Webster's Dictionary 1913

2620

Holiday (2)

Hol′i‐day, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay. Shak.2. Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.Courage is but a holiday kind of virtue, to be s...

2621

Holily

Ho″li‐ly (?), adv. [From Holy.] 1. Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.2. Sacredly; inviolably. Shak.

2622

Holiness

Ho″li‐ness, n. [AS. hālignes.] 1. The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.Who is like thee, glorious in holi...

2623

Holing

Hol″ing (?), n. [See Hole a hollow.] (Mining) Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. Raymond.

2624

Holla

Hol″la (?), interj. [F. hola; ho ho + là there, fr. L. illac that way, there. Cf. Hollo.] Hollo.

2625

Holla (2)

Hol″la, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Hollaed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hollaing.] See Hollo, v. i.

2626

Holland

Hol″land (?), n. A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.

2627

Hollandaise sauce

{ Hol′lan‐daise″ sauce, orHol′lan‐daise″ } (?), n. [F. hollandaise, fem. of hollandais Dutch.] (Cookery) A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk...

2628

Hollander

Hol″land‐er (?), n. 1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; — called also, D...

2629

Hollandish

Hol″land‐ish, a. Relating to Holland; Dutch.

2630

Hollands

Hol″lands (?), n. 1. Gin made in Holland.2. pl. See Holland.

2631

Hollo

Hol‐lo″ (?), interj. & n. [See Halloo, and cf. Holla.] Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.And every day, for food or play,Came to...

2632

Hollo (2)

Hol″lo (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Holloed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Holloing.] [See Hollo, interj., and cf. Halloo.] To call out or exclaim; to halloo. This form is now mostly replaced b...

2633

Holloa

Hol‐loa″ (?), interj., n. & v. i. Same as Hollo.

2634

Hollow

Hol″low (?), a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole.] 1. Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; exca...

2635

Hollow (2)

Hol″low (?), n. 1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.2. A low spot surr...

2636

Hollow (3)

Hol″low, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hollowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hollowing.] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. “Trees rudely hollowed.” Dryden.

2637

Hollow (4)

Hol″low, adv. Wholly; completely; utterly; — chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv.The more civilized so-ca...

2638

Hollow (5)

Hol‐low″ (?), interj. [See Hollo.] Hollo.

2639

Hollow (6)

Hol″low (?), v. i. To shout; to hollo.Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.

2640

Hollow (7)

Hol″low, v. t. To urge or call by shouting.He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott.

2641

Hollow-hearted

Hol″low–heart′ed (?), a. Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.Syn. — Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.

2642

Hollow-horned

Hol″low–horned′ (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.

2643

Hollowly

Hol″low‐ly, adv. Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.

2644

Hollowness

Hol″low‐ness, n. 1. State of being hollow. Bacon.2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

2645

Holluschickie

Hol″lus‐chick′ie (?), n. sing. & pl. [Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. goluiĭ naked.] (Zoöl.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six...

2646

Holly

Hol″ly (?), adv. Wholly. Chaucer.