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hole(2) (iou) and isabella grape (medicine)


hole(2) (iou)



hole verb.
[Old English holian = Old High German holon, Gothic -hulon, from Germanic base of HOLL adjective: see HOLE noun1.]
verb trans. Make a hole or holes in, hollow out; dig (the ground); spec. (Nautical) pierce the side of (a ship). OE.
E. Diehl After the boards have been cut to size, they are holed-out and laced onto the book. Snoo Wilson I've got to get him before we get holed by a Russian submarine.
verb intrans. Make a hole or holes; dig through from one mine-working to another. ME.
verb intrans. Become full of holes through wear. E17.
verb intrans. Go into a hole, esp. for hibernation; esp. (N. Amer. colloq.) hide oneself, lie in wait, seek shelter. Usu. foll. by out, up. E17.
E. Birney Or you could hole out in Canada in an igloo or something. T. O'Brien I holed up in the bathroom.
verb trans. Put into a hole; put in prison; hide. E17.
verb trans. Golf & Billiards etc. Drive (a ball) or play (a shot) into a hole or pocket. L17.
Jo Grimond His brother..holed a putt of awkward length to win the Calcutta Cup.
b. verb intrans. Golf. Drive the ball into the hole. Usu. foll. by out. M19.
N. Blake Holed out in one. Golf Monthly He..gave a strong hint of..greater things to come by holing for a birdie.
c. verb intrans. Cricket. (Of a batsman) be dismissed by hitting a catch to a (usu. specified) fielder or position. Foll. by out. L20.
Times 47 runs were added in seven overs before Lloyds holed out to deep mid-wicket.
verb trans. Mining. Sink (a shaft), drive (a tunnel) through; undercut (coal) in a seam. E18.
holeable adjective (Golf) (of a stroke, esp. a putt) capable of sending the ball into the hole E20.
holer noun a person who makes or bores a hole; spec. a collier who undercuts a coal seam: LME.
holing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) Mining a wedge-shaped section of a coal seam or floor removed to undermine or loosen it: LME.

isabella grape (medicine)


isabella grape
<botany> A favorite sweet American grape of a purple colour. See Fox grape, under Fox.

Source: Websters Dictionary