DCHP-1 Online
Home
Browse Entries
Project History
Project Team
How to Use
Abbreviations
Frontmatter (1967)
Word of the Day
Copyright Notice
blowhole
†
n.
a breathing-hole in ice, made by seals.
See also:
aglu
blowing hole
1916
 
. . . they walked warily, . . . in dread of lakes and blow-holes and fissures of water. . . .
1963
 
As we drew near, those seals nearest to us slid quietly into nearby leads and blow holes.