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glory hole

 
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–noun
1. Nautical.
a. the quarters on a ship that are occupied by the stewards or stokers.
b. lazaretto (def. 3).
c. any locker or enclosed space for loose gear.
2. Glassmaking. an auxiliary furnace for reheating glass that has cooled during offhand blowing.
3. Mining. draw hole.
Origin:
1830–40
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draw⋅hole

  [draw-hohl]
–noun Mining.
a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
Also called glory hole, mill hole.

Origin:
draw + hole

laz⋅a⋅ret⋅to

  [laz-uh-ret-oh]
–noun, plural -tos.
1. a hospital for those affected with contagious diseases, esp. leprosy.
2. a building or a ship set apart for quarantine purposes.
3. Also called glory hole. Nautical. a small storeroom within the hull of a ship, esp. one at the extreme stern.
Also, laz⋅a⋅ret, laz⋅a⋅rette  [laz-uh-ret] .

Origin:
1540–50; < Upper It (Venetian) lazareto, b. lazzaro lazar and Nazareto popular name of a hospital maintained in Venice by the Church of Santa Maria di Nazaret
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Word Origin & History

lazaretto 
1549, "house for reception of lepers and diseased poor persons," from It. lazareto "place set aside for performance of quarantine" (especially that of Venice, which received many ships from plague-infested districts in the East), from the Biblical proper name Lazarus (Luke xvi.20), which was extended in medieval usage to "any poor and visibly diseased person" (cf. Eng. lazar, 1340, "one deformed and nauseous with filthy and pestilential diseases" [Johnson]). Meaning "building set apart for quarantine" is 1605 in Eng. The name Lazarus is from a Gk. rendition of Heb. El'azar, lit. "God has helped."

glory hole 
"a drawer or place where things are heaped together in a disorderly manner," 1825, the first element probably a variant of Scot. glaur "to make muddy" (c.1450), perhaps from O.N. leir "mud."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: laz·a·ret·to
Pronunciation: "laz-&-'ret-(")O
Variant: or laz·a·ret /-'ret, -'rEt/
Function:noun
Inflected Form: plural -rettos or -rets
1 usually lazaretto : an institution (as a hospital) for those with contagiousdiseases
2 : a building or a ship used for detention in quarantine
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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