Pole
Definition of Pole
n. | 1. | A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander. | | 1. | A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines, are trained. | | 2. | A measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5 yards, or a square measure equal to 30 square yards; a rod; a perch. | v. t. | 1. | To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. | | 2. | To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn. | | 3. | To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. | | 4. | To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. | n. | 1. | Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, the north pole. | | 2. | (Spherics) A point upon the surface of a sphere equally distant from every part of the circumference of a great circle; or the point in which a diameter of the sphere perpendicular to the plane of such circle meets the surface. Such a point is called the pole of that circle; as, the pole of the horizon; the pole of the ecliptic; the pole of a given meridian. | | 3. | (Physics) One of the opposite or contrasted parts or directions in which a polar force is manifested; a point of maximum intensity of a force which has two such points, or which has polarity; as, the poles of a magnet; the north pole of a needle. | | 4. | The firmament; the sky. | | 5. | (Geom.) See Polarity, and Polar, n. |
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