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Pole

noun

1.

A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic.

2.

A native or inhabitant of Poland.

3.

One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions. "They are poles apart"

4.

A linear measure of 16.5 feet. Synonyms: perch, rod.

5.

A square rod of land. Synonyms: perch, rod.

6.

One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere. Synonym: celestial pole.

7.

One of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface.

8.

A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. Synonym: terminal.

9.

A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting.

10.

One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated. Synonym: magnetic pole.

verb

(past & past part. poled; pres. part. poling)

1.

Propel with a pole. Synonym: punt. "We went punting in Cambridge"

2.

Support on poles.

3.

Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole.

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"Pole" Quotes from Famous Books

... hand-maiden did return, carrying a great load of sticks for fire, and then brought to the girl a number of fine trout she had caught almost at their door. She built the fire outside, where two forked sticks had been driven into the ground, and across them a pole lay, from which kettles could be hung. As 'Tana set the coffee pot on the hot coals, the Indian woman spoke to her in that low voice which is characteristic ...

— That Girl Montana • Marah Ellis Ryan

... you will be as tired of Bath as if you had pottered about in it as much as I have, and won't care whether it had two great periods—Roman and eighteenth century—or twenty, inextricably entangled with the South Pole and Kamchatka. More tired than I, even, for I have got a certain amount of satisfaction to the eye from the agreeable, classic-looking terraces and crescents, and the pure white stone buildings that glitter on the hillsides overlooking the Avon. That is the sort of background which is becoming ...

— Set in Silver • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... in my dream, when all these things were finished, Mr. Great-heart took the head of Giant Despair, and set it upon a pole by the highway side, right over against the pillar that Christian erected for a caution to pilgrims that came after, to take heed of ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... noticed a brass cannon, perched on a rock at the entrance to the harbor. This had been put there by the last consul, but it had not been fired for many years. Albert immediately ordered the two Bradleys to get it in order, and to rig up a flag-pole beside it, for one of his American flags, which they were to salute every night when ...

— Cinderella - And Other Stories • Richard Harding Davis

... At the furlong pole beyond, Tay Ho's hooded head for the first time showed in front—only to be instantly eclipsed by the white star of Aldegonde. Aramis began to hang—the angry roar of his backers told he was out of it. Simultaneously, the jockeys sat down to ...

— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 • Various

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