thole /ˈθol/
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  Thole n. [Written also thowel, and thowl.]
  1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
  2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.
  Thole pin. Same as Thole.
  Thole, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tholed p. pr. & vb. n. Tholing.]  To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.]
     So much woe as I have with you tholed.   --Chaucer.
     To thole the winter's steely dribble.   --Burns.
  Thole, v. i. To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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  thole
       n : a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the
           oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing [syn: peg,
            pin, tholepin, rowlock, oarlock]