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• Sheave

  ·vt To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. II. Sheave ·v A wheel having a g...

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• sheave

  The wheel on which the rope works in a block; it is generally formed of lignum vitæ, sometimes of br...

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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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• dead-sheave

  A scored aperture in the heel of a top-mast, through which a second top-tackle pendant can be rove. ...

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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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• melon-hole

  n. a kind of honey-combing of thesurface in the interior plains, dangerous to horsemen, ascribedto ...

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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...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• 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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• 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. &...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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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