ratholen.

Brit.

/ˈrathəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈrætˌ(h)oʊl/

Forms: see rat n.¹ and hole n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rat n.¹, hole n.

Etymology: < rat n.¹ + hole n.

a. A hole inhabited or used by a rat; (also) a hole made by a rat.

ΚΠ

a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Fishing (1590) 35 When the water is lower then the Rat-hole in the bankes, ye may set such engins afore their holes to kill them at their comming out.

1678 Extract Jrnls. Two Several Voy. 21 July in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1695) 19 131 We were troubled with Rat-holes in great numbers, like Coney-boroughs, which by the sinking in of the Earth, very much incommoded our Horses and Mules.

1743 Ann. Europe 1741 4 i. ii. 258 In his Voyage he had..shipped a great deal of Water, by means of a Rat-hole, which made him keep his Pumps constantly going till they discovered the Leak.

a1769 G. Robertson Disc. Tahiti (1948) 92 We got upp all our spear sails to air and found them cutt in several places with Rats, which was repaird immediately and all the Rat hols filld up.

1825 Mechanics' Mag. 24 Dec. 153/2 The square is a strong piece of flat wood, having a circular hole in the middle, which is to be placed before the rat-hole.

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 2/2 They run down the hole into the shore, and no dog could get through a rat-hole.

1904 Washington Post 9 Aug. 8/6 Many rat holes were found where clerks and employees had never surmised that a rat could dig or gnaw.

a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) 133 We stayed in our positions, like a terrier at a rat-hole.

2004 R. Sullivan Rats xvii. 169 The dirt there was perfect for burrowing, and rat holes were all along the fence where the abandoned lot bordered the sidewalk.

b. figurative. A cramped or squalid building, room, place, etc.; a refuge or hiding place.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun]

hidelsc975

hidela1300

bushc1330

hulkc1330

derna1340

tapissinga1340

coverta1375

hiding1382

loting-placea1398

cover14..

hiding placec1440

mewa1450

closetc1450

hole1483

cure1502

secret1530

shrouding place1571

ivy-bush1576

coney burrowa1586

hidlings1597

foxhole1606

shrouding corner1610

recess1611

subterfuge1616

latibule1623

latebra1626

blind1646

privacy1648

hide1649

retreat1697

rathole1770

hidey-hole1817

tod hole1846

hulster1880

hideout1885

cwtch1890

castle1898

lurk1906

stash1927

hideaway1930

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > vile or miserable

hell-holec1400

dogholec1450

cabin1594

sty1605

hole1616

hogsty1688

gourbi1738

rathole1770

pigsty1798

hell's kitchen1827

den1836

kennel1837

pigpen1872

rural slum1886

1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse ii. i. 23 If we have not been in this rat-hole thirteen hours, by any measurer of time in Castile, I'll be content to be carried from hence to Mexico, stowed in a beer barrel.

1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 21 Who routed you from a rat hole..to perch you in a palace?

1878 O. W. Holmes John Lothrop Motley: Mem. xviii. 134 The police set on the track of the writer to find his rat-hole, if possible.

1879 Scribner's Monthly May 33/2 New York is bordered with rat-holes and rotten cribs, gin-mills and junk-shops.

1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 18/2 They wouldn't care if we all died in this stinkin' rat-hole.

1976 ‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 164 The warehouse is..a dummy warehouse designed to mask our rathole.

2002 A. Bellin Poker Nation ix. 174 My house was a rat-hole, so I didn't mind only being there to sleep.

c. North American. A seemingly bottomless pit. Chiefly figurative (esp. in down the rathole and variants): an uncontrolled drain on money or resources.

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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > something demanding excessive expenditure

lickpenny14..

white elephant1555

white elephant1721

rathole1863

1863 Wisconsin Chief 1 Aug. 12/1 We have men who will gulp more whisky than a rat-hole.

1889 Manufacturer & Builder Nov. 255/3 Few people..seem to realize the amount of money that can be wasted in a year, through the steam pipe. The proverbial ‘rat hole’ will not compare with it.

