Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter H - Page 40
Holding (n.) The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Holding note (Mus.), A note sustained in one part, while the other parts move.
Holding (n.) The act of retaining something [syn: retention, keeping, holding].
Holding (n.) Something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone; "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"; [syn: property, belongings, holding].
Hole (a.) Whole. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Hole (n.) A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure.
The holes where eyes should be. -- Shak.
The blind walls Were full of chinks and holes. -- Tennyson.
The priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid. -- 2 Kings xii. 9.
Hole (n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation. -- Dryden.
The foxes have holes, . . . but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. -- Luke ix. 58.
Hole (n.) (Games) (a) A small cavity used in some games, usually one into which a marble or ball is to be played or driven; hence, a score made by playing a marble or ball into such a hole, as in golf.
Hole (n.) (Games) (b) (Fives) At Eton College, England, that part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
Syn: Hollow; concavity; aperture; rent; fissure; crevice; orifice; interstice; perforation; excavation; pit; cave; den; cell.
Hole and corner, clandestine, underhand. [Colloq.] "The wretched trickery of hole and corner buffery." -- Dickens.
Hole board (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; -- called also compass board.
Hole (v. t.) To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. -- Chapman.
Hole (v. t.) To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball.
Hole (v. i.) To go or get into a hole. -- B. Jonson.
Hole (n.) An opening into or through something.
Hole (n.) An opening deliberately made in or through something.
Hole (n.) One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; "he played 18 holes" [syn: hole, golf hole].
Hole (n.) An unoccupied space.
Hole (n.) A depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole, hollow].
Hole (n.) A fault; "he shot holes in my argument".
Hole (n.) Informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish].
Hole (n.) Informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob].
Hole (v.) Hit the ball into the hole [syn: hole, hole out].
Hole (v.) Make holes in.
Hole (n.) A region in an otherwise flat entity which is not actually present. For example, some Unix filesystems can store large files with holes so that unused regions of the file are never actually stored on disk. (In techspeak, these are referred to as ?sparse? files.) As another example, the region of memory in IBM PCs reserved for memory-mapped I/O devices which may not actually be present is called ?the I/O hole?, since memory-management systems must skip over this area when filling user requests for memory.
Hole, () In the hole model of current flow, the absence of an electron, e.g. in a semiconductor material. In the electron model, a hole can be thought of as an incomplete outer electron shell in a doping substance. Considering holes as positive charge carriers is a useful abstraction.
Hole, () A security vulnerability, particularly one which allows an attacker to gain unauthorised access to a system (by analogy with a hole in a wall). (2014-10-25)
Holethnic (a.) Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.
The holethnic history of the Arians. -- London Academy.
Holethnos (n.) A parent stock or race of people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.
Compare: Halibut
Halibut (n.) (Zool.) A large, northern, marine flatfish ({Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectid[ae]. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish. [Written also holibut.]
Holibut (n.) (Zool.) See Halibut.
Holibut (n.) Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes [syn: halibut, holibut].
Holidam (n.) [Obs.] See Halidom.
Holiday (n.) A consecrated day; religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
Holiday (n.) 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.
Holiday (n.) (Law) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.
Note: In the United States legal holidays, so called, are determined by law, commonly by the statutes of the several States. The holidays most generally observed are: the 22d day of February (Washington's birthday), the 30th day of May (Memorial day), the 4th day of July (Independence day), the 25th day of December (Christmas day). In most of the States the 1st day of January is a holiday. When any of these days falls on Sunday, usually the Monday following is observed as the holiday. In many of the States a day in the spring (as Good Friday, or the first Thursday in April), and a day in the fall (as the last Thursday in November) are now regularly appointed by Executive proclamation to be observed, the former as a day of fasting and prayer, the latter as a day of thanksgiving and are kept as holidays. In England, the days of the greater church feasts (designated in the calendar by a red letter, and commonly called red-letter days) are observed as general holidays. Bank holidays are those on which, by act of Parliament, banks may suspend business. Although Sunday is a holiday in the sense of a day when business is legally suspended, it is not usually included in the general term, the phrase "Sundays and holidays" being more common.
