n. A part apportioned or divided out; portion; share; lot; fortune: same as dealn. In mining, one of the shares or parts into which a parcel of ore is divided for distribution among the various persons to whom it belongs.n. A portion of money, food, or other things distributed in charity; what is given in charity; alms; gratuity.n. The act of dealing out or distributing: as, the power of dole and donative.To give in portions or small quantities, as alms to the poor; apportion; distribute; deal: commonly with out: often implying that what is distributed is limited in quantity or is given grudgingly.n. Grief; sorrow; lamentation; mourning.n. Specifically The moaning of doves.n. In falconry, a flock of turtle-doves.n. In Scots law, malevolent intention; malice.n. A boundary; a landmark.n. The goal in a game.n. A strip of land left unplowed between two plowed portions; a broad balk.n. A part or portion of a meadow in which several persons have shares. See dole-meadow.n. A low flat place.To pare and thin (leather or skins).