| slovo | definícia |
hollow
(mass) | hollow
- dutý, prázdny, dutina, diera, vyhĺbiť, vydlabať |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,dutina n: Zdeněk Brož |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,dutý adj: web |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,falešný adj: Hynek Hanke |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,hloubit v: Zdeněk Brož |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,klamný adj: Hynek Hanke |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,prázdný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,vyhloubit v: Zdeněk Brož |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,vykotlaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Hollow
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hollowing.]
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to
excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." --Dryden.
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Hollow
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, adv.
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.]
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The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have
beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.
--Darwin.
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Hollow
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, n.
1. 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.
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2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a
surface; a concavity; a channel.
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Forests grew
Upon the barren hollows. --Prior.
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I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
--Tennyson.
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Hollow
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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.
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
8.
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2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
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3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
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4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
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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: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
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Hollow
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol*low"\, interj. [See Hollo.]
Hollo.
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Hollow
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, v. i.
To shout; to hollo.
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Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.
--Fuller.
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Hollow
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, v. t.
To urge or call by shouting.
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He has hollowed the hounds. --Sir W.
Scott.
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hollow
(wn) | hollow
adj 1: 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]
2: as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of
footsteps in the empty ballroom"
3: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, hollow,
vacuous]
n 1: a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the
hollows in their cheeks"
2: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin
in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [syn: hollow,
holler]
3: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole,
hollow]
v 1: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig,
hollow]
2: remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [syn:
hollow, hollow out, core out] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
hollow
(mass) | hollow
- dutý, prázdny, dutina, diera, vyhĺbiť, vydlabať |
a hollow leg
(encz) | a hollow leg,mít velký splávek Zdeněk Brož |
hollow
(encz) | hollow,dutina n: Zdeněk Brožhollow,dutý adj: webhollow,falešný adj: Hynek Hankehollow,hloubit v: Zdeněk Brožhollow,klamný adj: Hynek Hankehollow,prázdný adj: Zdeněk Brožhollow,vyhloubit v: Zdeněk Brožhollow,vykotlaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hollow out
(encz) | hollow out,vydlabat v: Zdeněk Brožhollow out,vyhloubit v: Zdeněk Brož |
hollow-back
(encz) | hollow-back, n: |
hollow-eyed
(encz) | hollow-eyed,s vpadlýma očima n: Zdeněk Brožhollow-eyed,vpadlých očí Zdeněk Brož |
hollow-point bullet
(encz) | hollow-point bullet,střela s naříznutým hrotem n: [voj.] střela
dumdum Pino |
holloware
(encz) | holloware, n: |
holloway
(encz) | Holloway,Holloway n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hollowed
(encz) | hollowed, adj: |
hollowly
(encz) | hollowly,dutě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
hollowness
(encz) | hollowness,dutost n: Zdeněk Brožhollowness,prázdnota n: Zdeněk Brož |
hollows
(encz) | hollows,dutiny n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
hollowware
(encz) | hollowware, n: |
unhollowed
(encz) | unhollowed, adj: |
holloway
(czen) | Holloway,Hollowayn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
All hollow
(gcide) | All \All\, adv.
1. Wholly; completely; altogether; entirely; quite; very; as,
all bedewed; my friend is all for amusement. "And cheeks
all pale." --Byron.
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Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all
so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense
or becomes intensive.
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2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or
Poet.]
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All as his straying flock he fed. --Spenser.
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A damsel lay deploring
All on a rock reclined. --Gay.
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All to, or All-to. In such phrases as "all to rent," "all
to break," "all-to frozen," etc., which are of frequent
occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to have
commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb,
equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether.
But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all
(as it does in "all forlorn," and similar expressions),
and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a
kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and
answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to
be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus
Wyclif says, "The vail of the temple was to rent:" and of
Judas, "He was hanged and to-burst the middle:" i. e.,
burst in two, or asunder.
All along. See under Along.
All and some, individually and collectively, one and all.
[Obs.] "Displeased all and some." --Fairfax.
All but.
(a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) Almost; nearly. "The fine arts were all but
proscribed." --Macaulay.
All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all
hollow. [Low]
All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same
thing.
All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as,
she is her mother all over. [Colloq.]
All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the
whole difference.
All the same, nevertheless. "There they [certain phenomena]
remain rooted all the same, whether we recognize them or
not." --J. C. Shairp. "But Rugby is a very nice place all
the same." --T. Arnold. -- See also under All, n.
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Hollow newel
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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.
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
8.
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2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
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3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
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4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
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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: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
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Hollow quoin
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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.
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
8.
