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Definition of Tholed
1. thole [v] - See also: thole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tholed
Literary usage of Tholed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Heart of Midlothian by Walter Scott, Sr. (2001)
"And it's nae wonder — the warst may be tholed when it 's kend — Better a finger
aff as aye wagging. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"Thole, tholed, to suffer, to endure, to tolerate. This word is in common use
throughout Scotland and on the English border, but has long been lost to ..."
3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1852)
"It was objected in limine, that they had already tholed n assize, and could not
be tried a second time for the same offence. Logan for panels — The rule was ..."
4. Cassell's History of the Boer War, 1899-1902 by Richard Danes (1903)
"For sixteen mortal hours they tholed it—frizzled and burned and shot ... And would
have " juist tholed it" had it lasted twenty-six hours instead of sixteen ..."
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