tole

noun, verb — 3 senses

tole

noun

US /tol/

Etymology From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.

1

A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.

tole

verb

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

1

Archaic To entice; to allure or attract.

It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
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.1693, John Locke, “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, in The works of John Locke Esq, volume III, published 1797, page 52:

tole

noun

1

Uncommon A tola (unit of mass).

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