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Peep sight

An adjustable piece pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech distinguished from an open sight...


Peeping hole

See Peephole...


black hole

A dungeon or dark cell in a prison a military lock up or guardroom now commonly with allusion to the cell the Black Hole in a fort at Calcutta called the Black Hole of Calcutta into which 146 English prisoners were thrust by the nabob Suraja Dowla on the night of June 20 1765 and in which 123 of the prisoners died before morning from lack of air...


bore hole

a hole or passage made by a drill especially one made for exploratory purposes...


Cat hole

One of two small holes astern above the gunroom ports through which hawsers may be passed...


hand hole

A small hole in a boiler for the insertion of the hand in cleaning etc...


Hole in the air

same as Air hole above an air pocket...


Sight hole

A hole for looking through a peephole...


Peephole

A hole or crevice through which one may peep without being discovered...


Day peep

The dawn...


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