Both Uses of
perforate
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- This one is built against the solid rock, and it would take ten experienced miners, duly furnished with the requisite tools, as many years to perforate it.†
Chpt 15-16 *
- "With this needle," said the abbe, as, opening his ragged vestments, he showed Dantes a long, sharp fish-bone, with a small perforated eye for the thread, a small portion of which still remained in it.†
Chpt 17-18
Definition:
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(perforate) to make a hole or holes in something