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Pit
·noun ·see Pit of the stomach (below).
II. Pit ·vt To place or put into a pit or hole.
III. Pit ·n...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pit
A hole in the ground (Ex. 21:33, 34), a cistern for water (Gen. 37:24; Jer. 14:3), a vault (41:9), a...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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pit
1) A watch fob. He drew a rare thimble from the swell's pit. He took a handsome watch from the gentl...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pit
(Dutch, pit, a kernel.) The kernel or nut of fruit; as, a cherry-pit. Peculiar to New York.
You put...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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pit
In the dockyards. See saw-pit.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hole
hollow, deep ; a hole-dish, a deep dish, opposed to shallow. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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hole
A clear open space amongst ice in the Arctic seas.
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Cyclone pit
·add. ·- A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone, or tornado.
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bottomless pit
The monosyllable.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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ash-pit
A receptacle for ashes before the fire-bars in a steamer, or under them in most fire-places.
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pit-pan
A flat-bottomed, trough-like canoe, used in the Spanish Main and in the West Indies.
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pit-powder
That made with charcoal which has been burned in pits, not in cylinders.
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rifle-pit
Cover hastily thrown up by one or two skirmishers, but contributing, when a line of them is joined t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Gally Hole
See Gully Hole.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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crab-hole
n.
a hole leading into a pit-likeburrow, made originally by a burrowing crayfish, and oftenafterwar...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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melon-hole
n.
a kind of honey-combing of thesurface in the interior plains, dangerous to horsemen, ascribedto ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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namma hole
n.
a native well. Nammais an aboriginal word for a woman's breast.
1893. `The Australasian,' Augus...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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water-hole
n.
The word pond is seldomused in Australia. Any pond, natural or artificial, is calleda Water-hole...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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wombat-hole
n.
hole made by Wombat (q.v.).
1891. Mrs. Cross (Ada Cambridge), `The Three Miss Kings,'p. 181:
«...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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.
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placket-hole
a pocket-hole. York. From the Scots.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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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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pit-a-pat
The palpitation of the heart: as, my heart went pit-a-pat. Pintledy-pantledy; the same.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Hole in the air
·add. ·- = Air hole, above.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.