The holidays, Any fixed or usual period for relaxation or festivity; especially, Christmas and New Year's day with the intervening time.
Holiday (a.) Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay. -- Shak.
Holiday (a.) Occurring rarely; adapted for a special occasion.
Courage is but a holiday kind of virtue, to be seldom exercised. -- Dryden.
Compare: Vacation
Vacation (n.) The act of vacating; a making void or of no force; as, the vacation of an office or a charter.
Vacation (n.) Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure.
It was not in his nature, however, at least till years had chastened it, to take any vacation from controversy. -- Palfrey.
Hence, specifically: (a) (Law) Intermission of judicial proceedings; the space of time between the end of one term and the beginning of the next; nonterm; recess. "With lawyers in the vacation." -- Shak.
Hence, specifically: (b) A period of intermission of regular paid work or employment, or of studies and exercises at an
educational institution; the time during which a person temporarily ceases regular duties of any kind and performs other activites, usually some form of liesure; holidays; recess (at a school); as, the spring vacation; to spend one's vacation travelling; to paint the house while on vacation. Vacation is typically used for rest, travel, or recreation, but may be used for any purpose. In Britain this sense of vacation is usually referred to as holiday.
Hence, specifically: (c) The time when an office is vacant; esp. (Eccl.), the time when a see, or other spiritual dignity, is vacant.
Holiday (n.) Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico" [syn: vacation, holiday].
Holiday (n.) A day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover".
Holiday (v.) Spend or take a vacation [syn: vacation, holiday].
Holiday, FL -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Florida
Population (2000): 21904
Housing Units (2000): 12788
Land area (2000): 5.381647 sq. miles (13.938401 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.345342 sq. miles (0.894432 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.726989 sq. miles (14.832833 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31075
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 28.183890 N, 82.742886 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 34690 34691
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Headwords:
Holiday, FL
Holiday
Holidaymaker (n.) 假日遊客；行樂者 Someone who travels for pleasure [syn: tourist, tourer, holidaymaker].
Holily (adv.) Piously; with sanctity; in a holy manner.
Holily (adv.) Sacredly; inviolably. [R.] -- Shak.
Holiness (n.) The state or quality of being holy; perfect moral integrity or purity; freedom from sin; sanctity; innocence.
Who is like thee, glorious in holiness! -- Ex. xv. 11.
Holiness (n.) The state of being hallowed, or consecrated to God or to his worship; sacredness.
Israel was holiness unto the Lord. -- Jer.ii.3.
His holiness, A title of the pope; -- formerly given also to Greek bishops and Greek emperors.
Syn: Piety; devotion; godliness; sanctity; sacredness; righteousness.
Holiness (n.) The quality of being holy [syn: holiness, sanctity, sanctitude] [ant: unholiness].
Holiness, () In the highest sense belongs to God (Isa. 6:3; Rev. 15:4), and to Christians as consecrated to God's service, and in so far as they are conformed in all things to the will of God (Rom. 6:19, 22; Eph. 1:4; Titus 1:8; 1 Pet. 1:15). Personal holiness is a work of gradual development. It is carried on under many hindrances, hence the frequent admonitions to watchfulness, prayer, and perseverance (1 Cor. 1:30; 2 Cor. 7:1; Eph. 4:23, 24). (See SANCTIFICATION.)
Holing (n.) (Mining) Undercutting in a bed of coal, in order to bring down the upper mass. -- Raymond.
Holla (interj.) Hollo.
Hollaed (imp. & p. p.) of Holla.
Hollaing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Holla.
Holla (v. i.) See Hollo, v. i.
Holla (n.) A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl].
