n. [ OE. hali holy + but, butte, flounder; akin to D. bot, G. butte; cf. D. heilbot, G. heilbutt. So named as being eaten on holidays. See Holy, Holiday. ] (Zool.) A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family
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n. [ AS. hāligdōm holiness, sacrament, sanctuary, relics; hālig holy + -dōm, E. -dom. See Holy. ]
So God me help and halidom. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
By my halidom, I was fast asleep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. halieuticus pertaining to fishing, Gr.
a. [ See Hallowmas. ] The feast of All Saints; Hallowmas. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of trees consisting of one species, the salt tree.
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n. One who writes about or describes the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
prop. n. A natural family of mollusks including the abalone (