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Oar part
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thole
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Word definitions for thole in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to be subjected to or exposed to, to endure without complaint," now Scottish and Northern English dialect, from Old English þolian "to suffer, endure, undergo; remain, survive; to lose, lack, forfeit," from Proto-Germanic stem *thul- (cognates: Old Saxon ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg , pin , tholepin , rowlock , oarlock ]
Usage examples of thole.
Small labor would it be to add thole pins along the gunwales, rework the footings for quick stepping or unstepping of the mast, then lighten them a bit to give more speed and ease of handling.
There was the squeak of an oar in its thole, then there were splashes and Lassan could see, in the darkness, the white marks of blades touching water.
It was not easy to thole to be so thwarted, especially for such an extravagant problem, by one so new to our councils and deliberations.
Blessed be the name of the Lord, that makes us to thole the tribulations of this world, and will reward us, through the mediation of Jesus, hereafter.
But while we were thus standing discoursing on the causey, Mrs Balwhidder and the servant lassies could thole no longer, but in a troop came in quest of me, to hear what was doing.
Kheda found the rope holding the oar to the thole pin had indeed worked slack.
When he was dead, they made him fast by the arm to one of the tholes of the long boat, no doubt to secure his spoil.
About half of them have tholes or oar-holes, which show they were built to be rowed.
Nova Levis, formerly Cassus Thole, is apparently involved in baleys in a big way.
The second planet, originally called Cassus Thole, after a modest amount of biosome intervention, is suitable for agriculture.
Therefore, sweetheart, if thou fearest that the King should punish thee for so wounding the poor Christopher of those few days ago, as belike thou deservest it, bid the King do off his raiment, and do thou in likewise, and then there shall be no King to punish, and no King's scather to thole the punishment, but only Christopher and Goldilind, even as they met erewhile on the dewy grass of Littledale.
The rudder pintles were greased so they would not squeak and the tholes, which held the oars, were wrapped in rags while the hull and oars were painted black with Stockholm tar.
Then he took one oar and locked its thole pin into a hole in the stern, so that he had a crude, but adequate, rudder.