1910 W. H. Taft in Bankers Mag. Jan. 74/2 We have to be certain..that we are not going to pour money down a rathole, when we put millions into the improvements that are contemplated.

1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Dec. 7/1 The committee will examine..Minaki Lodge, the rathole in northwestern Ontario down which increasing quantities of public money seem to be disappearing.

2002 Washington Post (Home ed.) 20 Jan. a1/1 When Enron filed for bankruptcy last month, all but $2,300 of the Stevenses' retirement money vanished. ‘Right down the rat hole.’

2. Oil Industry.

a. A shallow hole drilled near a well hole to accommodate the drill string joint when it is not in use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > hole drilled > accommodating pipe joint

rathole1921

1921 W. H. Jeffery Deep Well Drilling v. 209 Some rotary drillers drill a shallow well at a point midway and in front of the slush pumps, in which they rest the drill stem when not in use or when waiting to set in another joint of drill pipe. This is termed the ‘rat hole’.

1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 210 When the kelly is deep enough for a joint of drill stem, the kelly and bit are pulled out. The kelly is set to one side, fitting in a hole (the ‘rat~hole’) cut in the floor of the derrick.

1984 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 Jan. 43 It [sc. the Occupational Safety and Health Administration] detailed several requirements to prevent uncovered or unguarded openings in the rotary table and unoccupied mouseholes and ratholes.

b. A hole of smaller diameter drilled at the bottom of a larger hole.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > hole drilled > drilled at bottom of larger hole

rathole1921

1921 Mexia (Texas) Evening News 7 Dec. 1/1 When a rathole was run ahead feeling for the sand it was reported that a good showing for the well was found.

1975 G. Anderson Coring v. 89 Most diamond coring is now done in the full diameter of the borehole. Whether coring is done this way or in a rat hole depends on the full gauge-keeping ability of the rock bits used prior to initiating the coring operation.

2002 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) Aug. 114 Double tube core barrels..have the double advantage of taking long cores and at the same time drilling the hole full gauge or the desired size of a rathole.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ratholev.

Brit.

/ˈrathəʊl/, U.S.

/ˈrætˌ(h)oʊl/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rathole n.

Etymology: < rathole n.

1. intransitive and transitive. Oil Industry. To drill a hole of smaller diameter at the bottom of (one of larger diameter). rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > method of drilling

spud1886

rathole1922

turbodrill1948

slant-drill1969

1922 L. C. Sands in D. T. Day Handbk. Petroleum Industry 268 If the oil stratum should inadvertently be penetrated before the casing has been set and all water excluded from overlying formations, it will be expensive, if not impossible, to make a successful producer of the well. To forestall this danger it is common practice to ‘rat-hole’ ahead at intervals.

1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 228 If the sand is expected, the hole can be reduced and ‘ratholed’ ahead, a smaller hole being drilled.

2. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To hide or store away (money or goods), frequently as part of a deception.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly of [verb (transitive)] > hoard up as miser

mucka1413

muckera1425

miser1715

rathole1948

1948 Amer. Speech 23 220 Stashing was overt and frequently a co-operative enterprise, whereas to rat-hole implied that an individual was storing something of possibly public property for his own use.

1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 June 1/5 Everyone ratholed their money last year. Then they saw the (economic) situation hasn't changed so they decided if they're going to buy, now's the time to do it.

1977 New Yorker 4 July 55/1 Speaker said he was ‘ratholing’ the Jif jar. He was not ready to pay the Internal Revenue Service any portion of the gold's value (his privilege until it is sold).

