Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A Middle English form of whole.
  • noun An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of hull.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Whole.

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Examples

  • Chaucer has hole, hool, and hoolich; and Wiclif, _hole_ and _hool_.

    The Forme of Cury A Roll of Ancient English Cookery Compiled, about A.D. 1390 Samuel Pegge 1750

  • The hool is the pod of a pea -- poor Lizzie's heart almost leapt out of its encasing sheath.

    Robert Burns John Campbell Shairp 1852

  • Her eclectic set of interests includes, besides the retail tire industry, collecting Southwestern art, and riding horses and motorcycles a hobby she picked up in high sc hool, when she had a Vespa scooter.

    Giffords Shows Encouraging Responses Laura Meckler 2011

  • From H-P to S.hool S. S.ith Patrick/Civic Ventures Leslye Louie works for a literacy group as an Encore fellow.

    Law Opens Up 'Encore' Careers 2009

  • Mr. Jacobs, a professor at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business S.hool, was director of corporate finance policy at the U.S. Treasury from 1989 to 1991.

    How Business Schools Have Failed Business Michael Jacobs 2009

  • Mr. Ear is an assistant professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate S.hool in Monterey, California.

    Cambodian 'Justice' Sophal Ear 2009

  • Farish A. Noor, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam S.hool of International S.udies at S.ngapore's Nanyang Technological University, says that the potential caning of Ms. Kartika "is just a sign of what is to come."

    Woman in Malaysia Caning Sentence Freed 2009

  • Farish A. Noor, a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam S.hool of International S.udies at S.ngapore's Nanyang Technological University, argues that the scheduled caning of Ms. Kartika "is just a sign of what is to come."

    Severity of Islamic Law Fuels Debate in Malaysia 2009

  • Jonathan A. Parker of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson S.hool and Nicholas S. S.uleles of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton S.hool found that about two-thirds of the 2001 rebates were spent in the six months after they were received.

    Vanishing Act: The Law 2008

  • He's a professor of public service at Harvard JFK's S.hool of Government, editor-at-large "U.S. News & World Report".

    CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2008 2008

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