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- English Word Poled Definition of Pole
- English Word Poledavy Definition A sort of coarse canvas; poldway.
- English Word Poleless Definition Without a pole; as, a poleless chariot.
- English Word Polemarch Definition In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.
- English Word Polemic Definition Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology.
- English Word Polemic Definition Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer.
- English Word Polemic Definition One who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
- English Word Polemic Definition A polemic argument or controversy.
- English Word Polemical Definition Polemic; controversial; disputatious.
- English Word Polemicist Definition A polemic.
- English Word Polemics Definition The art or practice of disputation or controversy, especially on religious subjects; that branch of theological science which pertains to the history or conduct of ecclesiastical controversy.
- English Word Polemist Definition A polemic.
- English Word Polemoniaceous Definition Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Polemoniaceae), which includes Polemonium, Phlox, Gilia, and a few other genera.
- English Word Polemonium Definition A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.
- English Word Polemoscope Definition An opera glass or field glass with an oblique mirror arranged for seeing objects do not lie directly before the eye; -- called also diagonal, / side, opera glass.
- English Word Polemy Definition Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition.
- English Word Polenta Definition Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.
- English Word Poler Definition One who poles.
- English Word Poler Definition An extortioner. See Poller.
- English Word Polestar Definition Polaris, or the north star. See North star, under North.