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Thole  v. t.  (past & past part. tholed; pres. part. tholing)  To bear; to endure; to undergo. (Obs. or Scot.) "So much woe as I have with you tholed." "To thole the winter's steely dribble."






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"Thole" Quotes from Famous Books



... will!" said he, when I had told him. "Weel may yon boatie row, or my craig'll have to thole a raxing." ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... this she lived not unmerrily; for the earth was her friend, and solaced her when she had suffered aught: withal she was soon grown hardy as well as strong; and evil she could thole, nor let it ...
— The Water of the Wondrous Isles • William Morris

... interrupted David, "I'm no laid low yet, though the Lun'on folk hae done their best to bring me t' that condeetion. My name's Laid-law, laddie. Freen's ca' me David, an' ye may do the same; but for ony sake dinna use that English Daivid. I canna thole that. Use the lang, braid, Bible a. But ...
— The Garret and the Garden • R.M. Ballantyne

... "I canna thole to ask the colonel, puir man, to lose his nicht's rest, an' I'm no ower sure o' his man. Sae, the granther an' I'll watch till it's twal', if you wi' Timotheus 'll relieve us till two i' the mornin'. ...
— Two Knapsacks - A Novel of Canadian Summer Life • John Campbell

... launched their boat, forsook the Iris, and began to row off as fast as they could. The Badger called to them—among whom was a man named Albert Hugnet—ordering them under pain of being shot to come alongside the cutter. They replied that they were coming, but that they could not find their thole-pins, saying that they had only two oars on one side and one oar on the other. This was said in English, and was obviously a mere excuse to gain time. Meanwhile the cutter's galley and men had come alongside the ...
— King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 • E. Keble Chatterton



Words linked to "Thole" :   holder, dinghy, peg, tholepin, dory, pin, rowboat



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