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wellhole


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wellhole  \Well"hole`\,  n. 
  1.  (Arch.) 
  a  The  open  space  in  a  floor,  to  accommodate  a  staircase. 
  b  The  open  space  left  beyond  the  ends  of  the  steps  of  a 
  staircase. 
 
  2.  A  cavity  which  receives  a  counterbalancing  weight  in 
  certain  mechanical  contrivances,  and  is  adapted  also  for 
  other  purposes.  --W.  M.  Buchanan.