POLING
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Definition
verb
- To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.“Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.”
- To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.“He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.”
- To furnish with poles for support.“to pole beans or hops”
verb
- To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.
noun
- The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.“the poling of a boat”
- The operation of dispersing wormcasts over the walks with poles.
- One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