Holland (n.) A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands. Hollandaise sauce
Holland (n.) A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; half the country lies below sea level [syn: Netherlands, The Netherlands, Kingdom of The Netherlands, Nederland, Holland].
Holland, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 246
Housing Units (2000): 112
Land area (2000): 0.172714 sq. miles (0.447328 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.172714 sq. miles (0.447328 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32590
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 36.057399 N, 89.870467 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Holland, MO
Holland
Holland, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000): 577
Housing Units (2000): 235
Land area (2000): 6.873664 sq. miles (17.802707 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.873664 sq. miles (17.802707 sq. km)
FIPS code: 32710
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 35.157643 N, 92.280637 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Holland, AR
Holland
Holland, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
Population (2000): 1261
Housing Units (2000): 507
Land area (2000): 3.555029 sq. miles (9.207483 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.555029 sq. miles (9.207483 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35111
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.641305 N, 78.543367 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 14080
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Headwords:
Holland, NY
Holland
Holland, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 1306
Housing Units (2000): 553
Land area (2000): 0.866550 sq. miles (2.244354 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.866550 sq. miles (2.244354 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35882
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 41.619451 N, 83.709806 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 43528
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Headwords:
Holland, OH
Holland
Holland, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 695
Housing Units (2000): 287
Land area (2000): 0.349507 sq. miles (0.905218 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000589 sq. miles (0.001526 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.350096 sq. miles (0.906744 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34294
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 38.245942 N, 87.038354 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 47541
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Headwords:
Holland, IN
Holland
Holland, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 250
Housing Units (2000): 109
Land area (2000): 0.249615 sq. miles (0.646499 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.249615 sq. miles (0.646499 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36705
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 42.399708 N, 92.799487 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 50642
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Headwords:
Holland, IA
Holland
Holland, TX -- U.S. town in Texas
Population (2000): 1102
Housing Units (2000): 432
Land area (2000): 1.763140 sq. miles (4.566512 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.763140 sq. miles (4.566512 sq. km)
FIPS code: 34508
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.880710 N, 97.404408 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 76534
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Headwords:
Holland, TX
Holland
Holland, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 1444
Housing Units (2000): 962
Land area (2000): 2.713359 sq. miles (7.027566 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.576811 sq. miles (1.493933 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.290170 sq. miles (8.521499 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30630
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.044717 N, 72.153626 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 01521
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Headwords:
Holland, MA
Holland
Holland, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 35048
Housing Units (2000): 12533
Land area (2000): 16.568419 sq. miles (42.912006 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.620352 sq. miles (1.606704 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 17.188771 sq. miles (44.518710 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38640
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.777041 N, 86.106617 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49423 49424
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Headwords:
Holland, MI
Holland
Holland, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 215
Housing Units (2000): 112
Land area (2000): 0.919214 sq. miles (2.380753 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.919214 sq. miles (2.380753 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29618
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 44.089012 N, 96.189842 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56139
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some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Holland, MN
Holland
Hollander (n.) A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.
Hollander (n.) A very hard, semi-glazed, green or dark brown brick, which will not absorb water; -- called also, Dutch clinker. -- Wagner.
Hollander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Holland [syn: Netherlander, Dutchman, Hollander].
Hollandish (a.) Relating to Holland; Dutch.
Compare: Gin
Gin (n.) A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.
Hollands (n.) Gin made in Holland.
Hollands (n.) pl. See Holland.
Hollands (n.) Gin made in the Netherlands [syn: geneva, Holland gin, Hollands].
Hollo (interj. & n.) Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo.
And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo. -- Coleridge.
Holloed (imp. & p. p.) of Hollo.
Holloing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hollo.
Hollo (v. i.) To call out or exclaim; to halloo.
Hollo (n.) A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl].
Hollo (v.) Encourage somebody by crying hollo.
Hollo (v.) Cry hollo.
Hollo (v.) Utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall].
