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Bole \Bole\, n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b[*a]l,
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 \Bole\, n. [Etym. doubtful.]
An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house,
for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.
[Scot.]
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Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the
right Lord Geraldin. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Bole \Bole\, n.
A measure. See {Boll}, n., 2. --Mortimer.
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Bole \Bole\, n. [Gr. ? a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and
also L. bolus morsel. Cf. {Bolus}.]
1. 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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2. A bolus; a dose. --Coleridge.
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{Armenian bole}. See under {Armenian}.

{Bole Armoniac}, or {Armoniak}, Armenian bole. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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Boll \Boll\, n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See {Bowl} a
vessel.]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a
pericarp of a globular form.
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2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it
contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and
potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs.
avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.
[Sometimes spelled {bole}.]
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Clay \Clay\ (kl[=a]), n. [AS. cl[=ae]g; akin to LG. klei, D.
klei, and perh. to AS. cl[=a]m clay, L. glus, gluten glue,
Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. {Clog}.]
1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the
hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is
the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part,
of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime,
magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often
present as impurities.
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2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the
elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human
body as formed from such particles.
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I also am formed out of the clay. --Job xxxiii.
6.
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The earth is covered thick with other clay,
Which her own clay shall cover. --Byron.
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{Bowlder clay}. See under {Bowlder}.

{Brick clay}, the common clay, containing some iron, and
therefore turning red when burned.

{Clay cold}, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate.

{Clay ironstone}, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or
carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand.

{Clay marl}, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay.

{Clay mill}, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug
mill.

{Clay pit}, a pit where clay is dug.

{Clay slate} (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite.

{Fatty clays}, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical
compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as {halloysite},
{bole}, etc.

{Fire clay}, a variety of clay, entirely free from lime,
iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for
fire brick.

{Porcelain clay}, a very pure variety, formed directly from
the decomposition of feldspar, and often called {kaolin}.


{Potter's clay}, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.
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