bole
n 1: a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish
brown pigment)
2: the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole
is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
[syn: {trunk}, {tree trunk}]
3: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely
related to Hausa [syn: {Bole}, {Bolanci}]