Definition of bole

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Bole (n.) Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba..

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Obole :: Obole (n.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple..
Tribolet :: Tribolet (n.) A tapering mandrel.
Bolero :: Bolero (n.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it..
Scibboleth :: Scibboleth (n.) Shibboleth.
Boley :: Boley (n.) Alt. of Boly.
Soboliferous :: Soboliferous (a.) Producing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.
Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..
Exaggeration :: Exaggeration (n.) The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement..
Amphibole :: Amphibole (n.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constit
Rocambole :: Rocambole (n.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and A. Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot..
Smaragdite :: Smaragdite (n.) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro..
Hornblende :: Hornblende (n.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species..
Uralite :: Uralite (n.) Amphibole resulting from the alternation of pyroxene by paramorphism. It is not uncommon in massive eruptive rocks.
Bolar :: Bolar (a.) Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.
Hypobole :: Hypobole (n.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order..
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A sucker, as of tree or shrub..
Bole :: Bole (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it..
Amphibolic :: Amphibolic (a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
Meiosis :: Meiosis (n.) Diminution; a species of hyperbole, representing a thing as being less than it really is..
Rokambole :: Rokambole (n.) See Rocambole.
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