to achieve or attain favor from an individual by being overly gracious

Alternative form of maypole

(historical) The modernist period in Polish visual arts, literature, and music which lasted from the end of the 19th century to 1918.

Alternative spelling of firepole.

(Oxford University slang) The weekly meeting of the Oxford University Conservative Association.

Representative of electric potential at the ends of a circuit which consists of positive and negative polarities.

The polarization of the light received from distant stars as a result of interaction with dust particles

An optical illusion where, when a diagonally striped pole is rotated around its vertical axis (horizontally), it appears as though the stripes are moving in the direction of its vertical axis (downwards in the case of the animation to the right) rather than around it.

plural of barber pole illusion

Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (the national anthem of Poland)