Search result(s) - pólo

(Sp. polo) The handle of a bolo, etc. (see ápal id.).

(H) Island, isle; a group of houses forming part of a barrio, but separated from it.

High ground, plateau; island. (see bántud, búngsod, bóklod, polô).

(Sp. mango) Penholder, handle, helve, haft (of tools, etc.). (see ápal, kaláptan, pólo, uluyatán).

Freq. of pólo-the handle of a bolo. To make a handle for a bolo, grasp a bolo by the handle, etc.

(H) See polô.

See pólo.

To beat, box, strike, punch, pommel. Pulopulóha ang íya úlo. Punch or pommel his head. (see pólo, púlo).

(B) See polô-island, etc.

A town near Manila famous for a much venerated shrine of the Blessed Virgin. Sistéma Antipólo. A kind of privy.

(H) Roundness, spherical shape, sphericity, rotundity, circularity. (tipólon; see katipólon).

(H) Roundness, spherical shape. (see tipólon, kanipólon).

(H) Round, spherical, rotund, circular, annular, cylindrical. (see tipólon, matimbúlug, matibúnug).

(H) To plate, overlay, cover with gold or silver; to polish, give lustre to, make bright. Pológa ang síngsing, aríto, etc. Plate the ring, ear-ring, etc. (Cover the ring, ear-ring etc.) with gold. Pológi akó siníng síngsing sing buláwan. Please plate this ring of mine with gold. (púlug id.).

(B) To be in a hurry or anxious to do something at once. Nagapólog siá sa pagpaúlì. He is anxious to go home. He is in a hurry to get home. (see pólok).

Dim. and Freq. of pólog. Also: to writhe, wriggle, struggle.

See pológwan.

Dust and perspiration accumulating on the skin (especially around the throat, knees and elbows). (palógot id.).

(H) A basket with wide meshes, larger than an "alát" and used for carrying chickens to the market, etc. (pógo).

To struggle or make frantic efforts to escape from a firm grasp or to rise from underneath a superimposed weight, and the like.