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<hw>Hol"ly*hock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>holihoc</ets>; <ets>holi holy + hoc</ets> mallow, AS. <ets>hoc</ets>; cf. W. <ets>hocys</ets> mallows, <ets>hocys bendigaid</ets> hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See <er>Holy</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of Alth\'91a (<spn>A. rosea</spn>), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also <altname>rose mallow</altname>.</def>

<h1>Holm</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Holm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., prob. from AS. <ets>holen</ets> holly; as the holly is also called <ets>holm</ets>. See <er>Holly</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A common evergreen oak, of Europe (<spn>Quercus Ilex</spn>); -- called also <altname>ilex</altname>, and <altname>holly</altname>.</def>

<h1>Holm</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Holm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>holm</ets>, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel. <ets>h&omac;lmr</ets>, <ets>holmr</ets>, an island, Dan. <ets>holm</ets>, Sw. <ets>holme</ets>, G. <ets>holm</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>hill</ets>. Cf. <er>Hill</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An islet in a river.</def>

<i>J. Brand.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Low, flat land.</def>

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<blockquote>The soft wind blowing over meadowy <b>holms</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Holm thrush</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the missel thrush.</cd></cs>

<h1>Holmia</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Hol"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An oxide of holmium.</def>

<h1>Holmium</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Hol"mi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., of uncertain origin.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hol"mic</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Holmos</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Hol"mos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr.<?/.]</ety> <fld>(Greek & Etrus. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A name given to a vase having a rounded body</def>; esp.: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal</def>. <i>Fairholt</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A drinking cup having a foot and stem.</def>

<h1>Holo-</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Hol"o-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A combining form fr. Gr. <grk>"o`los</grk> whole.</def>

<h1>Holoblast</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Hol"o*blast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Holo</ets> + <ets>-blast</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See <er>Meroblast</er>.</def>

<h1>Holoblastic</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Hol`o*blas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to <i>meroblastic</i>.</def>

<h1>Holocaust</h1> <Xpage=699>

<hw>Hol"o*caust</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>holocaustum</ets>, Gr. <?/, neut. of <?/, <?/, burnt whole; <grk>"o'los</grk> whole + <grk>kaysto`s</grk> burnt, fr. <grk>kai`ein</grk> to burn (cf. <er>Caustic</er>): cf. F. <ets>holocauste</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a ship. <note>[An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]</note></def>

<h1>Holocephali</h1> <Xpage=699>