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tick-hole
[? f. tick n.3 + hole n.]
A cavity in nodular stone, usually lined with a crystalline incrustation.
1829Glover's Hist. Derby I. 92 At the lime-quarries, Milltown, Ashover, cavities or tick-holes are frequent in the..limestone rock,..lined with..quartz crystals. 1881in Raymond Mining Gloss. |