Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lacquered or enameled metalware, usually gilded and elaborately painted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
toll , toll. - noun A Middle English form of
tool .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable A decorative
metalware having alacquered orenamelled surface that ispainted orgilded - noun uncommon
tola (unit of mass) - verb To
entice . - verb To
allure . - verb To
attract .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I got hold of my papa and mamma, an 'tole 'em to ask God to make 'em good, an' he'd do it; an 'took hold of my little mate July,
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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Jordon, an 'de Yankees come an' he treated 'em from whiskey he had in a bottle, an 'tole 'em he had no more.
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"I jes 'tole' um," he said, "to send for Dr. Brooks, and he'd beat the devil gettin 'to me."
Mistress Anne Temple Bailey 1906
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I got hold of my papa and mamma, an 'tole 'em to ask God to make 'em good, an' he'd do it; an 'took hold of my little mate July,
A Woman's Life-Work Haviland, Laura S 1881
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'bout my age, an 'tole' im he mus 'pray, an' I'd pray for 'im.
A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Laura S. Haviland
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"tole" her down the required way if she showed a tendency to run in another direction.
The Woodlanders Thomas Hardy 1884
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'bout my age, an 'tole' im he mus 'pray, an' I'd pray for 'im.
A Woman's Life-Work Haviland, Laura S 1881
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"tole" painting - decorative folk art on tin and wooden utensils, objects and furniture.
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"'Young mas'r,' she said, 'tole' her she had to run away, taking the baby of course.
The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights
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But on the way 'ome, as I tellt yer, I met Hastings, an' tole '_im_, an' then give 'im notice. "
Harvest Humphry Ward 1885
knleeds commented on the word tole
To tole at Google Books in the Dictionary of Newfoundland English.
February 27, 2011
AnWulf commented on the word tole
To entice
And thus the young soldier is to be train’d on to the warfare of life; ... that more things be not represented as dangerous than really are so; and then, that whatever you observe him to be more frighted at than he should, you be sure to tole him on to by insensible degrees ... - "Some Thoughts Concerning Education"
To lure
It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
September 14, 2011