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. hål, Icel. hola; prob. from the root of AS. helan to conceal. See Hele, Hell, and cf. Hold of a ship. ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Luke ix. 58.
Hole and corner,
Hole board (Fancy Weaving),
v. i. To go or get into a hole. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Whole. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ AS. holian. See Hole, n. ]
. (Aëronautics) same as Air hole, above; an air pocket. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race. [ 1913 Webster ]
The holethnic history of the Arians. London Academy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Holo + Gr. &unr_; race. ] A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having pores or holes.