Bole (&unr_;), 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.
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Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. Tennyson.
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Bole, n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2. Mortimer.
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