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Bol vs Bole - What's the difference?

bol | bole |

As a symbol bol

is the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for bolivia.

As a verb bole is

.

bol

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(-)
  • (lb) bolognese
  • Derived terms
    * spag bol

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • excrescence on the trunk of a tree usually covering a knot
  • bole

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bolr, akin to Danish bul and German .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The trunk or stem of a tree.
  • * Tennyson
  • Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean.
  • * 1908 ,
  • A fine powder filled the air and caressed the cheek with a tingle in its touch, and the black boles of the trees showed up in a light that seemed to come from below.
  • (Scotland) An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, for giving air or light.
  • (Scotland) A small closet.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • Open the bole wi' speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin.

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) : compare (etyl) bol.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.
  • (obsolete) A bolus; a dose.
  • (Coleridge)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (old unit of measure)
  • (Mortimer)

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