jole

See also: joele and jöle

English

Noun

jole (plural joles)

1. Obsolete spelling of jowl.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Follow! nay, I'll go with thee, cheek by jole.

   • 1820, The Sketch Book: The Edinburgh Monthly Review, page 330:

     The same architect has recently been working on the repairs of the cupola of the Exchange, and the steeple of the Bow Church; and, fearful to relate, the dragon and the grasshopper actually lie, cheek by jole, in the yard of his workshop.

   • 1842, A. H. Pinney, testimony, Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Ohio, Volume 41, page 117,

     I was informed, by the guard in the prison who superintended the inspection of the pork, that there were 28 or 31 barrels of joles that were in bad order; that they were not fit for use.

Verb

jole (third-person singular simple present joles, present participle joling, simple past and past participle joled)

1. Obsolete spelling of jowl.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page line:

     See how the ſlaue joles their heads againſt the earth.

Anagrams

• Joel

Turkish

Noun

jole

1. Misspelling of jöle (“gel, jelly, jello”).