Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete or dialectal form of spool. Specifically
  • noun The small wheel near the distaff in the common spinning-wheel.

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Examples

  • It was interesting and each week really spole about what's going on.

    The 2007 EMMY Nominations | the TV addict 2007

  • So many people count on their social security to survive~ I do not see Joe as not in the know and maybe quite a bit selfish and I beleive he was misleading when he spole to Obama!

    Joe the Plumber vs. Colin Powell 2008

  • As she spole, Katrinka saw the Czar take the hand of the Czarina and holding it very high, come slowly towards them.

    Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child 1915

  • The bitch was annoyed that I spole up, and other travelers began to heckle me for saying anything, since a little white girl (about ten) was alone.

    Brad Ideas - Comments Anonymous 2010

  • The bitch was annoyed that I spole up, and other travelers began to heckle me for saying anything, since a little white girl (about ten) was alone.

    Brad Ideas - Comments Those Griffins 2010

  • Government authorities also offered Gerónimo a Tsotsil interpreter instead one that spole Tseltal; he also signed a confession without understanding what it said.

    The NarcoSphere - 2009

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