Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal form of
dole . - An obsolete or dialectal form of
dole .
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Examples
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The name comes from the after deck section on Roman ships, (puppim – pronounced “poopim”) where small statues or sacred images (puppis – meaning dool or statue) of gods were kept.
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May dool and sorrow be his chance and a 'the ills that come frae France
Tullochgorum (2) 1996
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May dool and sorrow be his chance and a 'the ills that come frae France
Tullochgorum 1996
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May dool and sorrow be his chance, dool and sorrow, dool and sorrow
Tullochgorum 1996
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May dool and sorrow be his chance, dool and sorrow, dool and sorrow
Tullochgorum (2) 1996
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A prickle's at my skin that tells me here is dool, and
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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But dool, dool the fa ', when shakes the clay shielin',
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Ther's dool i 'the kitchin, and mirth i' the ha ',
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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But the captain wadna hark to my rede when I tauld him naught but dool wad cooin o 'taking
Richard Carvel — Volume 04 Winston Churchill 1909
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But the captain wadna hark to my rede when I tauld him naught but dool wad cooin o 'taking
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
Gammerstang commented on the word dool
(noun) - A boundary mark in an unenclosed field. It is often a low post, thence called a dool-post; from Anglo-Saxon dælan. --Rev. Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830
February 12, 2018