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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Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii..
Pargasite :: Pargasite (n.) A dark green aluminous variety of amphibole, or hornblende..
Antimetabole :: Antimetabole (n.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A sucker, as of tree or shrub..
Ecbole :: Ecbole (n.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words.
Auxesis :: Auxesis (n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Bolero :: Bolero (n.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it..
Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..
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..
Bilection :: Bilection (n.) That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.
Glaucophane :: Glaucophane (n.) A mineral of a dark bluish color, related to amphibole. It is characteristic of certain crystalline rocks..
Bole :: Bole (n.) A measure. See Boll, n., 2..
Bole :: Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet..
Shibboleth :: Shibboleth (n.) Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase..
Boletic :: Boletic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus..
Amphibolic :: Amphibolic (a.) Of or resembling the mineral amphibole.
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..
Hyperbolism :: Hyperbolism (n.) The use of hyperbole.
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