\Pole\, n. [Cf. G. Pole a Pole, Polen Poland.]
A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander.

\Pole\, n. [As. p[=a]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make
fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.]
1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of
   timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been
   removed; as, specifically:
   (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front
       axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which
       the carriage is guided and held back.
   (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported.
   (c) A Maypole. See {Maypole}.
   (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a
       sign by barbers and hairdressers.
   (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines,
       are trained.
2. A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5?
   yards, or a square measure equal to 30? square yards; a
   rod; a perch. --Bacon.
{Pole bean} (Bot.), any kind of bean which is customarily
   trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the Lima bean.
{Pole flounder} (Zo["o]l.), a large deep-water flounder
   ({Glyptocephalus cynoglossus}), native of the northern
   coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food
   fish; -- called also {craig flounder}, and {pole fluke}.
{Pole lathe}, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a
   lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord
   passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle,
   and the other to an elastic pole above.
{Pole mast} (Naut.), a mast formed from a single piece or
   from a single tree.
{Pole of a lens} (Opt.), the point where the principal axis
   meets the surface.
{Pole plate} (Arch.), a horizontal timber resting on the
   tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters.
   It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall.

\Pole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Poled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Poling}.]
1. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or
   hops.
2. To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
3. To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat.
4. To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

\Pole\, n. [L. polus, Gr. ? a pivot or hinge on which
anything turns, an axis, a pole; akin to ? to move: cf. F.
p[^o]le.]
1. Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one
   of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north
   pole.
2. (Spherics) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally
   distant from every part of the circumference of a great
   circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere
   perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the
   surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle;
   as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the
   pole of a given meridian.
3. (Physics) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or
   directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point
   of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points,
   or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the
   north pole of a needle.
4. The firmament; the sky. [Poetic]
         Shoots against the dusky pole.        --Milton.
5. (Geom.) See {Polarity}, and {Polar}, n.
{Magnetic pole}. See under {Magnetic}.
{Poles of the earth}, or {Terrestrial poles} (Geog.), the two
   opposite points on the earth's surface through which its
   axis passes.
{Poles of the heavens}, or {Celestial poles}, the two
   opposite points in the celestial sphere which coincide
   with the earth's axis produced, and about which the
   heavens appear to revolve.