Holloa (n. & v. i.) Same as Hollo.
Holloa (n.) A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl].
Hollow (a.) 空的，中空的；凹陷的 Having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. -- Ex. xxvii. 8.
Hollow (a.) Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. -- Shak.
Hollow (a.) Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. -- Dryden.
Hollow (a.) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend. -- Milton.
Hollow newel (Arch.), 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.
Hollow quoin (Engin.), 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.
Hollow root. (Bot.) See Moschatel.
Hollow square. See Square.
Hollow ware, Hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.
Syn: Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false; faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
Hollow (n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree.
Hollow (n.) [C] 窪地；洞，穴；坑；山谷 A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel.
Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. -- Prior.
I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. -- Tennyson.
Hollowed (imp. & p. p.) of Hollow.
Hollowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Hollow.
Hollow (v. t.) 挖空；挖成 [（+out）] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed". -- Dryden.
Hollow (adv.) 空洞地，無用地；【口】徹底地，完全地 Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv. [Colloq.]
The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. -- Darwin.
Hollow (interj.) Hollo.
Hollow (v. i.) To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. -- Fuller.
Hollow (v. t.) To urge or call by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds. -- Sir W. Scott.
Hollow (a.) Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year" [ant: solid].
Hollow (a.) As if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom".
Hollow (a.) Devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, hollow, vacuous].
Hollow (n.) A cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks".
Hollow (n.) A small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [syn: hollow, holler].
Hollow (n.) A depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole, hollow].
Hollow (v.) Remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig, hollow].
Hollow (v.) Remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [syn: hollow, hollow out, core out].
Hollow-hearted (a.) Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within.
Syn: Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
Hollow-horned (a.) (Zool.) Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.
Hollowly (adv.) Insincerely; deceitfully. -- Shak.
Hollowness (n.) State of being hollow. -- Bacon.
Hollowness (n.) Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. -- South.
Hollowness (n.) The state of being hollow: having an empty space within [ant: solidity].
Hollowness (n.) The property of having a sunken area.
Hollowness (n.) The quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical [syn: insincerity, falseness, hollowness] [ant: sincerity].
Holly (adv.) Wholly. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Holly (n.) (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species ({Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas.
Note: 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.
Holly (n.) (Bot.) The holm oak. See 1st Holm.
Holly-leaved oak (Bot.), The black scrub oak. See Scrub oak.
Holly rose (Bot.), A West Indian shrub, with showy, yellow flowers ({Turnera ulmifolia).
Sea holly (Bot.), A species of Eryngium. See Eryngium.
Holm (n.) (Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe ({Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.
Holly (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Ilex having red berries and shiny evergreen leaves with prickly edges.
Holly (n.) United States rock star (1936-1959) [syn: Holly, Buddy Holly, Charles Hardin Holley].
Holly, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 1048
Housing Units (2000): 449
Land area (2000): 0.754751 sq. miles (1.954797 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.754751 sq. miles (1.954797 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37215
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 38.054520 N, 102.125398 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81047
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Headwords:
Holly, CO
Holly
Holly, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 6135
Housing Units (2000): 2509
Land area (2000): 2.782797 sq. miles (7.207410 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.291550 sq. miles (0.755112 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.074347 sq. miles (7.962522 sq. km)
FIPS code: 38700
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.797317 N, 83.623496 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48442
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Headwords:
Holly, MI
Holly
Hollyhock (n.) (Bot.) 【植】蜀葵 Alth[ae]a ({Alth[ae]a rosea"> A species of Alth[ae]a ({Alth[ae]a rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.
Note: Rose mallow is listed as a variety of Hibiscus, not Hollyhock in several Web pages. Name change???
Hollyhock (n.) Any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea [syn: althea, althaea, hollyhock].
Hollyhock (n.) Any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers.
Hollyhock (n.) [C] 蜀葵（一種觀賞植物） A garden plant that has very tall stems covered with brightly coloured flowers.
