HOLING

Etymology 1

Verb

holing

present participle of hole

Etymology 2

Noun

holing (plural holings)

(mining) undercutting in a bed of coal in order to bring down the upper mass

Source: Wiktionary


Hol"ing, n. Etym: [See Hole a hollow.] (Mining)

Definition: Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. Raymond.

HOLE

Hole, a.

Definition: Whole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Hole, n. Etym: [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. hål, 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.

Hole, v. t. Etym: [AS. holian. See Hole, n.]

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

2. To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.

Hole, v. i.

Definition: To go or get into a hole. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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