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<hw>Hol"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Holloed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Holloing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[See <er>Hollo</er>, <ets>intery</ets>., and cf. <er>Halloo</er>.]</ety> <def>To call out or exclaim; to halloo.</def>

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<hw>Hol*loa"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt>, <tt>n. & v. i.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Hollo</er>.</def>

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<hw>Hol"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>holow</ets>, <ets>holgh</ets>, <ets>holf</ets>, AS. <ets>holh</ets> a hollow, hole. Cf. <er>Hole</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; <as>as, a <ex>hollow</ex> tree; a <ex>hollow</ex> sphere.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Hollow</b> with boards shalt thou make it. <i>Ex. xxvii. 8..</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.</def>

<blockquote>With <b>hollow</b> eye and wrinkled brow. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; <as>as, a <ex>hollow</ex> roar</as>.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; <as>as, a <ex>hollow</ex> heart; a <ex>hollow</ex> friend.</as></def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Hollow newel</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Hollow quoin</col> <fld>(Engin.)</fld>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Hollow root</col>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Moschatel</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hollow square</col>. <cd>See <er>Square</er>.</cd> -- <col>Hollow ware</col>, <cd>hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.</syn>

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<hw>Hol"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the <i>hollow</i> of the hand or of a tree.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.</def>

<blockquote>Forests grew Upon the barren <b>hollows</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I hate the dreadful <b>hollow</b> behind the little wood. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hol"low</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Hollowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Hollowing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate.</def> "Trees rudely <i>hollowed</i>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Hol"low</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb <i>to beat</i>, and often with <i>all</i>; <as>as, this story beats the other all <ex>hollow</ex></as>. See <er>All</er>, <tt>adv.</tt></def> <mark>[Collog.]</mark>

<blockquote>The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks <b>hollow</b> in the struggle for existence. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Hol*low"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hollo</er>.]</ety> <def>Hollo.</def>

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