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haul, hert_hol, hert_hol, hert_hole, hertholl, hol, hole, holes, holey, holie, holie-pie, holipee$d, holipied, holl, hollie, jook-hole, jouk-hole, lope-hole, lowp-hole, lyin-holes, oll, punckin, punk-hole, punkin, Yuil-hole, Yule-hole,
hole [hoːl, MN. I. hɔl]
n. A hole. A small bay. A shallow pool, a puddle.
dim. holie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hole (in the waw): A bed fitted into a (bed-)recess in a wall and shut off from the room by doors or curtains.
hert hole: I.Sh. The centre or heart of a fire.
holipied: Full of holes, having holes worked in sewing or knitting and stitched around.
in or o the hole: On the point of childbirth.
jouk-hole, lowp-hole, pousie-hole, scoot-hole: A hole for small creatures to run and hide in.
lyin-holes: Patches of crops flattened by heavy rain and unsuitable for the binder.
neukie-hole: A hole or space for stowing junk.
punk-hole: S. A hole or pit in a peat moss. Also punkin, a hoofprint in soft ground.
Yuil-hole: The hole in the waist-belt to which the buckle is adjusted to make room for food.
holgin, hulgin,
holgin [I.Sh. ˈhɔlgɪn]
n. A tall man, a big, raw-boned, clumsy person or animal.
hollan, hollan, hollan$, hollan$, holland, holland,
Holland [ˈholən(d)]
pn. Holland.
adj. pertaining to Holland.
hollin,
hollin [ˈhɔlɪn]
n. The holly Ilex aquifolium.
holograph,
holograph [ˈholəgraf]
n. A holograph. A letter or other document wholly in the handwriting of one person.
adj. Holograph, wholly in the writing of one person.
hoam, holm, holme, hom, home, homm, houm, houme, hulm,
hom [hom]
n. I. A small grassy island.
homologate, homologatin, homologatit, homulgate,
homologate [hɔˈmɔləget]
v. To ratify, confirm, approve.
pt. homologatit
pp. homologate
hon, hone, hone$t, honed, hons,
hone [hon, hɔn]
n. A hone, a whetstone. A curling-stone made from a variety of rock found on Ailsa Craig. A kind of soft sandstone used for slate pencil.
v. To grind, to keep hard at work, study assiduously.
pt. pp. hone't, honed.
honest, honestie, honestly, honesty, onest, oneste, onestey, onestie, onesty, onhhonest, oonhonesty, unhonest, unhonesty,
honest [ˈhonəst]
adj. Honest, worthy, estimable.
 
honestly
adv. Honestly.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
honesty [ˈhonəstɪ]: Honesty, kindness, courtesy, liberality, decency, decorum.
unhonest: Dishonest, an absence or lack of honesty.
unhonesty: Dishonesty.
hionic, hjonek, honnek, honnock, hunek, hunnik,
honnock [I.Sh. ˈh(j)ɔnək]
n. A contemptuous name for a small person, esp. a woman, or one of emaciated appearance.
 
n. The stern compartment of a boat.

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