The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hole \Hole\ (h[=o]l), 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.
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            The holes where eyes should be.       --Shak.
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            The blind walls
            Were full of chinks and holes.        --Tennyson.
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            The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the
            lid.                                  --2 Kings xii.
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   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.
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            The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath
            not where to lay his head.            --Luke ix. 58.

   3. (Games)
      (a) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into
          which a marble or ball is to be played or driven;
          hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into
          such a hole, as in golf.
      (b) (Fives) At Eton College, England, that part of the
          floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
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   Syn: Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice;
        orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave;
        den; cell.
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   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.
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