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v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hollaed p. pr. & vb. n. Hollaing. ] See Hollo, v. i. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. [ F. hollandaise, fem. of hollandais Dutch. ] (Cookery) A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. 1. A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker. Wagner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to Holland; Dutch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Gin made in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. See Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. & n. [ See Halloo, and cf. Holla. ] Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo. [ 1913 Webster ]

And every day, for food or play,
Came to the mariner's hollo. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Holloed p. pr. & vb. n. Holloing. ] [ See Hollo, interj., and cf. Halloo. ] To call out or exclaim; to halloo. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj., n. & v. i. Same as Hollo. [ 1913 Webster ]

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; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. Ex. xxvii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken. [ 1913 Webster ]

With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hollow newel (Arch.), an opening in the center of a winding staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a staircase. --
Hollow quoin (Engin.), a pier of stone or brick made behind the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or recess to receive the ends of the gates. --
Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel. --
Hollow square. See Square. --
Hollow ware, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.

Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forests grew
Upon the barren hollows. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ See Hollo. ] Hollo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To shout; to hollo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To urge or call by shouting. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a cavity within; as, canoe made of a hollowed log. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. State of being hollow. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. serving dishes of silver having some depth in the bowl; contrasted with flatware. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. sing. & pl. [ Prob. of Russ. goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., fr. golui&ibreve_; naked. ] (Zool.) A young male fur seal, esp. one from three to six years old; -- called also bachelor, because prevented from breeding by the older full-grown males.

☞ The holluschickie are the seals that may legally be killed for their skins.

But he'll lie down on the killing grounds where the holluschickie go. Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. Wholly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm, Hulver. ] 1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aquifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm. [ 1913 Webster ]

Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), the black scrub oak. See Scrub oak. --
Holly rose (Bot.), a West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers (Turnera ulmifolia). --
Sea holly (Bot.), a species of Eryngium. See Eryngium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Mahonia aquifolium) of the Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries.
Syn. -- Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, mountain grape, holly-leaves barberry, Mahonia aquifolium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy. ] (Bot.) A species of Althæa (Althæa rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow. Rose mallow is listed as a variety of Hibiscus, not Hollyhock in several Web pages. Name change??? [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

(Bot.) An evergeen seashore plant (Eryngium maritimum). See Eryngium. [ 1913 Webster ]