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A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent. Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. Shak. Long't was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent. Pope.

A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent. Shak.

One of the holes in floor or other plates to permit water to flow through.

A water hole in the bed of an intermittent stream, esp. the bowl at the foot of a cliff over which the stream leaps when in the flood stage. [Western U. S.]

To cause or make by friction or wasting; as, to wear a channel; to wear a hole.

A pit or hole sunk into the earth to such a depth as to reach a supply of water, generally of a cylindrical form, and often walled with stone or bricks to prevent the earth from caving in. The woman said unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. John iv. 11.

umber, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation. "On their whole host I flew unarmed." Milton. The whole race of mankind. Shak.

An instrument for boring holes, turned by a handle. Specifically:

A rectangular rent made in cloth; -- called also winkle-hole. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

stance formed to an even thread by being passed between grooved rollers, or drawn through holes in a plate of steel.

To form (a piece of metal) into wire, by drawing it through a hole in a plate of steel.

e by twisting and squirming; like a worm. Covetousness will wriggle itself out at a small hole. Fuller. Wriggling his body to recover His seat, and cast his right leg over. Hudibras.

A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.