Mole

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To clear of molehills.

II. Mole ·noun A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or disfigures.

III. Mole ·noun A plow of peculiar construction, for forming underground drains.

IV. Mole ·noun A mass of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the uterus.

V. Mole ·noun Any insectivore of the family Talpidae. They have minute eyes and ears, soft fur, and very large and strong fore feet.

VI. Mole ·vt To form holes in, as a mole; to Burrow; to Excavate; as, to mole the earth.

VII. Mole ·noun A spot, mark, or small permanent protuberance on the human body; ·esp., a spot which is dark-colored, from which commonly issue one or more hairs.

VIII. Mole ·noun A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, ·etc., laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the harbor itself.

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