2. Noun. (plural of pole) ¹
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Definition of Poles
1. pole [v] - See also: pole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poles
Literary usage of Poles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... the other fide fet up three poles, or boughs, alfo ; which is ... that you
are not to pafs beyond their three poles towards them, nor they come pait ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"As to the line N., 69 W., 170 poles, the description In the deed to the ...
65 W., 170 poles, to the point claimed by the plaintiff as the corner, ..."
3. A Course in Mathematical Analysis by Edouard Goursat, Earle Raymond Hedrick (1916)
"Functions analytic except for poles. Every function which is analytic at all the
points of a region A, except only for singular points that are poles, ..."
4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"rendered upon a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action to recover license
fee« lor telegraph poles and wires. Affirmed. ..."
5. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"And said company shall comply with all ordinances hereafter passed in regard to
the license or tax on poles, conduits, or wires, ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The Prussian poles took readily to farming. They were resourceful, disinclined
to hazard health and life, and not intent upon making money in a very short ..."
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