Holm (n.) (Bot.) A common evergreen oak, of Europe ({Quercus Ilex); -- called also ilex, and holly.
Holm (n.) An islet in a river. --J. Brand.
Holm (n.) Low, flat land. --Wordsworth.
The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. -- Tennyson.
Holm thrush (Zool.), The missel thrush.
Holmia (n.) [NL.] (Chem.) An oxide of holmium.
Holmium (n.) (Chem.) A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite. Chemical symbol Ho. Atomic weight 164.93. Valence +3. It was detected by spectral absorption bands in 1878 by the Delafontaine and Soret, who called it "Element X". Later the Swedish chemist Cleve independently discovered it in erbia, and named it after his native city Stockholm. The first preparation of pure Holmia, the yellow oxide, was not made until 1911. -- HCP61 -- Hol"mic, a.
Holmium (n.) A trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds [syn: holmium, Ho, atomic number 67].
Holmium
Symbol: Ho
Atomic number: 67
Atomic weight: 167.26
Relatively soft and malleable silvery-white metallic element, which is stable in dry air at room temperature. It oxidizes in moist air and at high temperatures. It belongs to the lanthanoids. A rare-earth metal, it is found in the minerals monazite and gadolinite. It possesses unusual magnetic properties. One natural isotope, Ho-165 exists, six radioisotopes exist, the most stable being Ho-163 with a half-life of 4570 years. Holmium is used in some metal alloys, it is also said to stimulate the metabolism.
Discovered by Per Theodor Cleve and J.L. Soret in Switzerland in 1879. The name homium comes from the Greek word Holmia which means Sweden. While all holmium compounds should be considered highly toxic, initial evidence seems to indicate that they do not pose much danger. The metal's dust however, is a fire hazard.
Holmos (n.) (Greek & Etrus. Antiq.) A name given to a vase having a rounded body ; esp.:
Holmos (n.) A closed vessel of nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. -- Fairholt.
Holmos (n.) A drinking cup having a foot and stem.
Holo- () A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.
Holoblast (n.) (Biol.) An ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.
Holoblastic (a.) (Biol.) Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
Holocaust (n.) A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations. -- Milton.
Holocaust (n.) 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.]
Holocaust (n.) Specifically: The mass killing of millions of Jews by the Nazis during the period from 1933 to 1945 in Germany and German-occupied lands; usually referred to as The Holocaust. In Hebrew, the same event is referred to by the word Shoah.
Holocaust (n.) An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire); "a nuclear holocaust".
Holocaust (n.) The mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime from 1941 until 1945 [syn: Holocaust, final solution].
Holocaust (n.) [ C ] A very large amount of destruction, especially by fire or heat, or the killing of very large numbers of people.
// A nuclear holocaust (= destruction caused by nuclear weapons) would leave few survivors.
The Holocaust (n.) [ S ] The killing of millions of Jews and others by the Nazis before and during the Second World War.
Holocephali (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chimaeras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimaera; also Illustration in Appendix.
Holocephali (n.) Chimaeras and extinct forms [syn: Holocephali, subclass Holocephali].
Holocryptic (a.) 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 (a.) (Min.) Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.
Compare: Crystalline
Crystalline (a.) 結晶的；結晶質的，結晶狀的；水晶製的；水晶般的；透明的；清晰的 Having the structure and form of a crystal; composed of crystals.
‘A crystalline rock.’
Crystalline (a.) (Literary) Very clear.
‘He writes a crystalline prose.’
Holograph (v. t.) To produce a holographic image of, by holography.
Holograph (n.) 親筆文件 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.
Holograph (n.) Handwritten book or document [syn: manuscript, holograph].
Holograph (n.) The intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography [syn: hologram, holograph].
Holograph, () What is written by one's own hand. The same as Olograph. Vide Olograph.
Holograph (a.) (Also Holographic) 親筆的 Wholly written by the person in whose name it appears.
