glory hole

noun

1

a

: a furnace for softening glass when it becomes stiff in offhand working and for fire-polishing glass

b

: an opening directly into the interior of such a furnace

specifically : bottoming hole

2

: a receptacle (as a box or cupboard) or area into which odds and ends are put haphazardly and in no particular order

3

a

: lazaretto sense 3

b

: the quarters of stewards or stokers on board a ship

4

: an opencut or funnel-shaped excavation formed by drawing off soft or broken ore through an underground passage

called also mill hole

5

: a hole made through a wall or partition to enable people to perform sex acts anonymously

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