Tole

From French tôle ("sheet iron"), from dialect French taule ("table"), from Latin tabula

Full definition of tole

Noun

1. (uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded
2. (uncommon) tola unit of mass

From Old English stem *tyll, related to betyllan ("to allure") and fortyllan ("to seduce").

Alternative forms

• toll (Etymology 3)

Verb

1. To entice.It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
• 1693, John Locke, , 1797, The works of John Locke Esq, Volume III, page 52,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 repreÅ¿ented as dangerous than really are Å¿o ; and then, that whatever you obÅ¿erve him to be more frighted at than he Å¿hould, you be Å¿ure to tole him on to by inÅ¿enÅ¿ible Degrees, till he at laÅ¿t, quitting his Fears, maÅ¿ters the Difficulty, and comes off with ApplauÅ¿e.
2. To allure.
3. To attract.

Anagrams

• ELOT
• Leto
• LOTE