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Hole
·vi To go or get into a hole.
II. Hole ·adj <<Whole>>.
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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
·noun Intelligence; information.
II. Air ·noun Odoriferous or contaminated air.
III. Air ·noun Utt...
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Air
The atmosphere, as opposed to the higher regions of the sky (1 Thess. 4:17; Rev. 9:2; 16:17). This w...
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air
The elastic, compressible, and dilatable fluid encompassing the terraqueous globe. It penetrates and...
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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Black hole
·- A dungeon or dark cell in a prison; a military lock-up or guardroom;
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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...
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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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Air bed
·- A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed.
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Air bladder
·- A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
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Air brake
·- A railway brake operated by condensed air.
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Air brush
·add. ·- A kind of atomizer for applying liquid coloring matter in a spray by compressed air.
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Air cell
·- A cavity in the cellular tissue of plants, containing air only.
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Air chamber
·- A chamber or cavity filled with air, in an animal or plant.
II. Air chamber ·- A cavity containi...
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Air cock
·- A faucet to allow escape of air.
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Air cooling
·add. ·- In gasoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinder by increasing its radiating ...
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Air drill
·- A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill.
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Air engine
·- An engine driven by heated or by compressed air.
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Air gap
·add. ·- An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the spa...
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Air gas
·- ·see under <<Gas>>.
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Air gun
·- A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air ...
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Air jacket
·- A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoy...
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Air level
·- Spirit level. ·see <<Level>>.
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Air line
·add. ·- A path through the air made easy for aerial navigation by steady winds.
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Air pipe
·- A pipe for the passage of air; ·esp. a ventilating pipe.
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Air plant
·- A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an <<Aerophyte>>.
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Air poise
·- An instrument to measure the weight of air.
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Air pump
·- A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and a...
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Air sac
·- One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connec...
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Air shaft
·- A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.
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Air stove
·- A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and...
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Air vessel
·- A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds,...
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Air-built
·adj Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle.
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Air-drawn
·adj Drawn in air; imaginary.
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Air-slacked
·adj Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
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Air-tight
·noun A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
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Liquid air
·add. ·- A transparent limpid liquid, slightly blue in color, consisting of a mixture of liquefied o...
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Open-air
·adj Taking place in the open air; outdoor; as, an open-air game or meeting.
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air-bladder
A vesicle containing gas, situated immediately beneath the spinal column in most fish, and often com...
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air-braving
Defying the winds.
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air-cone
in the marine engine, is to receive the gases which enter the hot-well from the air-pump, where, aft...
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air-funnel
A cavity formed by omission of a timber in the upper works of a vessel, to admit fresh air into the ...
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air-gun
A silent weapon, which propels bullets by the expansive force of air only.
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air-jacket
A leathern garment furnished with inflated bladders, to buoy the wearer up in the water. (See ayr.)
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air-pipes
Funnels for clearing ships' holds of foul air, on the principle of the rarefying power of heat.
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air-ports
Large scuttles in ships' bows for the admission of air, when the other ports are down. The Americans...
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air-pump
An apparatus to remove the water and gases accumulating in the condenser while the engine is at work...
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air-scuttles
The same as air-ports.
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air-shafts
Vertical holes made in mining, to supply the adits with fresh air. Wooden shafts are sometimes adopt...
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foul air
May be generated by circumstances beyond control: decomposing fungi, timber injected with coal tar, ...
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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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air and exercise
He has had air and exercise, i.e. he has been whipped at the cart's tail; or, as it is generally, th...
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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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