BOLE

Bole

Bole or Bo Le was a horse tamer in Spring and Autumn period, and the honorific name of Sun Yang, who was a retainer of Duke Mu of Qin and a famous judge of horses. Bole was the legendary inventor of equine physiognomy .

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bole

Noun

  1. The trunk or stem of a tree.
  2. An aperture with a shutter in the wall of a house, for giving air or light.
  3. A small closet.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.
  2. A bolus; a dose.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. (old unit of measure)


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