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Pole

noun

1.

A long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic.

2.

A native or inhabitant of Poland.

3.

One of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions. "They are poles apart"

4.

A linear measure of 16.5 feet. Synonyms: perch, rod.

5.

A square rod of land. Synonyms: perch, rod.

6.

One of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere. Synonym: celestial pole.

7.

One of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface.

8.

A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves. Synonym: terminal.

9.

A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting.

10.

One of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated. Synonym: magnetic pole.

verb

(past & past part. poled; pres. part. poling)

1.

Propel with a pole. Synonym: punt. "We went punting in Cambridge"

2.

Support on poles.

3.

Deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole.

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"Pole" Quotes from Famous Books

... September to the middle of October, are excellent, and eagerly sought after. The usual method of shooting them in this quarter of the country is as follows: The sportsman furnishes himself with a light batteau, and a stout, experienced boatman, with a pole of twelve or fifteen feet long, thickened at the lower end to prevent it from sinking too deep into the mud. About two hours or so before high-water they enter the reeds, and each takes his post, the sportsman standing in the bow ready for action, the boatman ...

— Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 • Various

... said, "and we'll push it across where there aren't any stones sticking up. You can pole it across with your oar, and I'll keep hold of ...

— The Scotch Twins • Lucy Fitch Perkins

... I was returning home late at night. As I turned from the Zubova into Khamovnitchesky Lane, I saw some black spots on the snow of the Dyevitchy Pole (field). Something was moving about in one place. I should not have paid any attention to this, if the policeman who was standing at the end of the street had not shouted in the direction of ...

— What To Do? - thoughts evoked by the census of Moscow • Count Lyof N. Tolstoi

... opposed to Chinese cheap labor; so he made it his business to rob Chinamen. But the Chinamen caught him, tied his hands and feet, slung him on a pole like so much pork and started him for Moore's Flat, taking pains to bump him against every stump and boulder ...

— Forty-one Thieves - A Tale of California • Angelo Hall

... were no two poles of the same height or shape; some were five or six feet long, others ten or fifteen;—some were straight, some crooked; some of most irregular knobby shapes. As to the wire, when it did happen to be supported on the pole it was not fastened to an insulator, as one would expect, but merely rested on a nail, or in an indentation in the wood. For hundreds of yards at a time the wire lay on the ground, and the poles rested by its side or across ...

— Across Coveted Lands - or a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

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