HOLE, n.
1. A hollow place or cavity in any solid body, of any shape or dimensions, natural or artificial. It may differ from a rent or fissure in being wider. A cell a den a cave or cavern in the earth an excavation in a rock or tree a pit, &c. Isaiah 11Ezek 8
2. A perforation an aperture an opening in or through a solid body, left in the work or made by an instrument.
Jehoida took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it. 2 Kings 12 .
3. A mean habitation a narrow or dark lodging.
4. An opening or means of escape a subterfuge in the vulgar phrase, he has a hole to creep out at.
Arm-hole, the arm-pit the cavity under the shoulder of a person.
1. An opening in a garment for the arm.
HOLE, To go into a hole.
HOLE, To cut, dig or make a hole or holes in as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars.
1. To drive into a bag, as in billiards.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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