1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer vi. 134 The judge had thrown the book at him because he thought that Harwood had ratholed the nine thousand that nobody could find.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rathole
释义	ratholen. Brit. /ˈrathəʊl/, U.S. /ˈrætˌ(h)oʊl/ Forms: see rat n.¹ and hole n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rat n.¹, hole n. Etymology: < rat n.¹ + hole n. 1. a. A hole inhabited or used by a rat; (also) a hole made by a rat. ΚΠ a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Fishing (1590) 35 When the water is lower then the Rat-hole in the bankes, ye may set such engins afore their holes to kill them at their comming out. 1678 Extract Jrnls. Two Several Voy. 21 July in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1695) 19 131 We were troubled with Rat-holes in great numbers, like Coney-boroughs, which by the sinking in of the Earth, very much incommoded our Horses and Mules. 1743 Ann. Europe 1741 4 i. ii. 258 In his Voyage he had..shipped a great deal of Water, by means of a Rat-hole, which made him keep his Pumps constantly going till they discovered the Leak. a1769 G. Robertson Disc. Tahiti (1948) 92 We got upp all our spear sails to air and found them cutt in several places with Rats, which was repaird immediately and all the Rat hols filld up. 1825 Mechanics' Mag. 24 Dec. 153/2 The square is a strong piece of flat wood, having a circular hole in the middle, which is to be placed before the rat-hole. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 2/2 They run down the hole into the shore, and no dog could get through a rat-hole. 1904 Washington Post 9 Aug. 8/6 Many rat holes were found where clerks and employees had never surmised that a rat could dig or gnaw. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) 133 We stayed in our positions, like a terrier at a rat-hole. 2004 R. Sullivan Rats xvii. 169 The dirt there was perfect for burrowing, and rat holes were all along the fence where the abandoned lot bordered the sidewalk. b. figurative. A cramped or squalid building, room, place, etc.; a refuge or hiding place. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] hidelsc975 hidela1300 bushc1330 hulkc1330 derna1340 tapissinga1340 coverta1375 hiding1382 loting-placea1398 cover14.. hiding placec1440 mewa1450 closetc1450 hole1483 cure1502 secret1530 shrouding place1571 ivy-bush1576 coney burrowa1586 hidlings1597 foxhole1606 shrouding corner1610 recess1611 subterfuge1616 latibule1623 latebra1626 blind1646 privacy1648 hide1649 retreat1697 rathole1770 hidey-hole1817 tod hole1846 hulster1880 hideout1885 cwtch1890 castle1898 lurk1906 stash1927 hideaway1930 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > other types of dwelling > [noun] > vile or miserable hell-holec1400 dogholec1450 cabin1594 sty1605 hole1616 hogsty1688 gourbi1738 rathole1770 pigsty1798 hell's kitchen1827 den1836 kennel1837 pigpen1872 rural slum1886 1770 I. Bickerstaff 'Tis Well it's no Worse ii. i. 23 If we have not been in this rat-hole thirteen hours, by any measurer of time in Castile, I'll be content to be carried from hence to Mexico, stowed in a beer barrel. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 21 Who routed you from a rat hole..to perch you in a palace? 1878 O. W. Holmes John Lothrop Motley: Mem. xviii. 134 The police set on the track of the writer to find his rat-hole, if possible. 1879 Scribner's Monthly May 33/2 New York is bordered with rat-holes and rotten cribs, gin-mills and junk-shops. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 18/2 They wouldn't care if we all died in this stinkin' rat-hole. 1976 ‘B. Shelby’ Great Pebble Affair 164 The warehouse is..a dummy warehouse designed to mask our rathole. 2002 A. Bellin Poker Nation ix. 174 My house was a rat-hole, so I didn't mind only being there to sleep. c. North American. A seemingly bottomless pit. Chiefly figurative (esp. in down the rathole and variants): an uncontrolled drain on money or resources. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > that on which money is expended > something demanding excessive expenditure lickpenny14.. white elephant1555 white elephant1721 rathole1863 1863 Wisconsin Chief 1 Aug. 12/1 We have men who will gulp more whisky than a rat-hole. 1889 Manufacturer & Builder Nov. 255/3 Few people..seem to realize the amount of money that can be wasted in a year, through the steam pipe. The proverbial ‘rat hole’ will not compare with it. 1910 W. H. Taft in Bankers Mag. Jan. 74/2 We have to be certain..that we are not going to pour money down a rathole, when we put millions into the improvements that are contemplated. 