Hollow Hol"low transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Hollowed ; present participle & verbal noun Hollowing .] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed ." Dryden.

Hollow Hol"low adverb Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat , and often with all ; as, this story beats the other all hollow . See All , adverb [ Collog.]

The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.

Darwin.

Hollow Hol·low" interj. [ See Hollo .] Hollo.

Hollow Hol"low intransitive verb To shout; to hollo.

Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.

Fuller.

Hollow Hol"low transitive verb To urge or call by shouting.

He has hollowed the hounds.

Sir W. Scott.

Hollow-hearted Hol"low-heart`ed adjective Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.

Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.

Hollow-horned Hol"low-horned` adjective (Zoology) Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.

Hollowly Hol"low·ly adverb Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.

Hollowness Hol"low·ness noun 1. State of being hollow. Bacon.

2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. South.

Holluschickie Hol"lus·chick`ie noun sing. & plural [ Prob. of Russian goluishka bare of possessions, offspring, etc., from goluiĭ naked.] (Zoology) 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.

Holly Hol"ly adverb Wholly. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Holly Hol"ly (hŏl"lȳ) noun [ OE holi , holin , Anglo-Saxon holen , holegn ; akin to D. & German hulst , Old High German huls hulis , W. celyn , Armor. kelen , Gael. cuilionn , Ir. cuileann . Confer 1st Holm , Hulver .] 1. (Botany) 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.

» 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.

2. (Botany) The holm oak. See 1st Holm .

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

Hollyhock Hol"ly·hock noun [ Middle English holihoc ; holi holy + hoc mallow, Anglo-Saxon hoc ; confer W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy .] (Botany) A species of Althæa ( A. rosea ), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow .

Holm Holm noun [ Middle English , probably from Anglo-Saxon holen holly; as the holly is also called holm . See Holly .] (Botany) A common evergreen oak, of Europe ( Quercus Ilex ); -- called also ilex , and holly .

Holm Holm noun [ Anglo-Saxon holm , usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icelandic hōlmr , holmr , an island, Danish holm , Swedish holme , German holm , and probably to English hill . Confer Hill .]

1. An islet in a river. J. Brand.

2. Low, flat land. Wordsworth.

The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms .

Tennyson.

Holm thrush (Zoology) , the missel thrush.

Holmia Hol"mi·a noun [ New Latin ] (Chemistry) An oxide of holmium.

Holmium Hol"mi·um noun [ New Latin , of uncertain origin.] (Chemistry) A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite. -- Hol"mic adjective

Holmos Hol"mos noun [ New Latin , from Greek ....] (Greek & Etrus. Antiq.) A name given to a vase having a rounded body ; esp.: (a) A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. Fairholt. (b) A drinking cup having a foot and stem.

Holo- Hol"o- A combining form from Greek "o`los whole.

Holoblast Hol"o·blast noun [ Holo + - blast .] (Biol.) an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast .

Holoblastic Hol`o·blas"tic adjective (Biol.) Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic .

Holocaust Hol"o·caust noun [ Latin holocaustum , Greek ..., neut. of ..., ..., burnt whole; "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, from kai`ein to burn (cf. Caustic ): confer French holocauste .] 1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. Milton.

2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. [ An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]

Holocephali Hol`o·ceph"a·li noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek "o`los whole + kefalh` head.] (Zoology) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala . See Chimæra ; also Illustration in Appendix.

Holocryptic Hol`o·cryp"tic adjective [ Holo- + Greek kry`ptein to conceal.] Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.

Holocryptic cipher , a cipher so constructed as to afford no clew to its meaning to one ignorant of the key.

Holocrystalline Hol`o·crys"tal·line adjective [ Holo + crystalline .] (Min.) Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.

Holograph Hol"o·graph noun [ Latin holographus entirely autograph, Greek "olo`grafos ; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: confer French holographe , olographe .] A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

Holographic Hol`o·graph"ic adjective Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.

Holohedral Hol`o·he"dral adjective [ Holo- + Greek ... seat, base, from ... to sit.] (Crystallog.) Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral .

Holohemihedral Hol`o·hem`i·he"dral adjective [ Holo- + hemihedral .] (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes. Dana.

Holometabola Hol`o·me·tab"o·la noun plural [ New Latin See Holo- , and Metabola .] (Zoology) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

Holometabolic Hol`o·met`a·bol"ic adjective (Zoology) Having a complete metamorphosis; -- said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.

Holometer Ho·lom"e·ter noun [ Holo + -meter : confer French holometre .] An instrument for making all kinds of angular measurements.

Holophanerous Hol`o·phan"er·ous adjective [ Holo + Greek ... visible, from ... to appear.] (Zoology) Same as Holometabolic .

Holophotal Hol`o·pho"tal adjective [ Holo + Greek ..., ..., light.] (Opt.) Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

Holophote Hol"o·phote noun A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.

Holophrastic Hol`o·phras"tic adjective [ Holo + Greek ... to speak: confer French holophrastique .] Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

Holophytic Hol`o·phyt"ic adjective [ Holo + Greek ... a plant.] Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

Holophytic nutrition that form of nutrition, characteristic of vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by the ingestion of albuminous matter.

Holorhinal Hol`o·rhi"nal adjective [ Holo + Greek ..., nose.] (Anat.) Having the nasal bones contiguous.

Holosiderite Hol`o·sid"er·ite noun [ Holo + siderite .] (Min.) Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

Holostean Ho·los"te·an adjective (Zoology) Pertaining to the Holostei.

Holostei Ho·los"te·i noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek "o`los whole + ... a bone.] (Zoology) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.

Holosteric Hol`o·ster"ic adjective [ Holo + Greek stereo`s solid.] Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.

Holostomata Hol`o·stom"a·ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek "o`los whole + sto`ma , -atos , mouth.] (Zoology) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.

Holostomate Ho·los"to·mate adjective (Zoology) Same as Holostomatous .

Holostomatous Hol`o·stom"a·tous adjective (Zoology) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

Holostome Hol"o·stome noun [ Holo + Greek sto`ma mouth.] (Zoology) One of the Holostomata.

Holostraca Ho·los"tra·ca noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek "o`los whole + ... shell of a testacean.] (Zoology) A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.

Holothure Hol"o·thure noun [ Latin holothuria , plural, a sort of water polyp, Greek ....] (Zoology) A holothurian.

Holothurian Hol`o·thu"ri·an adjective (Zoology) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- noun One of the Holothurioidea.

» Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers , sea slugs , trepang , and bêche de mèr . Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang .

Holothurioidea Hol`o·thu`ri·oi"de·a noun plural [ New Latin See Holothure , and -oid .] (Zoology) One of the classes of echinoderms. They have a more or less elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles, which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike. Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group (Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also Holothurida , Holothuridea , and Holothuroidea .

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