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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal.
Verb
dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled)
- To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
Derived terms
Translations
to distribute in small amounts
Noun
dole
- Money or other goods given as charity.
c. 1690, John Dryden, Eleonora:So sure the dole, so ready at their call, / They stood prepar'd to see the manna fall.
1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “In which Captain Devereux’s Fiddle Plays a Prelude to ‘Over the Hills and Far Away’”, in The House by the Church-yard. , volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, , →OCLC, page 308:[Devereux] was beholden, not only for his fun, but, occasionally for his daily bread and even his liberty, to those benevolent doles.
- Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
- c. 1650s, John Cleveland, Upon Phillis Walking in a Morning before Sun-rising
- At her general dole, / Each receives his ancient soul.
1827, [John Keble], “Seventh Sunday after Trinity”, in The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume II, Oxford, Oxfordshire: y W. Baxter, for J. Parker; and C and J Rivington, , →OCLC, page 26:Go not away, thou weary soul: / Heaven has in store a precious dole / Even on Bethsaida's cold and darksome height, [...]
- (informal) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits.
- Synonyms: (UK) pancrack, (Canada) pogey
I get my dole paid twice a week.
I've been on the dole for two years now.
1986, Morrissey, Johnny Marr (lyrics and music), “Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others”, in The Queen is Dead, performed by The Smiths:From the ice age to the dole age / There is but one concern / I have just discovered
1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, page 107:The men sit because they′re worn out from walking to the Labour Exchange every morning to sign for the dole, discussing the world’s problems and wondering what to do with the rest of the day.
2002, “Has It Come to This?”, in Mike Skinner (lyrics), Original Pirate Material, performed by The Streets:Sort your shit out, then roll / Sex, drugs, and on the dole / Some men rise, some men fall
- A boundary; a landmark.
1559, “Injunctions Given by the Queens Majesty, Concerning both the Clergy and Laity, of This Realm, Published Anno Domini Mdlix. being the First Year of the Raign of Our Soveraign Lady Queen Elizabeth”, in Anth[ony] Sparrow, compiler, A Collection of Articles, Injunctions, Canons, Orders, Ordinances, & Constitutions Ecclesiastical, with Other Publick Records of the Church of England, , 4th edition, London: Blanch Rawlet , published 1684, →OCLC, paragraph 19, page 73:Curſed be he which tranſlateth the bounds and dolles of his Neighbor.
- (Britain, dialectal) A void space left in tillage.
Derived terms
(payment to support the unemployed):
Translations
money or goods given as charity
Etymology 2
From Middle English doell (“grief”), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo.
Noun
dole (uncountable)
- (archaic) A Sorrow or grief; dolour.
1485, Thomas Malory, William Caxton, Le Morte Darthur, Book IX, Chapter xvii, leaf 183r:Syr said sir gyngalyn I wote not what knyȝt he was / but wel I wote that he sygheth and maketh grete dole.
"Sir, said Sir Gingalin, I wot not what knight he was, but well I wot that he sigheth, and maketh great dole."
- (law, Scotland) Dolus.
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adverb
dole
- down (at a lower place or position)
- Antonym: nahoře
Related terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dole m
- vocative/locative singular of důl
Further reading
- dole in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- dole in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- dole in Internetová jazyková příručka
Dutch
Verb
dole
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dolen
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Verb
dole
- inflection of doler:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
Verb
dolē
- second-person singular present active imperative of doleō
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
dole
- locative singular of doł
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔ.lɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɔlɛ
- Syllabification: do‧le
Noun
dole f
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dola
Noun
dole m inan
- locative/vocative singular of dół
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dôle/
- Hyphenation: do‧le
Adverb
dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)
- down
- below
Interjection
dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)
- down
Dol(j)e s vladom!- Down with the government!
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą.
Pronunciation
Noun
dole
- deal
- Synonym: daal
1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 36:
1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:Aar's a dole o' sneow apa greound to-die.- There is a deal of snow upon the ground to-day.
References
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 36
Zazaki
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
dole f
- A lake.
See also