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tole en · NOUN · etymology 1

From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.

(uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.

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

(archaic) To entice; to allure or attract.
- 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 repreſented as dangerous than really are ſo ; and then, that whatever you obſerve him to be more frighted at than he ſhould, you be ſure to tole him on to by inſenſible Degrees, till he at laſt, quitting his Fears, maſters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applauſe. 1693, John Locke, “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, in The works of John Locke Esq, volume III, published 1797, page 52:
- It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
toles	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
toled	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
toled	Tense=Past		lexicographic
toll		alternative	lexicographic
tollen	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
toling	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

See toll.

(alt-of, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of toll, especially in the sense a portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.
alt of toll

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toles	Number=Plur		lexicographic

(England, Southern-US, dialectal, form-of, participle, past, qualifier:African-American Vernacular) simple past and past participle of tell
form of tell
- I done tole you for the last time.