'thole' And 'boast'...

[sandyRoe]

Boast as in hollow or empty. Thole, to put up with, endure. Is that old fashioned usage?

[woofgang]

Thole is a northern dialect expression to my knowledge.

[bookbinder]

A version of 'thole', 'thoil', used to be widely used in Yorkshire many years ago.

[Baldric]

thole is also part of a boat

[sandyRoe]

It is. The part that holds the oarlock. So when it was said, 'you have to thole that', it meant you'll have to hold it, put up with it.

[beejay1124]

Common words up our way Sandy,so they are

[sandyRoe]

Boast too, Beejay?

[Tilly2]

My grandad used to say, 'Put t'wood in t'hole.' Meaning, 'Shut that door.'

[beejay1124]

Aye Sandy, usually- something "has a boast sound about it",
used by us builder types

[Old_Geezer]

Never heard of thole. Except in that song; "There's a thole in my bucket, dear Liza dear Liza, there's a thole in my bucket ..."

[cupid04]

And the thole in my shoe kept letting in water.

[Buenchico]

The (full) OED reference to 'thole' as a noun, where the definition is given as 'Patience, forbearance, endurance' has the observation that it's 'obsolete/rare'.

The reference to 'thole' as a verb is noted as 'now northern dialect or acrchaic'. There are various (overlapping) definitions offered, as follows:
1. to be subjected or exposed to (something evil); to be afflicted with; to have to bear, suffer, endure, undergo.
2. to undergo trial (as in 'to thole an assize').
3. to endure without resistance or complaint; to submit with patience to; to bear with, ‘abide’; to put up with, tolerate.
4. to endure or bear without giving way; to withstand; to stand.
5. to bear, stand, admit of, be capable of; to have room for; (esp. in phrase to thole amends) , to admit of improvement.
6. to allow, suffer, permit.
7. to be patient, have patience, wait patiently.
8. to bear to give; to afford or grant willingly.

I've never heard of it (and I lived 'up north' for 20 years!)

[Buenchico]

The OED has 4 definitions for 'boast'. None of them seem to relate to 'hollow or empty'.

[quinie]

Hi,sandyRoe, the Doric word for hollow or empty is boss

[quinie]

I said it was a Doric word but it's probably used in other parts of Scotland too. Thole and boss are words I've used often, being from the Doric area.

[sandyRoe]

Being used in Scotland is probably how they came to be part of NI speak.
The last time I heard 'boast' used in the sense I meant was a fair while ago. "I bought her an Easter egg and when she opened it it was boast." The meaning was that it was empty, full of air, rather than filled with more chocolates. I was thinking a braggard might boast, be full of hot air too.

[shoota]

Aye lad, shove wood in t'hole....

[askyourgran]

I've never heard of boast as in empty or hollow, the meaning I have is to brag.
Thoile or thole is an old Yorkshire word (well as old as me anyway) meaning you cannot abide that person or thing.

[Zacs-Master]

My grandma used Thoile to mean cant afford or can't be bothered, depending upon the context.

[DaisyNonna]

When I lived up north heard the expression "I wouldna thole that" meaning I would not put up with it.