The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The feast of All Saints. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [ Obs. ] “Allhallown summer.” Shak. (i. e., late summer; “Indian Summer”). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. tīd time. ] The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [ Gettysburg ]. A. Lincoln. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; made holy. Opposite of
n. The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day (November 1); also the entire day, October 31. It is often marked by parties or celebrations, and sometimes by pranks played by young people. [ Scot. ] Burns.
n. [ See Mass the eucharist. ] The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows. [ 1913 Webster ]
To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
The sound perfecter and not so shallow and jarring. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
The king was neither so shallow, nor so ill advertised, as not to perceive the intention of the French king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
A swift stream is not heard in the channel, but upon shallows of gravel. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dashed on the shallows of the moving sand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make shallow. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become shallow, as water. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Naut.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a shallow manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality or state of being shallow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shallow-brained. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Naut.) Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hallow. ] To profane; to desecrate. [ 1913 Webster ]
The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- not + hallowed. ] Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin. [ 1913 Webster ]