Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hole

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hole


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(1):

(n.) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf.

(2):

(v. i.) To go or get into a hole.

(3):

(n.) At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.

(4):

(a.) Whole.

(5):

(n.) A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.

(6):

(n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation.

(7):

(n.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.

(8):

(n.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.