// A holograph letter.
Holograph (n.) A holograph writing, as a deed, will, or letter.
Holographic (a.) 親筆文件的；全像攝影的 Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.
Holographic (a.) Of or pertaining to holography or holograms; produced by holography.
Holographic (a.) Of or relating to holography or holograms.
Holographic (a.) Written entirely in one's own hand; "holographic document" [syn: holographic, holographical].
Holographic (a.) Written wholly in the handwriting of the signer; "a holographic will".
Holography (n.) 全像技術；全像攝影；雷射光攝影術The process of producing holograms, usually requiring a source of coherent light, as from a laser.
Holography (n.) The branch of optics that deals with the use of coherent light from a laser in order to make a hologram that can then be used to create a three-dimensional image.
Holography (n.) The study or production of holograms.
‘In classical holography, a laser beam reflected off an object interferes with a reference beam, and the interference pattern is recorded on a photographic plate.’
Compare: Hologram
Hologram (n.) 【物】全息圖；立體投影 A three-dimensional image formed by the interference of light beams from a laser or other coherent light source.
‘Those blend at the chip with unfettered laser light to create a hologram of the tumor interior.’
Hologram (n.) A photograph of an interference pattern which, when suitably illuminated, produces a three-dimensional image.
‘The new licences meet international standards, featuring micro-printing, holograms and images only visible in ultraviolet light.’
Holohedral (a.) (Crystallog.) 全對稱晶形的 Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.
Compare: Crystallography
Crystallography (n.) 結晶學；晶體繞射法 Branch of science that deals with discerning the arrangement and bonding of atoms in crystalline solids and with the geometric structure of crystal lattices. Classically, the optical properties of crystals were of value in mineralogy and chemistry for the identification of substances. Modern crystallography is largely based on the analysis of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals acting as optical gratings. Using X-ray crystallography, chemists are able to determine the internal structures and bonding arrangements of minerals and molecules, including the structures of large complex molecules, such as proteins and DNA.
Holohemihedral (a.) (Crystallog.) Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes. -- Dana.
Holometabola (n. pl.) (Zool.) Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
Holometabola (n.) Insects that undergo complete metamorphosis [syn: holometabola, metabola].
Holometabolic (a.) (Zool.) Having a complete metamorphosis;-said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.
Holometabolic (a.) (Of an insect) Undergoing complete metamorphosis [syn: holometabolic, holometabolous].
Holometer (n.) An instrument for making of angular measurements.
Holophanerous (a.) (Zool.) Same as Holometabolic.
Holophotal (a.) (Opt.) Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.
Holophote (n.) A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.
Holophrastic (a.) Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
Syn: polysynthetic, agglutinative.
Holophytic (a.) 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.
Holophytic (a.) Obtaining nourishment as green plants do [ant: holozoic].
Holorhinal (a.) (Anat.) Having the nasal bones contiguous.
Holosiderite (n.) (Min.) Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.
Holostean (a.) (Zool.) Pertaining to the Holostei.
Holostei (n. pl.) (Zool.) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.
Holosteric (a.) 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 (n. pl.) (Zool.) An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.
Holostomate (a.) (Zool.) Same as Holostomatous.
Holostomatous (a.) (Zool.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.
Holostome (n.) (Zool.) One of the Holostomata.
Holostraca (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.
Holothure (n.) (Zool.) A holothurian.
Holothurian (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea.
Holothurian (n.) (Zool.) One of the Holothurioidea.
Note: Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea slugs, trepang, and b[^e]che de m[`e]r. Many are used as food, esp. by the Chinese. See Trepang.
Holothurian (n.) Echinoderm having a flexible sausage-shaped body, tentacles surrounding the mouth and tube feet; free-living mud feeders [syn: sea cucumber, holothurian].
Holothurioidea (n. pl.) (Zool.) One of the classes of echinoderms.
Note: 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.