Definition of pole

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Pole (n.) Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole..

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Standard :: Standard (n.) An upright support, as one of the poles of a scaffold; any upright in framing..
Perch :: Perch (n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
Polary :: Polary (a.) Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.
Wiggle :: Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water..
Polemist :: Polemist (n.) A polemic.
Colure :: Colure (n.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90ยก from the former, and is called the solstitial colure..
Polaris :: Polaris (n.) The polestar. See North star, under North..
Metamorphosis :: Metamorphosis (n.) A change in the form or function of a living organism, by a natural process of growth or development; as, the metamorphosis of the yolk into the embryo, of a tadpole into a frog, or of a bud into a blossom. Especially, that form of sexual reproduction in which an embryo undergoes a series of marked changes of external form, as the chrysalis stage, pupa stage, etc., in insects. In these intermediate stages sexual reproduction is usually impossible, but they ultimately pass into
Lug :: Lug (n.) A measure of length, being 16/ feet; a rod, pole, or perch..
Polish :: Polish (n.) The language of the Poles.
Fiddler :: Fiddler (n.) The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); -- so called because it continually oscillates its body.
Spiral :: Spiral (a.) A plane curve, not reentrant, described by a point, called the generatrix, moving along a straight line according to a mathematical law, while the line is revolving about a fixed point called the pole. Cf. Helix..
Wigwam :: Wigwam (n.) An Indian cabin or hut, usually of a conical form, and made of a framework of poles covered with hides, bark, or mats; -- called also tepee..
Cowl :: Cowl (n.) A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water..
Glaive :: Glaive (n.) A weapon formerly used, consisting of a large blade fixed on the end of a pole, whose edge was on the outside curve; also, a light lance with a long sharp-pointed head..
Caducous :: Caducous () Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole..
Rood :: Rood (n.) A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a perch; a pole.
Beam :: Beam (n.) The pole of a carriage.
Meridian :: Meridian (a.) A great circle of the sphere passing through the poles of the heavens and the zenith of a given place. It is crossed by the sun at midday.
Pole :: Pole (n.) See Polarity, and Polar, n..
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