1976 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 21 Dec. 7/1 The committee will examine..Minaki Lodge, the rathole in northwestern Ontario down which increasing quantities of public money seem to be disappearing. 2002 Washington Post (Home ed.) 20 Jan. a1/1 When Enron filed for bankruptcy last month, all but $2,300 of the Stevenses' retirement money vanished. ‘Right down the rat hole.’ 2. Oil Industry. a. A shallow hole drilled near a well hole to accommodate the drill string joint when it is not in use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > hole drilled > accommodating pipe joint rathole1921 1921 W. H. Jeffery Deep Well Drilling v. 209 Some rotary drillers drill a shallow well at a point midway and in front of the slush pumps, in which they rest the drill stem when not in use or when waiting to set in another joint of drill pipe. This is termed the ‘rat hole’. 1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 210 When the kelly is deep enough for a joint of drill stem, the kelly and bit are pulled out. The kelly is set to one side, fitting in a hole (the ‘rat~hole’) cut in the floor of the derrick. 1984 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) 2 Jan. 43 It [sc. the Occupational Safety and Health Administration] detailed several requirements to prevent uncovered or unguarded openings in the rotary table and unoccupied mouseholes and ratholes. b. A hole of smaller diameter drilled at the bottom of a larger hole. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > [noun] > hole drilled > drilled at bottom of larger hole rathole1921 1921 Mexia (Texas) Evening News 7 Dec. 1/1 When a rathole was run ahead feeling for the sand it was reported that a good showing for the well was found. 1975 G. Anderson Coring v. 89 Most diamond coring is now done in the full diameter of the borehole. Whether coring is done this way or in a rat hole depends on the full gauge-keeping ability of the rock bits used prior to initiating the coring operation. 2002 Oil & Gas Jrnl. (Nexis) Aug. 114 Double tube core barrels..have the double advantage of taking long cores and at the same time drilling the hole full gauge or the desired size of a rathole. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ratholev. Brit. /ˈrathəʊl/, U.S. /ˈrætˌ(h)oʊl/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: rathole n. Etymology: < rathole n. 1. intransitive and transitive. Oil Industry. To drill a hole of smaller diameter at the bottom of (one of larger diameter). rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > drilling for oil or gas > drill for oil or gas [verb (transitive)] > method of drilling spud1886 rathole1922 turbodrill1948 slant-drill1969 1922 L. C. Sands in D. T. Day Handbk. Petroleum Industry 268 If the oil stratum should inadvertently be penetrated before the casing has been set and all water excluded from overlying formations, it will be expensive, if not impossible, to make a successful producer of the well. To forestall this danger it is common practice to ‘rat-hole’ ahead at intervals. 1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 228 If the sand is expected, the hole can be reduced and ‘ratholed’ ahead, a smaller hole being drilled. 2. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To hide or store away (money or goods), frequently as part of a deception. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > be niggardly of [verb (transitive)] > hoard up as miser mucka1413 muckera1425 miser1715 rathole1948 1948 Amer. Speech 23 220 Stashing was overt and frequently a co-operative enterprise, whereas to rat-hole implied that an individual was storing something of possibly public property for his own use. 1971 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 June 1/5 Everyone ratholed their money last year. Then they saw the (economic) situation hasn't changed so they decided if they're going to buy, now's the time to do it. 1977 New Yorker 4 July 55/1 Speaker said he was ‘ratholing’ the Jif jar. He was not ready to pay the Internal Revenue Service any portion of the gold's value (his privilege until it is sold). 1990 J. Welch Indian Lawyer vi. 134 The judge had thrown the book at him because he thought that Harwood had ratholed the nine thousand that nobody could find. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1589v.1922
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