Found 1 hit - Term: hole and corner, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hole \hole\ h=ol, n. oe. hol, hole, as. hol, hole, cavern,
from hol, a., hollow; akin to d. hol, ohg. hol, g. hohl, dan.
huul hollow, hul hole, sw. hal, icel. hola; prob. from the
root of as. helan to conceal. see hele, hell, and cf.
hold of a ship.
1. 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.
1913 webster
the holes where eyes should be. --shak.
1913 webster
the blind walls
were full of chinks and holes. --tennyson.
1913 webster
the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
lid. --2 kings xii.
9.
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2. 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.
--dryden.
1913 webster
the foxes have holes, . . . but the son of man hath
not where to lay his head. --luke ix. 58.
3. games
a 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.
b fives at eton college, england, that part of the
floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
webster 1913 suppl.
syn: hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice;
orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave;
den; cell.
1913 webster
hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. colloq. "the
wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery." --dickens.
hole board fancy weaving, a board having holes through
which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; --
called also compass board.
1913 webster
see also:
hele hell hold hole and corner hole board compass board
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