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Noun Plural: doles
dole - money received from the state
		pogy, pogey
		public assistance, social welfare, welfare governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need; "she lives on welfare"
		canada a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world"
dole - a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given

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dole (Noun)
Money or other goods given as charity.
dole (Noun)
Payment by the state to the unemployed.
dole (Noun)
Sorrow or grief; dolour.
dole (Verb)
To distribute in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.

dole (n.)
grief; sorrow; lamentation.
dole (n.)
See Dolus.
dole (n.)
Distribution; dealing; apportionment.
dole (n.)
That which is dealt out; a part, share, or portion also, a scanty share or allowance.
dole (n.)
Alms; charitable gratuity or portion.
dole (n.)
A boundary; a landmark.
dole (n.)
A void space left in tillage.
dole (v. t.)
To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to deal out scantily or grudgingly.

dole
dōl, v.t. to deal out in small portions.—n. a share distributed: something given in charity: a small portion. [A doublet of deal, to divide.]
dole
dōl, n. pain: grief: (arch. and poet.) heaviness at heart.—adj. Dole′ful, full of dole or grief: melancholy.—adv. Dole′fully.—n. Dole′fulness.—adjs. Dō′lent (obs.), Dole′some, dismal.—adv. Dole′somely. [O. Fr. doel (Fr. deuil), grief—L. dolēre, to feel pain.]

dole
A town of France, in the department of Jura, on the right bank of the Doubs. In 1479 it was taken by Louis XI., when the greater part of the town was destroyed, and many of its inhabitants were put to the sword. It subsequently came into the hands of the Spaniards, and was fortified by Charles V. in 1530. In 1636 it was ineffectually besieged by the Prince of Condé. In 1668 it was taken by the French; and again in 1674, when its fortifications were destroyed.