Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of weight used in India, equal to the weight of one silver rupee (11.7 grams or 180 troy grains).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Peru, a native burial-mound.
- noun The fundamental unit of weight of the empire of India, by law precisely equal to 180 grains troy. It is about half a grain heavier than the old tola sicca.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
unit ofmass used inIndia , equal to the mass of asilver rupee coin, fixed at 180troy grains (11.663 8038grams ) in 1833, of a similar but slightly variable value before that date
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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According to forestry officials, five species known as tola, wenge, iroko, sapelli and limba account for close to 80 percent of the total timber exports in the country.
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The tola is a rupee's weight, or two-fifths of an ounce.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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The length and inclination of the _bast_ necessarily vary with the nature of the cliff, but as the Badi is remunerated at the rate of a rupee for every hundred cubits, hence termed a tola,
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Robert Vane Russell 1894
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In Concan they apply the juice to the hands and feet in fevers, giving at the same time a dose of one "tola" (6.80 grams) in sweetened water or milk.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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The resin of the trunk is a useful application to ulcers and in India they give it internally to cure la melena, the dose, one "tola" mixed with the same amount of _manga_ resin and a little lime water.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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But his idea of decoration goes in the direction of a plaster of "tola" pomatum over his body, and above all a hat.
Travels in West Africa Mary H. Kingsley 1881
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This is a volcanic district, set in a forest of palms, and of the tree called "tola," about two miles to the east of Turbaco.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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Silvia Rojo, president of EcoAndina, explained to Tierramérica that the people of the Puna region have traditionally used three types of plants for firewood: the "tola" bush, "queñoa" -
t r u t h o u t 2009
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Silvia Rojo, president of EcoAndina, explained to Tierramérica that the people of the Puna region have traditionally used three types of plants for firewood: the "tola" bush, "queñoa" -
IPS Inter Press Service Marcela Valente* <editors@ipsnews.net> 2009
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As reported in The N.Y. Times, "Tonga has decided against calling its new decimal currency unit the dollar because the native word tola also means a
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