tole

1. uncountableA decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.

   Synonyms: toleware

present singular third person toles · participle present toling · past toled · participle past toled · participle past tollen · alternative toll

1. archaicTo entice; to allure or attract.

   It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...

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   And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible Degrees, till he at laſt, quitting his Fears, maſters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applauſe.

   1693, John Locke, “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, in The works of John Locke Esq, volume III, published 1797, page 52

1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of toll, especially in the sense a portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.

plural toles

1. uncommonA tola (unit of mass).

1. EnglandSouthern USdialectalparticiplepastAfrican-American Vernacularsimple past and past participle of tell

   I done tole you for the last time.

plural Toles

1. A surname.