Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hole \Hole\, 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. h[*a]l, 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.
The holes where eyes should be. --Shak.
The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes.
--Tennyson.
The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
lid. --2 Kings xii.
9.
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.
The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath
not where to lay his head. --Luke ix. 58.
Syn: Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice;
orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave;
den; cell.
{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}.