle English: from Old Norse bolr; perhaps related to balk.
Rhymes
bole2
/bəʊl/noun [mass noun]
A fine, smooth, reddish clay containing iron oxide, used especially as a ground for oil painting and gilding.After polishing to achieve a smooth skin, a reddish or pink bole is applied and this is polished again....
- Petrovich also makes frames out of lead, steel, iron or bole finishes.
- The earliest are a restrained palette of blues, whites, then a touch of sage-green, manganese purple, and finally the sealing-wax red of Armenian bole.
Origin
Middle English: from late Latin bolus 'rounded mass' (see bolus).
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- partouse
- partouze
- part-own
- part-owner
- part-ownership
- part pay
- part payment
- part playing
- part publication
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- partridgeberry
- partridge bird
- partridge-breast
- partridge-breasted aloe
- partridge cane
- partridge dance
- partridge dove