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holking

holking is the present participle and gerund of holk.

Meaning of holk

Verb

holk (third-person singular simple present holks, present participle holking, simple past and past participle holked)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To dig out; make hollow; hollow out.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To dig; dig into; pierce; penetrate; investigate; poke.
  3. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To dig up; excavate.
    • The Sessioune perceiving gryt perell through the burieing of people in the kirkyaird of thair perroche kirk and within the kirk itself by raising of grene graivis and holking under the kirk vall undermynding of the samyne ordanis fra this furth that na persone presume to mak graivis within the...1908, Aberdeen University Studies, volume 35, University of Aberdeen, page 96

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Questions about holking

What is holking the present participle and gerund of?
Holking is the present participle and gerund of holk.

Words near holking in the dictionary

  1. holked
  2. Holker
  3. Holkerian
  4. Holkham
  5. Holkhams
  6. holking
  7. Holkomelem
  8. holks
  9. Holl
  10. holla
  11. holla at

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