cole

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  1. noun See kale.

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  • Four bags of green stuff -- cole slaw, ordinary lettuce, spinach -- plus green peppers and cucumbers. —  prairiemary
  • CINE: PREDICTIONS: Pour fêter l'anniversaire d'une école, une cérémonie es … —  DVDRAMA : Les News
  • The cole-slaw was a different variation than I am used to, but still tasty. —  newsleader.com -
  • It's realy nice. when we read on school then i thought why the burning cole is colorful but today it clear —  LearnHub Activities
  • Towards the end of the last century Horse radish was known in England as Red cole, and in the previous century it was eaten habitually at table, sliced, with vinegar Infused in wine the root stimulates the whole nervous system, and promotes perspiration, whilst acting likewise as a diuretic. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English col, from Old English cāl, from Latin caulis, cabbage.

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  1. = English dial. cale = Scots kale, kail, from Middle English cole, cool, col, also cale, cal, caul, from Anglo-Saxon cāwel, contr. cāul (cf. English soul, from Anglo-Saxon sāwel), = Middle Dutch koole, Dutch kool = Middle Low German kōl, Low German kōl, kaul = Old High German kōl, also chōlo, chola, Middle High German kole, German kohl = Icelandic kāl = Swedish kål = Danish kaal = Welsh cawl = Breton kaol = Old French chol, French chou = Provencal caul = Spanish col = Portuguese couve = Italian cavolo, from Latin caulis, later colis, cabbage, cabbage-stalk, also prob. the stalk or stem of any plant, = Greek καυλός, a stalk; orig. a hollow stem, akin to Greek κοῖλος, hollow, and L. cavus, hollow: see cale, kale, cave, ceil, n., cœlo-, etc.; and cf. cauliflower, caulis, etc., and cabbage.
  2. from Icelandic kollr, a top, a head, a heap.
 

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