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Pronunciation : Hole
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hole
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. hol, hole, AS. hol, hole, cavern, from hol, a., hollow; akin to D. hol, OHG. hol, G. hohl, Dan.huul hollow, hul hole, Sw. h?l, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See Hele, Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship.]
Definition : 1. A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure. The holes where eyes should be. Shak. The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. Tennyson. The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. 2 Kings xii. 9.

2. An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. Dryden. The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Luke ix. 58.

Syn. -- Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell. Hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] "The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery. " Dickens. -- Hole board (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; -- called also compass board.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hole
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. holian. See Hole, n.]
Definition : 1. To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. Chapman.

2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hole
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To go or get into a hole. B. Jonson.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913