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† ˈcony-hole Obs.
A rabbit hole or burrow.
Also transf. in quots. 1440–83, 1668.
c1440Promp. Parv. 90 Conyys hole, cunus. 1483Cath. Angl. 74 A Connynge-hale [v.r. Cunyng holle], cuna. 1530Palsgr. 208/1 Cony hole or clapar, taisniere. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Clapier..a Cunny hole. 1643Ayscoghe 29 July in Cromwell's Lett. & Sp. (Carlyle) App. 4 By reason of the conyholes, and the difficult ascent up the hill. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. ii. vii. 110 Gassendus saw..the Septum of the Heart to have through⁓fares, by reason of sundry windings and crooked Cony-holes as it were. |