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POLE, n. [L. palus. See Pale.] 1. A long slender piece of wood, or the stem of a small tree deprived of its branches. Thus seamen use poles for setting or driving boats in shallow water; the stems of small trees are used for hoops and called hoop-poles; the stems of small, but tall straight trees, are used as poles for supporting the scaffolding in building.2. A rod; a perch; a measure of length of five yards and a half.[In New England, rod is generally used.]3. An instrument for measuring.Bare poles. A ship is under bare poles, when her sails are all furled. POLE, n. [L. polus; Gr. to turn.] 1. In astronomy, one of the extremities of the axis on which the sphere revolves. These two points are called the poles of the world.2. In spherics, a point equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle of the sphere; or it is a point 90 deg. distant from the plane of a circle, and in a line passing perpendicularly through the center, called the axis. Thus the zenith and nadir are the poles of the horizon.3. In geography, the extremity of the earth's axis, or one of the points on the surface of our globe through which the axis passes.4. The star which is vertical to the pole of the earth; the pole-star.Poles of the ecliptic, are two points on the surface of the sphere, 23 deg. 30' distant from the poles of the world. Magnetic poles, two points in a lodestone, corresponding to the poles of the world; the one pointing to the north, the other to the south. POLE, n. [from Poland.] A native of Poland. POLE, v.t. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans. 1. To bear or convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.2. To impel by poles, as a boat; to push forward by the use of poles.
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POLE, n. [L. palus. See Pale.] 1. A long slender piece of wood, or the stem of a small tree deprived of its branches. Thus seamen use poles for setting or driving boats in shallow water; the stems of small trees are used for hoops and called hoop-poles; the stems of small, but tall straight trees, are used as poles for supporting the scaffolding in building.2. A rod; a perch; a measure of length of five yards and a half.[In New England, rod is generally used.]3. An instrument for measuring.Bare poles. A ship is under bare poles, when her sails are all furled. POLE, n. [L. polus; Gr. to turn.] 1. In astronomy, one of the extremities of the axis on which the sphere revolves. These two points are called the poles of the world.2. In spherics, a point equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle of the sphere; or it is a point 90 deg. distant from the plane of a circle, and in a line passing perpendicularly through the center, called the axis. Thus the zenith and nadir are the poles of the horizon.3. In geography, the extremity of the earth's axis, or one of the points on the surface of our globe through which the axis passes.4. The star which is vertical to the pole of the earth; the pole-star.Poles of the ecliptic, are two points on the surface of the sphere, 23 deg. 30' distant from the poles of the world. Magnetic poles, two points in a lodestone, corresponding to the poles of the world; the one pointing to the north, the other to the south. POLE, n. [from Poland.] A native of Poland. POLE, v.t. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans. 1. To bear or convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.2. To impel by poles, as a boat; to push forward by the use of poles. | POLE, n.1 [Sax. pol, pal; G. pfahl; D. paal; Sw. påle; Dan. pæl; W. pawl; L. palus. See Pale.]- A long slender piece of wood, or the stem of a small tree deprived of its branches. Thus seamen use poles for setting or driving boats in shallow water; the stems of small trees are used for hoops and called hoop-poles; the sterns of small, but tall straight trees, are used as poles for supporting the scaffolding in building.
- A rod; a perch; a measure of length of five yards and a half.
[In New England, rod is generally used.]
- An instrument for measuring. – Bacon.
Bare poles. A ship is under bare poles, when her sails are all furled. – Mar. Dict.
POLE, n.2 [Fr. pole; It. and Sp. polo; G. Dan. and Sw. pol; D. pool; L. polus; Gr. πολος, from πολεω, to turn.]- In astronomy, one of the extremities of the axis on which the sphere revolves. These two points are called the poles of the world.
- In spherics, a point equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle of the sphere; or it is a point 90º distant from the plane of a circle, and in a line passing perpendicularly through the center, called the axis. Thus the zenith and nadir are the poles of the horizon.
- In geography, the extremity of the earth's axis, or one of the points on the surface of our globe through which the axis passes.
- The star which is vertical to the pole of the earth; the pole-star.
Poles of the ecliptic, are two points on the surface of the sphere, 23º 30' distant from the poles of the world.
Magnetic poles, two points in a lodestone corresponding to the poles of the world; the one pointing to the north, the other to the south.
POLE, n.3 [from Poland.]A native of Poland. POLE, v.t.- To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans.
- To bear or convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.
- To impel by poles, as a boat; to push forward by the use of poles.
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- A native or inhabitant of Poland] a
Polander.
- A long, slender piece of
wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose
branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A
carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a
carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and
held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is
supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole.
(d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used
as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on
which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained.
- To furnish with poles for
support] as, to pole beans or hops.
- Either
extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities
of the earth's axis; as, the north pole.
- A measuring stick; also, a measure of
length equal to 5(?) yards, or a square measure equal to 30(?) square
yards; a rod; a perch.
- To convey on poles; as, to pole hay
into a barn.
- A point upon the surface
of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a
great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere
perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a
point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of
the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a
given meridian.
- To impel by a pole or poles, as a
boat.
- One of the opposite or
contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a
point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or
which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north
pole of a needle.
- To stir, as molten glass, with a
pole.
- The firmament; the sky.
- See Polarity, and
Polar, n.
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pole POLE, n. [L. palus. See Pale.] 1. A long slender piece of wood, or the stem of a small tree deprived of its branches. Thus seamen use poles for setting or driving boats in shallow water; the stems of small trees are used for hoops and called hoop-poles; the stems of small, but tall straight trees, are used as poles for supporting the scaffolding in building.2. A rod; a perch; a measure of length of five yards and a half.[In New England, rod is generally used.]3. An instrument for measuring.Bare poles. A ship is under bare poles, when her sails are all furled. POLE, n. [L. polus; Gr. to turn.] 1. In astronomy, one of the extremities of the axis on which the sphere revolves. These two points are called the poles of the world.2. In spherics, a point equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle of the sphere; or it is a point 90 deg. distant from the plane of a circle, and in a line passing perpendicularly through the center, called the axis. Thus the zenith and nadir are the poles of the horizon.3. In geography, the extremity of the earth's axis, or one of the points on the surface of our globe through which the axis passes.4. The star which is vertical to the pole of the earth; the pole-star.Poles of the ecliptic, are two points on the surface of the sphere, 23 deg. 30' distant from the poles of the world. Magnetic poles, two points in a lodestone, corresponding to the poles of the world; the one pointing to the north, the other to the south. POLE, n. [from Poland.] A native of Poland. POLE, v.t. To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans. 1. To bear or convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn.2. To impel by poles, as a boat; to push forward by the use of poles.
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