1a † n. See 1824 quote at kettle ((1)) (def. 2).
See also: kettle ((1)) (def. 2)
1b n. a circular depression in any rock surface.
2a † n. a.t a hole in a road, especially one caused by water erosion or frost damage. See also pitch-hole (def. 2).
2b n. an airpocket which causes an aircraft to bump.
3a n. West See 1902 quote.
See also: muskeg (def. 4) pothole lake sink-hole (def. 2) slough (def. 1)
3b n. West an artificial dam or reservoir.
See also: dugout (def. 3)
4 n. North an organic bog which is a brown to black mixture of water and living and dead vegetation often covered with a carpet of sphagnum or other mosses and often of considerable depth.
See also: muskeg (def. 1)
5 n. B.C. Interior See 1961 quote at hole (def. 1).
See also: hole (def. 1)
6 n. an underground cave.
See also: hell-hole