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Tole vs Tome - What's the difference?

tole | tome |

As a noun tole

is sheet metal or tole can be .

As a proper noun tome is

thomas (given name).

tole

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded
  • (uncommon) tola (unit of mass)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) stem *tyll, related to .

    Alternative forms

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    Verb

  • To entice.
    • It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
  • * 1693 , '', 1797, ''The works of John Locke Esq , Volume III, page 52,
    • And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repre?ented as dangerous than really are ?o ; and then, that whatever you ob?erve him to be more frighted at than he ?hould, you be ?ure to tole him on to by in?en?ible Degrees, till he at la?t, quitting his Fears, ma?ters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applau?e.
  • To allure.
  • To attract.

    • Anagrams

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    tome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One in a series of volumes.
  • A large or scholarly book.
    • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.

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