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A hole made by a mouse, for passage or abode, as in a wall; hence, a very small hole like that gnawed by a mouse.

A hole, or hollow place, containing mud, as in a road.

A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

ming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied. [Poetic]

A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.

See Peephole.

To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report.

A pit; a pockmark.

An embrasure in a ship's side. See 3d Port.

A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.

The hole in the deck through which the rudderpost passes.

A plank fixed beneath an object, as beneath the rudder of a vessel, to protect it from injury; a plank on the ground under the end of a shore or the like.

A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all sight-holes." Shak.

The mouth to the grate of a furnace; also, the space in front of the furnace, where the stokers stand.

The opening in the furnaces through which fuel is introduced.

The pin, or handle, of a scythe snath. Thole pin. Same as Thole.

The vent of a cannot or other firearm, by which fire is communicateed to the powder of the charge.

See Trou-de-loup.

Not whole; unsound. [Obs.]