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Definition of Doled
1. dole [v] - See also: dole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Doled
Literary usage of Doled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Universal Etymological English Dictionary ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1724)
"... le,0^,, Gr.] the Length rom the Elbow to the End ot the Hind when the Fill is
doled. 01 a Gate, a Porter. £. PYLORUS, l*»*.»»''» Gr.] a Keeper PYLORUS, ..."
2. The Monthly Magazine by Richard Phillips (1800)
"... his books cannot be finally doled, nor the amount of the tax determined.
During this, period, it would be hard on his ..."
3. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage by Ann Eliza Young, John Bartholomew Gough, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore (1876)
"How the Prophet doled out his Silk.— Eliza Snow and Fanny's Finery. — The Prophet
Snubs Eliza. — He Combats the " Grecian Bend." — Dancing among the Saints. ..."
4. Wife No. 19, Or the Story of a Life in Bondage: Being a Complete Exposé of by Ann Eliza Young (1875)
"How the Prophet doled out his Silk. — Eliza Snow and Fanny's Finery. — The Prophet
Snubs Eliza. — He Combats the " Grecian Bend." — Dancing among the Saints ..."
5. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1902)
"But the effect of this deed was, that he was in the condition of a lunatic : his
income, upon the declaration of the defendant, to be doled out to him ..."
6. The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Allan Cunningham (1833)
"In conversation Northcote spoke clearly, concisely, and fluently. In writing he
paused and pondered, doled out dull words, and was neither eloquent nor easy ..."
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