thole

/thohl/US // θoʊl //UK // (θəʊl) //

洞口,小孔,洞,坑洞

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a pin, or either of two pins, inserted into a gunwale to provide a fulcrum for an oar.

I canna thole him, wi' his lang-nebbit words, explainin' an' expoundin' the gude Book as if it had jist come oot!
So the boy was called Tweedie, and founded the great family of that name, whose legend was, “Thole and think.”
I heard the creak of thole-pins as the rowers gave way, and the wash of oars as the boat shot off into the dark.
His motto is Thole, and he gets too few opportunities of tholing.
The folk round could thole them no longer, so they just up and burned the fort aboot their lugs.