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A long pole, which acted as a lever, was placed on a post; at the end of the pole was a chair, in which the culprit was seated; and by ropes at the other end of the lever or pole, the culprit was elevated or dipped in the water at the mercy of the wretches who had taken upon themselves the task of executing punishment.

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  1. noun Either extremity of an axis through a sphere.
  2. noun Either of the regions contiguous to the extremities of the earth's rotational axis, the North Pole or the South Pole.
  3. noun Physics A magnetic pole.
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  • Then one can only spot them by a long pole projecting from the front of the house; this pole is the barrel of their gun. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • This pole was a long alum-ceramic arm from some mechtech, caught in Y-sticks at the ends.
  • We want to do somethin' to leave our mark in the world, so we'll be remembered after we're in Davy Jones's locker This explorin' v'yage under the pole is our bid for fame, matey. —  004 - The Polar Treasure
  • On the pole is the No. 62 Risi Competizione Ferrari, with a time of 1: 12.892 (Jaime Melo). —  Motorsport.com: news
  • The mythical Northwest Passage over the pole is mythical no more, but the polar bear soon may be. —  The Somerville News Blog
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rod ·  stick ·  wire ·  rope ·  shaft ·  beam ·  frame ·  timber ·  trunk ·  rail ·  wheel ·  log

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin polus, from Greek polos, axis, sky; see kwel-1 in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English, from Old English pāl, from Latin pālus, stake; see pag- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English pole, from Anglo-Saxon pāl, a pole, = OFries. pāl, pēl = Dutch paal = Middle Low German pāl = Old High German phāl, Middle High German phāl, pfāl, German pfahl = Icelandic pāll = Swedish påle = Danish pæl, a pale, post, stake, =Old French pal(later ME.pal, pale, E.pale),F. pal = Sp.palo = Portuguese pao, pau = Italian palo, a stake, stick, from Latin pālus, a stake, pale, prop, stay: see pale, from the same Latin source, derived through Old French
  2. from pole, n.
  3. from Middle English pol = Dutch pool = G. Swedish Danish pol, from OF.pol, French pôle = Spanish Portuguese Italian polo, from Latin polus, from Greek πόλος, a pivot, hinge, axis, pole, from πέλειν, πέλεσθαι, be in motion ; prob. of like root with κέλεσθαι, urge on, κέλλειν, drive on, L. -cellere in percellere, urge on, impel, strike, beat down, etc.
 

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