Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dole \Dole\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Doling}.]
   To deal out in small portions; to distribute, as a dole; to
   deal out scantily or grudgingly.

         The supercilious condescension with which even his
         reputed friends doled out their praises to him. --De
                                                  Quincey.