Thole /(?)/

1. A wooden or metal pin, set in the gunwale of a boat, to serve as a fulcrum for the oar in rowing.
2. The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath.

imp. & p. p. Tholed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tholing

1. To bear; to endure; to undergo. [Obs. or Scot.]

   So much woe as I have with you tholed.

   To thole the winter's steely dribble.

1. To wait. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]