Definitions
deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole
Word origin
From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”). Doublet of peel, pale, and palus.
Used in a sentence
“For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.”
“There she was, walking around with an IV pole, and we were only told that "Mommy isn't feeling so well, so she has to be connected to a special soda."”
“Only three cricketers have taken all 10 poles in a Test innings.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Upright support”4 letters
02“Long rod”4 letters
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