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A hole; an aperture.

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  1. n. A hole; an aperture.
  2. n. A short communication between adits in a mine.
  3. n. A long adit in a coalpit.
  4. v. t. To cut through; to pierce.
  5. v. t. To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
  6. 1. A hole; an aperture. [Obs.] 2. (Mining) (a) A short communication between adits in a mine. (b) A long adit in a coalpit. 1. To cut through; to pierce. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 2. (Mining) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
  7. To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.
  8. n. A hole; an aperture. n. A short communication between adits in a mine. n. A long adit in a coalpit. v. t. To cut through; to pierce. v. t. To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.