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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THOLE, n.
1. A pin inserted into the gunwale of a boat, to keep the oar in the row-lock,when used in rowing.
2. The pin or handle of a sythe-snath.
THOLE, v.t. [L. tollo, tolero.]
To bear; to endure; to undergo.
THOLE, v.i. [supra.] To wait. [Local.]
THOLE, n. [L. tholus.] The roof of a temple. [Not used or local.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (tholed; tholing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tholian — more at tolerate Date: before 12th century chiefly dialect endure II. noun Etymology: Middle English tholle, from Old English thol; akin to Old Norse thollr fir tree, peg, Greek tylos knob, callus Date: before 12th century 1. either of a pair of pins set in the gunwale of a boat to hold an oar in place 2. peg, pin

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. (in full thole-pin) 1 a pin in the gunwale of a boat as the fulcrum for an oar. 2 each of two such pins forming a rowlock. Etymology: OE thol fir-tree, peg 2. v.tr. Sc. or archaic 1 undergo or suffer (pain, grief, etc.). 2 permit or admit of. Etymology: OE tholian f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thole Thole, v. i. To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thole Thole, n. [Written also thowel, and thowl.] [OE. thol, AS. [thorn]ol; akin to D. dol, Icel. [thorn]ollr a fir tree, a young fir, a tree, a thole.] 1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing. --Longfellow. 2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. Thole pin. Same as Thole.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thole Thole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tholed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tholing.] [OE. [thorn]olen, [thorn]olien, AS. [thorn]olian; akin to OS. thol[=o]n, OHG. dol[=e]n, G. geduld patience, dulden to endure, Icel. [thorn]ola, Sw. t[*a]la, Dan. taale, Goth. [thorn]ulan, L. tolerate, tulisse, to endure, bear, tollere to lift, bear, Gr. ? to bear, Skr. tul to lift. [root]55. Cf. Tolerate.] To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.] --Gower. So much woe as I have with you tholed. --Chaucer. To thole the winter's steely dribble. --Burns.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Dome, cupola, tholus.