HOLE, n. 1. A hollow place or cavity in any solid body, of any shape or dimensions, natural or artificial. It may differ from a rent or fissure in being wider. A cell; a den; a cave or cavern in the earth; an excavation in a rock or tree; a pit, &c. Is.11. Ezek.8. Nah.2. Matt.8. 2. A perforation; an aperture; an opening in or through a solid body, left in the work or made by an instrument. Jehoida took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it. 2 Kings 12.3. A mean habitation; a narrow or dark lodging.4. An opening or means of escape; a subterfuge; in the vulgar phrase, he has a hole to creep out at.Arm-hole, the arm-pit; the cavity under the shoulder of a person. 1. An opening in a garment for the arm.HOLE, v.i. To go into a hole. HOLE, v.t. To cut, dig or make a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. 1. To drive into a bag, as in billiards.
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