tole : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tole	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tole n enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century; "the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tole \Tole\ (t[omac]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Toled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toling}.] [OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Toll} to ring a bell.] To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. [Written also {toll}.] Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.