Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as bole, 1.

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Examples

  • I hae news to tell ye, and ye'll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon's crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole. ''

    Rob Roy 1887

  • Ye'll cool and come to yoursel, like MacGibbon's crowdy when he set it oot at the window-bole.

    The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

  • Odd, but I put a trick on ye, for I was out at the window-bole when your auld back was turned, and awa down by to hae a baff at the popinjay, and I shot within twa on't.

    Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

  • Odd, but I put a trick on ye, for I was out at the window-bole when your auld back was turned, and awa down by to hae a baff at the popinjay, and I shot within twa on't.

    Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • I hae news to tell ye, and ye’ll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon’s crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole.”

    Rob Roy 2005

  • Odd, but I put a trick on ye, for I was out at the window-bole when your auld back was turned, and awa down by to hae a baff at the popinjay, and I shot within twa on’t.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • I hae news to tell ye, and ye'll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon's crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole. "

    Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • I hae news to tell ye, and ye'll cool and come to yourself, like MacGibbon's crowdy, when he set it out at the window-bole. "

    Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

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