"tole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tol/ [General-American]
Etymology: From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|tôle||sheet iron}} French tôle (“sheet iron”), {{m|frm|taule||table}} taule (“table”), {{der|en|la|tabula|}} Latin tabula, {{doublet|en|table}} Doublet of table Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tole (uncountable)
  1. A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-tole-en-noun-LeqUuqqB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tol/ [General-American]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tole (uncountable)
  1. (historical) A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it. Tags: historical, uncountable
    Sense id: en-tole-en-noun-5YLb9JAz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /tol/ [General-American] Forms: toles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tole (plural toles)
  1. (uncommon) A tola (unit of mass). Tags: uncommon
    Sense id: en-tole-en-noun-8wWCV7gx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /tol/ [General-American] Forms: toles [present, singular, third-person], toling [participle, present], toled [past], toled [participle, past], tollen [participle, past]
Etymology: From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|*tyll}} Old English *tyll, {{m|ang|betyllan||to allure}} betyllan (“to allure”), {{m|ang|fortyllan||to seduce}} fortyllan (“to seduce”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past_ptc2=tollen}} tole (third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen)
  1. (archaic) To entice; to allure or attract. Tags: archaic Synonyms: toll
    Sense id: en-tole-en-verb-aCmGVhTK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tol/ [General-American]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} tole
  1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, and some dialects of England) simple past and past participle of tell Tags: England, Southern-US, dialectal, form-of, participle, past Form of: tell
    Sense id: en-tole-en-verb-TYnuOP6~ Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English English, Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 3 1 28 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Inflected forms

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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "toll"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tole"
}

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