[from the German kohl]. Colewort or sea-kale; a plant in its wild state peculiar to the sea-coast.
·noun A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; ·esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coles...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Money. Post the cole: pay down the money. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
, keal pottage or broth made of cabbage. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
New money, or medals. ...
A name for the cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
1) A lane leading south out of Upper Thames Street at No. 92 to the Thames at Cole Harbour Stairs, i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
At the south end of Coleharbour in Dowgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Elmes, 1831). The wharf seems to hav...
On the south side of Knightrider Street, near its junction with Queen Victoria Street, in Queenhithe...
A putter off, or utterer, of bad money. ...
A maker of bad money. ...
On the north side of the church, in the wall thereof (S. 18). Made about 1583. £700 given by Barnard...