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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOLE, n. [See Deal.]
1. The act of dealing or distributing; as the power of dole and donative. [Not in use.]
2. That which is dealt or distributed; a part, share or portion.
3. That which is given in charity; gratuity.
4. Blows dealt out.
5. Boundary. [Not in use.]
6. A void space left in tillage. [Local.]
DOLE, n. [L., pain, grief.] Grief; sorrow.
DOLE, v.t. To deal; to distribute. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
2: money received from the state [syn: dole, pogy, pogey]

Merriam Webster's

I. biographical name Robert Joseph 1923- American politician II. biographical name Sanford Ballard 1844-1926 American jurist; president (1894-1900) & governor (1900-03) of Hawaii

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English d?l portion — more at deal Date: before 12th century 1. archaic one's allotted share, portion, or destiny 2. a. (1) a giving or distribution of food, money, or clothing to the needy (2) a grant of government funds to the unemployed b. something distributed at intervals to the needy; also handout 1 c. something portioned out bit by bit II. transitive verb (doled; doling) Date: 15th century to give or distribute as a charity — usually used with out III. noun Etymology: Middle English dol, from Anglo-French duel, dol, from Late Latin dolus, alteration of Latin dolor Date: 13th century archaic grief, sorrow

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 (usu. prec. by the) Brit. colloq. benefit claimable by the unemployed from the State. 2 a charitable distribution. b a charitable (esp. sparing, niggardly) gift of food, clothes, or money. 3 archaic one's lot or destiny. --v.tr. (usu. foll. by out) deal out sparingly. Phrases and idioms: dole-bludger Austral. sl. one who allegedly prefers the dole to work. on the dole Brit. colloq. receiving State benefit for the unemployed. Etymology: OE dal f. Gmc 2. n. poet. grief, woe; lamentation. Etymology: ME f. OF do(e)l etc. f. pop.L dolus f. L dolere grieve

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dole Dole, n. [AS. d[=a]l portion; same word as d?l. See Deal.] 1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment. At her general dole, Each receives his ancient soul. -- Cleveland. 2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dole Dole, n. [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.] grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic] And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat. -- Tennyson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dole Dole, n. [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law) See Dolus.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dole Dole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Doled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doling.] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him. --De Quincey.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. The dole or dole is money that is given regularly by the government to people who are unemployed. (BRIT; in AM, usually use welfare) = benefit N-UNCOUNT: also the N 2. Someone who is on the dole is registered as unemployed and receives money from the government. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use on welfare) It's not easy living on the dole. PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Apportionment, allotment, distribution. 2. Part, share, portion. 3. Gift, gratuity, donation, pittance, alms. 4. Grief, sorrow, distress, woe, affliction.

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