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<blockquote>If I fly . . . <b>Halloo</b> me like a hare. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To call or shout to; to hail.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Halloo</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*loo"</hw>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>halow</ets>. See <er>Halloo</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.</def>

<h1>Hallow</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hallowed</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hallowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>halowen</ets>, <ets>halwien</ets>, <ets>halgien</ets>, AS. <ets>h\'belgian</ets>, fr. <ets>h\'belig</ets> holy. See <er>Holy</er>.]</ety> <def>To make holy; to set apart for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence.</def> "<i>Hallowed</i> be thy name."

<i>Matt. vi. 9.</i>

<blockquote><b>Hallow</b> the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. <i>Jer. xvii. 24.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His secret altar touched with <b>hallowed</b> fire. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>In a larger sense . . . we can not <b>hallow</b> this ground [Gettysburg]. <i>A. Lincoln.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halloween</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal`low*een"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark><-- October 31 -->

<i>Burns.</i>

<h1>Hallowmas</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal"low*mas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Mass</er> the eucharist.]</ety> <def>The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows.</def>

<blockquote>To speak puling, like a beggar at <b>Hallowmas</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Halloysite</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*loy"site</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after Omalius d'<ets>Halloy</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A claylike mineral, occurring in soft, smooth, amorphous masses, of a whitish color.</def>

<h1>Hallucal</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal"lu*cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the hallux.</def>

<h1>Hallucinate</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*lu"ci*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hallucinatus</ets>, <ets>alucinatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>hallucinari</ets>, <ets>alucinari</ets>, to wander in mind, talk idly, dream.]</ety> <def>To wander; to go astray; to err; to blunder; -- used of mental processes.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Byron.</i>

<h1>Hallucination</h1> <Xpage=665>

<hw>Hal*lu`ci*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>hallucinatio<?/</ets> cf. F. <ets>hallucination</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.</def>

<blockquote>This must have been the <b>hallucination</b> of the transcriber. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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