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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

... cried the cook; "this here is a p'inter. Right up there is our line for the Pole Star and the jolly dollars. But, by thunder! If it don't make me cold inside to think of Flint. This is one of HIS jokes, and no mistake. Him and these six was alone here; he killed 'em, every man; and ...

— Treasure Island • Robert Louis Stevenson

... the gee-pole and started on the instant. Eagerness, anxiety, dread fought in his heart. He knew that any moment now he might stumble upon the evidence of the sad story which is repeated in Alaska many times every winter. It rang in him like ...

— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine

... off his advances until the child reaches a mature age, an age when he can reason? Then, if theism is true, he can accept it with a reasoning mind, not a blindly faithful mind. The theist realizes, however, that belief is at one pole, reason at the other. Belief, creed, religion, are ideations of the primitive mind and the mind of the child; reason is the product of mature thought. Schopenhauer remarked that, "The power of religious dogma when inculcated early is ...

— The Necessity of Atheism • Dr. D.M. Brooks

... car reached the end of its line and the conductor reversed the trolley-pole and prepared for the return journey. Mary Louise kept her seat. The detective watched the motorman and conductor with an assumption of stupid interest and retained his ...

— Mary Louise • Edith van Dyne (one of L. Frank Baum's pen names)

... mind. At any rate, when I got to headquarters camp I was just about clear enough to guide Zero through the maze of tents, and not any more, and when the horse stopped with his nose against the front pole of the ...

— The Militants - Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World • Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

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