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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A hole; a hollow.
  2. To hollow out; dig out.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A hollow cavity.
  2. v. transitive To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.
  3. v. transitive To dig; dig into; pierce; penetrate; investigate; poke.
  4. v. transitive To dig up; excavate.

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English holk, from Old English holc ("hole, cavity"), from Proto-Germanic *hulkaz (“a hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide”). Cognate with Low German holke, hölke ("small hole"), German Holk ("a type of flat-bottomed barge"), Swedish holk ("nest, birdhouse"), Icelandic holkur ("tube"). Related to hulk. (Wiktionary)

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