Vocabulary : Polarizing to Poled
Polarizing : of Polarize
Polary : Tending to a pole; having a direction toward a pole.
Polatouche : A flying squirrel (Sciuropterus volans) native of Northern Europe and Siberia; -- called also minene.
Polder : A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high embankments.
Poldway : A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks.
Pole : A native or inhabitant of Poland; a Polander. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; To furnish with poles for support; as, to pole beans or hops. ;; To convey on poles; as, to pole hay into a barn. ;; To impel by a pole or poles, as a boat. ;; To stir, as molten glass, with a pole. ;; Either extremity of an axis of a sphere; especially, one of the extremities of the earth's axis; as, th
Poleax : Alt. of Poleaxe
Poleaxe : Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.
Polecat : A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret. ;; The zorilla. The name is also applied to other allied species.
Poled : of Pole
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