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Look up: Holiday

  1. Holiday
    Holiday is a CDP in Pasco County Florida, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. holiday
    [n] - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. holiday
    Period of allowed absence from work. The word derives from medieval holy days, which were saints' days when no work was done. Holidays became a legal requirement in Britain under the Bank Holidays...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. holiday
    an area,or spot,inadvertently missed in the coverage(by spray)by asphalt Category: Building industry • a discontinuity or break in the anticorrosion protection on pipe or tubing that leaves the bare metal exposed to corrosive processes Category: Nuclear industry (with applied atomic and nuclear physics) • in naval mine warfare,a gap left unintentionally during sweeping or m...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Holiday
    Hol'i·day noun [ Holy + day .] 1. A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday . 2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day. « And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday Milton. 3. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/53

  6. Holiday
    Hol`i·day adjective 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 seldom exercised.» Dryden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/53

  7. Holiday
    The word `holiday` has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. A contraction of holy and day, holidays originally represented special religious days. This word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day of rest (as opposed to regular days of rest such as the weekend). In the English-speaking world a holiday can mean a period spent away from home or business in travel or recreation (e.g. `I'm going on holiday to Ma...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday

  8. Holiday
    • (n.) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday. • (n.) A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a festival day. • (a.) Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay. • (n.) A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. holiday
    (from `holy day`), originally, a day of dedication to religious observance; in modern times, a day of either religious or secular commemoration. Many ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/h/61

  10. Holiday
    Holiday is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Festive Day ` The name Holiday doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Holiday seems to be unique!
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Hol

  11. Holiday
    An area in a diamond ground surface that is not ground because the head on the diamond grinding equipment does not cut deep enough to touch a low spot in the surface.
    Found on http://www.pavement.com/glossary/A.html

  12. holiday
    holiday [altered from holy day], day set aside for the commemoration of an important event. Holidays are often accompanied by public ceremonies, such as parades and carnivals, and by religious observances; they may also be simply a time for relaxation. Days of commemoration are observed throughout t...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0


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22 March 2010

This day in history:
On March 22, 1888 was the first meeting to instate and organise the English Football League. It was William McGregor, a draper and Aston Villa's director in Scotland, was the first man who was tried to establish some rules to that chaotic world where previously teams agreed their own matches and games. The English Football League's first season started some months later in 1888 and dated on 8 September, there were 12 member clubs. read more

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