Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete or dialectal (Scotch) form of
hull . - A Middle English form of
whole .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Whole.
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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From H-P to S.hool S. S.ith Patrick/Civic Ventures Leslye Louie works for a literacy group as an Encore fellow.
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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
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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
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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."
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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."
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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.
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He's a professor of public service at Harvard JFK's S.hool of Government, editor-at-large "U.S. News & World Report".
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