tole Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
    • the Pennsylvania Dutch tole watering can might be a reproduction but it looks convincing

WordNet

Tole transitive verb
Etymology
OE. tollen to draw, to entice; of uncertain origin. Cf. Toll to ring a bell.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Toled ; present participle & verbal noun Toling
Definitions
  1. To draw, or cause to follow, by displaying something pleasing or desirable; to allure by some bait. Written also toll.
    Whatever you observe him to be more frighted at then he should, tole him on to by insensible degrees, till at last he masters the difficulty.

Webster 1913