Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Doled"
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.
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