1) to brook or endure. Derb. Thole a while ; i. e. stay a while. Chaucer has THOLED for suffered. Ab A. S. THOLIAN, of the same signification.
2) to afford.
·vi To <<Wait>>. II. Thole ·noun The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. III. Thole ·noun A wooden ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[from the Anglo-Saxon thol]. Certain pins in the gunwale of a boat, instead of the rowlock-poppets, ...
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