\Bole\, n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. b[*a]l,
Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or
board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. {Bulge}.]
The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.
      Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. --Tennyson.

\Bole\, n. [Etym. doubtful.]
An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house,
for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.
[Scot.]
      Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the
      right Lord Geraldin.                     --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

\Bole\, n.
A measure. See {Boll}, n., 2. --Mortimer.

\Bole\, n. [Gr. ? a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and
also L. bolus morsel. Cf. {Bolus}.]
1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay,
   usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of
   iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances.
   It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed
   essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more
   rarely of magnesia. See {Clay}, and {Terra alba}.
2. A bolus; a dose. --Coleridge.
{Armenian bole}. See under {Armenian}.
{Bole Armoniac}, or {Armoniak}, Armenian bole. [Obs.]
   --Chaucer.