tole

See also: tôle and tőle

English

Etymology 1

From French tôle ‎(“sheet iron”), from dialect French taule ‎(“table”), from Latin tabula

Noun

tole ‎(plural toles)

1. (uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded
2. (uncommon) tola (unit of mass)

Etymology 2

From Old English stem *tyll, related to betyllan ‎(“to allure”) and fortyllan ‎(“to seduce”).

Alternative forms

• toll (Etymology 3)

Verb

tole ‎(third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen)

1. To entice.

   It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...

   • 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 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 repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible Degrees, till he at laſt, quitting his Fears, maſters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applauſe.

2. To allure.
3. To attract.

Anagrams

• ELOT
• Leto
• LOTE