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Melon
·noun A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo. II. Melon ·noun The juicy frui...

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melon
n. Besides its botanical use,the word is applied in Australia to a small kangaroo,the Paddy-melon (...

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Hole
·vi To go or get into a hole. II. Hole ·adj <<Whole>>. III. Hole ·noun To drive into a hole, as an...

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Hole
1) (la Hole) Tenement of Alice de Mondene called "la Hole" in parish of St. Owyn, 1322 (Ct. H.W. I....

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hole
hollow, deep ; a hole-dish, a deep dish, opposed to shallow. N. ...

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hole
A clear open space amongst ice in the Arctic seas. ...

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Air hole
·- A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole. II. Air hole ·- A hole to admit o...

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Black hole
·- A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom; — now commonly with allusio...

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Cat-hole
·noun One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed. ...

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Hand-hole
·noun A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning, ·etc. ...

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Peeping hole
·- ·see <<Peephole>>. ...

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Pit-hole
·noun A pit; a pockmark. ...

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Sight-hole
·noun A hole for looking through; a peephole. ...

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Teaze-hole
·noun The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced. ...

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Cat's Hole
East out of Little Tower Hill to St. Katherine's New Court (Horwood, 1799, and Lockie, 1816). Earli...

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Gally Hole
See Gully Hole. ...

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Gully Hole
South from Thames Street to the river. In Bridge Ward Within, west of London Bridge (O. and M. 1677-...

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crab-hole
n. a hole leading into a pit-likeburrow, made originally by a burrowing crayfish, and oftenafterwar...

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namma hole
n. a native well. Nammais an aboriginal word for a woman's breast. 1893. `The Australasian,' Augus...

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soak-hole
n. an enclosed place in a streamin which sheep are washed. 1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queens...

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water-hole
n. The word pond is seldomused in Australia. Any pond, natural or artificial, is calleda Water-hole...

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wombat-hole
n. hole made by Wombat (q.v.). 1891. Mrs. Cross (Ada Cambridge), `The Three Miss Kings,'p. 181: «...

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cubby-hole
A snug place for a child. Common to various English dialects.--Barnes's Dorset Glossary. Seldom hear...

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placket-hole
a pocket-hole. York. From the Scots. ...

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black-hole
A place of solitary confinement for soldiers, and tried in some large ships. ...

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eilet-hole
[Fr. œillet]. Refer to eyelet-holes. ...

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gammoning-hole
A mortise-opening cut through the knee of the head, between the cheeks, through which the gammoning ...

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lubber's hole
The vacant space between the head of a lower-mast and the edge of the top, so termed from timid clim...

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man-hole
The aperture, secured by a door, in the upper part of a steam-boiler, which allows a person to enter...

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mud-hole
An orifice with steam-tight doors in a marine engine, through which the deposit is removed from the ...

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nave-hole
The hole in the centre of a gun-truck for receiving the end of the axle-tree. ...

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sheave-hole
A channel cut in masts, yards, or timber, in which to fix a sheave, and answering the place of a blo...

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stoke-hole
A scuttle in the deck of a steamer to admit fuel for the engine. Also, the space for the men to stan...

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touch-hole
The small aperture at the end of a musket or pistol, by which the fire of the priming was communicat...

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Churchyard Alley Hole
At the south end of Churchyard Alley adjoining the Water Works on the west side of Old London Bridge...

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stop hole abbey
The nick name of the chief rendzvous of the canting crew of beggars, gypsies, cheats, thieves, &c. &...

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water his hole
A saying used when the cable is up and down, to encourage the men to heave heartily, and raise the s...

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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above. ...

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Le Hole Bole, Honey Lane
A messuage, of such a sign, in the parish of All Hallows Honey Lane, in Cheap Ward. Near Blossom Inn...

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Nan's Hole or Yard
In Angel Street, St. Martin's le Grand (Strype, Ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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Hole in the Wall Court
At No. 6o Fleet Street (Lockie, 1810). Named after the public house so called. The name is said to...

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