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A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded. examples
third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen
(archaic) To entice; to allure or attract. quotations
And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible Degrees, till he at laſt, quitting his Fears, maſters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applauſe.
1693, John Locke, “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, in The works of John Locke Esq, volume III, published 1797, page 52
(historical) A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.
plural toles
(uncommon) A tola (unit of mass). examples
(Southern US, African-American Vernacular, and some dialects of England) simple past and past participle of tell examples