bole (n.)

  1. a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)

  2. the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

    [ Syn: trunk , tree trunk ]

  3. a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa

    [ Syn: bole , bolanci ]

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