| Mole (mole) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Mole |
[AS. m l;
akin to OHG. meil, Goth. mail Cf. Mail a spot.] |
A spot; a stain; a mark which discolors or
disfigures.
A spot, mark, or small permanent
protuberance on the human body; esp., a spot which is dark-colored,
from which commonly issue one or more hairs.
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A mass
of fleshy or other more or less solid matter generated in the
uterus.
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A mound or massive work formed of masonry or large stones, etc.,
laid in the sea, often extended either in a right line or an arc of a
circle before a port which it serves to defend from the violence of
the waves, thus protecting ships in a harbor; also, sometimes, the
harbor itself.
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Any insectivore of the
family Talpidæ. They have minute eyes and ears, soft
fur, and very large and strong fore feet.
A plow of peculiar construction, for
forming underground drains.
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To form holes in, as a mole]
to burrow; to excavate; as, to mole the earth.
To clear of molehills.
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