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2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
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3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
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4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
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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: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
[1913 Webster]Quoin \Quoin\ (kwoin or koin; 277), n. [See Coin, and cf.
Coigne.]
1. (Arch.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a
building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of
material by which the corner is marked.
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Note: In stone, the quoins consist of blocks larger than
those used in the rest of the building, and cut to
dimension. In brickwork, quoins consist of groups or
masses of brick laid together, and in a certain
imitation of quoins of stone.
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2. A wedgelike piece of stone, wood, metal, or other
material, used for various purposes; as:
(a) (Masonry) To support and steady a stone.
(b) (Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon.
(c) (Print.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
(d) (Naut.) To prevent casks from rolling.
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Hollow quoin. See under Hollow.
Quoin post (Canals), the post of a lock gate which abuts
against the wall.
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Hollow root
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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.
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
8.
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2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
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3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
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4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
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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: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
[1913 Webster]Moschatel \Mos"cha*tel`\, n. [Gr. ? musk: cf. F. moscatelline.
See Muscadel, Musk.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Adoxa (Adoxa moschatellina), the
flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky
smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is
called also hollow root and musk crowfoot. --Loudon.
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hollow root
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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.
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
8.
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2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
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3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
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4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
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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: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
[1913 Webster]Moschatel \Mos"cha*tel`\, n. [Gr. ? musk: cf. F. moscatelline.
See Muscadel, Musk.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Adoxa (Adoxa moschatellina), the
flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky
smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is
called also hollow root and musk crowfoot. --Loudon.
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Hollow square
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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.
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
8.
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2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
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3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
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4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
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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: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
[1913 Webster]Square \Square\ (skw[^a]r), n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F.
['e]querre a carpenter's square (cf. It. squadra), fr.
(assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a
square, fr. quattuor four. See Four, and cf. Quadrant,
Squad, Squire a square.]
1. (Geom.)
(a) The corner, or angle, of a figure. [Obs.]
(b) A parallelogram having four equal sides and four right
angles.
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2. Hence, anything which is square, or nearly so; as:
(a) A square piece or fragment.
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He bolted his food down his capacious throat in
squares of three inches. --Sir W.
Scott.
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(b) A pane of glass.
(c) (Print.) A certain number of lines, forming a portion
of a column, nearly square; -- used chiefly in
reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.
(d) (Carp.) One hundred superficial feet.
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3. An area of four sides, generally with houses on each side;
sometimes, a solid block of houses; also, an open place or
area for public use, as at the meeting or intersection of
two or more streets.
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The statue of Alexander VII. stands in the large
square of the town. --Addison.
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4. (Mech. & Joinery) An instrument having at least one right
angle and two or more straight edges, used to lay out or
test square work. It is of several forms, as the T square,
the carpenter's square, the try-square., etc.
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5. Hence, a pattern or rule. [Obs.]
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6. (Arith. & Alg.) The product of a number or quantity
multiplied by itself; thus, 64 is the square of 8, for 8
[times] 8 = 64; the square of a + b is a^2 + 2ab +
b^2.
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7. Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct;
regularity; rule. [Obs.]
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They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.
--Hooker.
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I have not kept my square. --Shak.
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8. (Mil.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one
formed to resist a charge of cavalry; a squadron. "The
brave squares of war." --Shak.
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9. Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement;
equality; level.
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We live not on the square with such as these.
--Dryden.
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10. (Astrol.) The position of planets distant ninety degrees
from each other; a quadrate. [Obs.]
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11. The act of squaring, or quarreling; a quarrel. [R.]
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12. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually
worked or embroidered. [Obs.] --Shak.
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fair and square in a fair, straightforward, and honest
manner; justly; as, he beat me fair and square.
Geometrical square. See Quadrat, n., 2.
Hollow square (Mil.), a formation of troops in the shape of
a square, each side consisting of four or five ranks, and
the colors, officers, horses, etc., occupying the middle.
Least square, Magic square, etc. See under Least,
Magic, etc.
On the square, or Upon the square,
(a) in an open, fair manner; honestly, or upon honor;
justly. [Obs or Colloq.]
(b) at right angles.
On the square with, or Upon the square with, upon
equality with; even with. --Nares.
To be all squares, to be all settled. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
To be at square, to be in a state of quarreling. [Obs.]
--Nares.
To break no squares, to give no offense; to make no
difference. [Obs.]
To break squares, to depart from an accustomed order.
[Obs.]
To see how the squares go, to see how the game proceeds; --
a phrase taken from the game of chess, the chessboard
being formed with squares. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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Hollow ware
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, a. [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow,
hole. Cf. Hole.]
1. 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.
