tole

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tole has 1 sense

tole(n = noun.artifact) Array - enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century; "the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing"

is a kind of

metalware

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CIDE DICTIONARY

tole, v. t. [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. Toll to ring a bell.].

To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. [1913 Webster]

"Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty." [1913 Webster]

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