BOLE

bole. Bole, n. a measure of six bushels, stem of a tree, an earth, viscid, soft, friable and slightly astingent

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Bole (�), n. [[OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. bål, Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. Bulge.]] The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it. Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. Tennyson.