HOLLYROSE
HOL'LYROSE, noun A plant.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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HOLM
HOLM, noun The evergreen oak; the ilex.1. An islet, or river isle.2. A low flat tract of rich land on the banks of a river.
HOLMITE
HOLM'ITE, noun A variety of carbonate of lime; so called from Mr. Holme, who analyzed it.
HOLOCAUST
HOL'OCAUST, noun [Gr. whole, and burnt, to burn.] A burnt-sacrifice or offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire; a species of sacrifice in use among the Jews and some p...
HOLOGRAPH
HOL'OGRAPH, noun [Gr. whole, and to write.] A deed or testament written wholly by the grantor's or testator's own hand.
HOLOGRAPHIIC
HOLOGRAPHI'IC, adjective Written wholly by the grantor or testator himself.
HOLOMETER
HOLOM'ETER, noun [Gr. all, and to measure.] An instrument for taking all kinds of measures, both on the earth and in the heavens; a pentameter.
HOLP
HOLP, HOLPEN, the antiquated preterit tense and participle passive of help.
HOLPEN
HOLP, HOLPEN the antiquated preterit tense and participle passive of help.
HOLSTER
HOLSTER, noun [Latin celo.] A leathern case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the fore part of his saddle.
HOLSTERED
HOLSTERED, adjective Bearing holsters; as a holstered steed.
HOLT
HOLT, noun [Latin celo.] A wood or woodland; obsolete, except in poetry.
HOLY
HO'LY, adjective1. Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart, temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections. Applied to the Suprem...
HOLY-CROSS
HOLY-CROSS day, noun The fourteenth of September.
HOLY-ONE
HO'LY-ONE, noun An appellation of the Supreme Being, by way of emphasis.1. An appellation of Christ. Isaiah 43:1.2. One separated to the service of God. Deuteronomy 33:1.
HOLY-ROOD
HOLY-ROOD day, noun A festival observed by Roman Catholics in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.
HOLY-THISTLE
HO'LY-THISTLE, noun A plant of the genus Cnicus.The blessed thistle, Centaurea benedicta.
HOLY-THURSDAY
HO'LY-THURSDAY, noun The day on which the ascension of our Savior is commemorated, ten days before Whitsuntide.
HOLY-WEEK
HO'LY-WEEK, noun The week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is commemorated.
HOLYDAY
HOL'YDAY, noun A day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a festival intended to celebrate some event deemed auspicious to the welfare of a nation; parti...
HOMAGE
HOM'AGE, noun [Latin homo, man.]1. In feudal law, the submission, loyalty and service which a tenant promised to his lord or superior, when first admitted to the land which he h...
HOMAGEABLE
HOM'AGEABLE, adjective Subject to homage.
HOMAGER
HOM'AGER, noun One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage.'s Pyrophorus, ignited muriate of lime.
HOME
HOME, noun [Gr. a house, a close place, or place or rest.]1. A dwelling house; the house or place in which one resides. He was not at homeThen the disciples went away again to t...
HOMEBORN
HO'MEBORN, adjective Native; natural.1. Domestic; not foreign.
HOMEBRED
HO'MEBRED, adjective Native; natural; as homebred lusts.1. Domestic; originating at home; not foreign; as homebred evil.2. Plain, rude; artless; uncultivated; not polished by tr...
HOMEFELT
HO'MEFELT, adjective Felt in one's own breast; inward; private; as homefelt joys or delight.