dole (3)

[Fr.dol; Lat. dol us deceit, fraud.] Scots Law: 1. Fraud; a design to circumvent. "All bargains which discover an intention in any of the contractors to catch some undue advantage from his neighbor's nece ities, lie open to reduction on the head of dole or extortion, without the nece ity of proving any special circumstance of fraud or circumvention on the part of the contractor."- Erskine : Inst., bk. iv., vol. i., § 27. 2. Criminal intention; spec. malice. (Also used in this sense in courts of law.) "There can be no proper crime without the ingredient of dole-i. e., without a willful intention in the actor." Erskine : Inst ., bk. iv., vol. iv., § 5. Dole of faces : A grimace. (See example under Drug -lecture.) dole, v . t . [DOLE, s. Originally, to deal and to dole were but two different ways of spelling the same word. (Trench: English Past and Present .)] (DEAL, 2.] 1. Orig.: To distribute, without its being implied that there is any scantine of supply. 2. Now : To distribute or deal out slowly and carefully. "This sum he was instructed to dole out cautiously."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. iv. dolichocephal ous *dōl'e-ançe, s. [O. Fr.] A grievance, a com plaint. doleance "In any other articles conteigninge against the said Lacedæmonians." - Nicolls : Thucydides, fol. 138. doled, pa. par. or a. [Dole, v.] dōl'e-fül, *del-ful, *del-vol, *deol-ful, *deolfulle, *dole-fulle, *dol-full, *dul-ful, *dul-full, a. [Eng. dole (2), s.; ful ( 1 ).] 1. Expre ive of grief or sorrow; sorrowful. sad. 2. Full of sorrow or grief; grieving, lamenting, sorrowing, afflicted. 3. Causing grief or sorrow; sad, lamentable, pitia ble. 4. Dispiriting, dismal, gloomy. dōle-ful-ly, *del-ful-liche, *deol-ful-liche, *deole-ful-ly, *dol-ful-li, *dul-ful-li, *dul-fulliche, *duel-ful-li, adv . [Eng. doleful , .; -ly.] In a doleful, sad, or dismal manner; sadly, dismally, mournfully.