cole

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Cabbage.

noun

1
Cabbage.
2
Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

Etymology

From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl, Danish kål, Norwegian Bokmål kål, Norwegian Nynorsk kål, Swedish kål. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale.

noun

1
A stack or stook of hay.
Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […]

noun

1
Variant of coalobsoleteObsolete form of coal.

Forms

plural: coles

Colby · A placename: A village and civil parish in Eden district,…cold · Having a low temperature.cold-blooded · Having an unregulated body temperature; ectothermic.

cole · Cabbage.

Cole · A male given name.Coleman · A surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given…Colette · A female given name from French.

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