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Holing  n.  (Mining) Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass.






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"Holing" Quotes from Famous Books



... At length, in about another year, he ventured upon the second. He "tried whether he could not obtain the labour of his Negroes by voluntary means instead of the old method by violence." On a certain day he offered a pecuniary reward for holing canes, which is the most laborious operation in West Indian husbandry. "He offered two-pence half-penny (currency), or about three-halfpence (sterling), per day, with the usual allowance to holers of a dram ...
— Thoughts On The Necessity Of Improving The Condition Of The Slaves • Thomas Clarkson

... right of the Home Green. But Whipple summoned discretion to his aid, and instead of trying to make the green on the next drive, played short, and landed far to the right of the Bunker. This necessitated a short approach, and by the time he had gained the green and was "made" within holing distance of the flag, the score was once more even, and ...
— The Half-Back • Ralph Henry Barbour

... the indispensable water-hole. It is short, but tricky. Teeing off from just outside the bathroom door, you have to loft the ball over the side of the bath, holing out in the little vent pipe, at the end where the water ...
— A Wodehouse Miscellany - Articles & Stories • P. G. Wodehouse



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