Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dole"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dole \Dole\, n. [AS. d[=a]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\, 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}.
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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dole
n 1: a share of money or food or clothing that has been
charitably given
2: (Great Britain) money received from the state [syn: {pogy},
{pogey}]
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