dole : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dole	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for dole
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dole n a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given money received from the state Synonym(s): dole, pogy, pogey
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dole \Dole\, n. [AS. d[be]l portion; same word as d[?]l. See {Deal}.] 1. Distribution; dealing; apportionment. At her general dole, Each receives his ancient soul. -- Cleveland. 2. That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dole \Dole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Doling}.] To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly. The supercilious condescension with which even his reputed friends doled out their praises to him. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dole \Dole\, n. [OE. deol, doel, dol, OF. doel, fr. doloir to suffer, fr. L. dolere; perh. akin to dolare to hew.] grief; sorrow; lamentation. [Archaic] And she died. So that day there was dole in Astolat. -- Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dole \Dole\, n. [L. dolus: cf. F. dol.] (Scots Law) See {Dolus}.