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dole

doʊl
WordNet
View of the city of Dole taken by the French troops under Louis XIV. The army enters the city via a bridge over the moat. On the other side of the canal is a carriage with Louis XIV and his queen. In a frame with weaponry and laurel wreaths. Above the scene, a cartouche showing the outline of the fortified town of Dole and the course of the Doubs River.
View of the city of Dole taken by the French troops under Louis XIV. The army enters the city via a bridge over the moat. On the other side of the canal is a carriage with Louis XIV and his queen. In a frame with weaponry and laurel wreaths. Above the scene, a cartouche showing the outline of the fortified town of Dole and the course of the Doubs River.
  1. (n) dole
    money received from the state
  2. (n) dole
    a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
Bob Dole is 10 years older than the Empire State Building.
  1. Dole
    A boundary; a landmark.
  2. Dole
    A void space left in tillage.
  3. Dole
    (Scots Law) See Dolus.
  4. Dole
    That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.
  5. Dole
    dōl To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. "The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) dole
    A part apportioned or divided out; portion; share; lot; fortune: same as deal
  2. (n) dole
    In mining, one of the shares or parts into which a parcel of ore is divided for distribution among the various persons to whom it belongs.
  3. (n) dole
    A portion of money, food, or other things distributed in charity; what is given in charity; alms; gratuity.
  4. (n) dole
    The act of dealing out or distributing: as, the power of dole and donative.
  5. dole
    To give in portions or small quantities, as alms to the poor; apportion; distribute; deal: commonly with out: often implying that what is distributed is limited in quantity or is given grudgingly.
  6. (n) dole
    Grief; sorrow; lamentation; mourning.
  7. (n) dole
    Specifically The moaning of doves.
  8. (n) dole
    In falconry, a flock of turtle-doves.
  9. (n) dole
    In Scots law, malevolent intention; malice.
  10. (n) dole
    A boundary; a landmark.
  11. (n) dole
    The goal in a game.
  12. (n) dole
    A strip of land left unplowed between two plowed portions; a broad balk.
  13. (n) dole
    A part or portion of a meadow in which several persons have shares. See dole-meadow.
  14. (n) dole
    A low flat place.
  15. dole
    To pare and thin (leather or skins).
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Dole
    dōl to deal out in small portions
  2. (n) Dole
    a share distributed: something given in charity: a small portion
  3. (n) Dole
    dōl pain: grief:
  4. (n) Dole
    dōl (arch. and poet.) heaviness at heart
Idioms

On the dole - (UK) Someone receiving financial assistance when unemployed is on the dole.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir, to suffer, fr. L. dolere,; perh. akin to dolare, to hew

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary O. Fr. doel (Fr. deuil), grief—L. dolēre, to feel pain.

Usage in the news

Former presidential nominee Dole in hospital: media reports. courant.com

Former presidential nominee Bob Dole . courant.com

Former GOP senator and presidential nominee Bob Dole has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. globalpost.com

The Gory Details on Dole Food's Double Miss. money.cnn.com

Dole Food Co Inc Stock Downgraded ( DOLE ). money.cnn.com

Shareholders are scheduled to vote next month on Dole Food Co. Inc.'s pending $1.7 billion sale of two of its divisions to a Japanese trading company. venturacountystar.com

Former Senator Dole meets, inspires Milwaukee's WWII vets. 620wtmj.com

Raley's worker says more cuts will put him on the dole . sacbee.com

FTC Won't Block Sale of Dole Operations. labusinessjournal.com

Richard Dole , 90, of Iowa Falls, passed away Saturday, Nov 3, 2012, at Scenic Manor, Iowa Falls. timesrepublican.com

Dole Ocean Cargo Express said Thursday it will raise rates on northbound and southbound shipments between the US East and Gulf coasts and Central America from Dec 19. americanshipper.com

McGovern, Dole set the standard. kansas.com

Letters to the editor on McGovern and Dole , transgender rights, Newton, Kochs, Romney math. kansas.com

Former US Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will appear at the Dole Institute of Politics for an event next month. 2.ljworld.com

The Dole Institute will present "An Evening with Newt Gingrich" at 7:30 pm Nov 14. 2.ljworld.com

Usage in scientific papers

Dole, H., Gispert, R., Lagache, G., et al. , 2000, in ISO Beyond Point Sources, Studies of Extended Infrared Emission, R.
High-Redshift Galaxies: The Far-Infrared and Sub-Millimeter View

F TIR our calculation here does not include the order unity contribution to the optical/NIR background at z ≈ 0 from the old stellar population (e.g., Nagamine et al. 2006; Dole et al. 2006).
Assessing The Starburst Contribution to the Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Backgrounds

For example, the strong evolution of the IR luminosity function with redshift implies that f (z) increases dramatically from z ≈ 0 to z ≈ 1 (e.g., Dole et al. 2006).
Assessing The Starburst Contribution to the Gamma-Ray and Neutrino Backgrounds

Dole, H., et al., 2000, in ‘ISO Surveys of a Dusty Universe’, eds. D.
Known and unknown SCUBA sources

The redshift range was chosen based on expectations prior to launch (Dole et al. 2003).
Spitzer view on the evolution of star-forming galaxies from z=0 to z~3

Usage in literature

Dole, Young Citizen, 73-92. "Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition" by J.A. James

Joe made no answer, but continued to rock backwards and forwards most dolefully. "Wild Western Scenes" by John Beauchamp Jones

He is horrified and doleful, when up come a few of his friends. "The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions" by James Runciman

There is now no doleful clang of the bell to proclaim sorrow to the town. "Twice Told Tales" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Beshrew me, but he makes a doleful wailing! "The Sign Of The Red Cross" by Evelyn Everett-Green

The more doleful his tune the happier his wife knew him to be. "Half Portions" by Edna Ferber

A doleful wind moaned about the lonely building, and set the roof shingles rattling overhead. "Winston of the Prairie" by Harold Bindloss

Dalgleish, with his most melancholy face, conveys the most doleful tidings from Bogie. "The Journal of Sir Walter Scott" by Walter Scott

They say," she admitted dolefully, "that I haven't got much. "New Faces" by Myra Kelly

Long ago I heard of a doleful one who turned suddenly on a merry boy who was playing on the floor. "Side Lights" by James Runciman

Usage in poetry
O'er ice and snow the huskies go,
Beneath the northern star,
And gather toll, a scanty dole,
To pay the god of war.
"The Orgy Of Thor" by Abner Cosens
Much the wind
Knows of my soul!
For no soul has he to lose
On a mistress who can dole
Kisses that drug as poison-dews.
"Mortal Sin" by Cale Young Rice Author object (85)
You would not don your radiant best,
Or dole me more than half!
Poor palmer I, no angel guest;
A shaking reed my staff!
"To Any Friend" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
All I care is that you don't stand there,
Dolefully hanging your head.
Easily about me remember,
Easily about me forget.
"Much Like Me" by Marina Ivanova Tsvetaeva
"Make dole of skyr and black bread
That old and young may live;
And look to Frey for favor
When first like Frey you give.
"The Dole Of Jarl Thorkell" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
For Witherington needs must I wail
As one in doleful dumps,
For when his legs were smitten off,
He fought upon his stumps.
"Chevy Chase" by Henry Morley Author object (291)