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Hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --Ex. xxvii.
8.
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2. Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
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With hollow eye and wrinkled brow. --Shak.
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3. Reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --Dryden.
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4. Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --Milton.
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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: Syn.- Concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
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holloware
(gcide) | holloware \holloware\, hollowware \hollowware\n.
serving dishes of silver having some depth in the bowl;
contrasted with flatware.
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Hollowed
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hollowing.]
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to
excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]hollowed \hollowed\ adj.
having a cavity within; as, canoe made of a hollowed log.
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hollowed
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hollowing.]
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to
excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]hollowed \hollowed\ adj.
having a cavity within; as, canoe made of a hollowed log.
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Hollow-hearted
(gcide) | Hollow-hearted \Hol"low-heart`ed\, a.
Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or
decayed spot within.
Syn: Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
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Hollow-horned
(gcide) | Hollow-horned \Hol"low-horned`\, a. (Zool.)
Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle.
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Hollowing
(gcide) | Hollow \Hol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Hollowing.]
To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to
excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." --Dryden.
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Hollowly
(gcide) | Hollowly \Hol"low*ly\, adv.
Insincerely; deceitfully. --Shak.
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Hollowness
(gcide) | Hollowness \Hol"low*ness\, n.
1. State of being hollow. --Bacon.
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2. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery. --South.
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hollow-nosed bullets
(gcide) | Man \Man\ (m[a^]n), n.; pl. Men (m[e^]n). [AS. mann, man,
monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel.
ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr.
manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind.
[root]104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1. A human being; -- opposed to beast.
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These men went about wide, and man found they none,
But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. --R.
of Glouc.
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The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to
him as it doth to me. --Shak.
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'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast! --W. C.
Fields
[PJC]
2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person,
as distinguished from a woman or a child.
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When I became a man, I put away childish things. --I
Cor. xiii. 11.
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Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. --Dryden.
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3. The human race; mankind.
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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness, and let them have dominion. --Gen. i.
26.
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The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope.
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4. The male portion of the human race.
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Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than
man to the discharge of parental duties. --Cowper.
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5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities
of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
--Shak.
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This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the
elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world "This was a man!" --Shak.
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6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
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Like master, like man. --Old Proverb.
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The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered,
and holding up his hands between those of his lord,
professed that he did become his man from that day
forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.
--Blackstone.
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7. A term of familiar address at one time implying on the
part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience,
or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the
latter half of the 20th century it became used in a
broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of
address, but is not used in business or formal situations;
as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.
[Informal]
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8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
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I pronounce that they are man and wife. --Book of
Com. Prayer.
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every wife ought to answer for her man. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of
the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
[1913 Webster]
A man can not make him laugh. --Shak.
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A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all
they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum
of a Roman ship. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or
draughts, are played.
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Note: Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a
separate adjective, its sense being usually
self-explaining; as, man child, man eater or maneater,
man-eating, man hater or manhater, man-hating,
manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller, man-killing, man
midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped,
manslayer, manstealer, man-stealing, manthief, man
worship, etc.
Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the
male sex having a business which pertains to the thing
spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound;
ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman, milkman,
fireman, repairman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where
the combination is not familiar, or where some specific
meaning of the compound is to be avoided, man is used
as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as,
apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man
(as distinguished from woodman).
[1913 Webster]
Man ape (Zool.), a anthropoid ape, as the gorilla.
Man at arms, a designation of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries for a soldier fully armed.
Man engine, a mechanical lift for raising or lowering
people through considerable distances; specifically
(Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend
in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the
shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod
which has an up and down motion equal to the distance
between the successive landings. A man steps from a
landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next
landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by
successive stages.
Man Friday, a person wholly subservient to the will of
another, like Robinson Crusoe's servant Friday.
Man of straw, a puppet; one who is controlled by others;
also, one who is not responsible pecuniarily.
Man-of-the earth (Bot.), a twining plant ({Ipomoea
pandurata}) with leaves and flowers much like those of the
morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous
root.
Man of sin (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil,
whose coming is represented (--2 Thess. ii. 3) as
preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic
expression]
Man of war.
(a) A warrior; a soldier. --Shak.
(b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.
(c) See Portuguese man-of-war under man-of-war and
also see Physalia.
Man-stopping bullet (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a
sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge;
specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand
when striking the human body, producing a severe wound
which is also difficult to treat medically. Types of
bullets called hollow-nosed bullets, {soft-nosed
bullets} and hollow-point bullets are classed as
man-stopping. The dumdum bullet or dumdum is another
well-known variety. Such bullets were originally designed
for wars with savage tribes.
great man, a man[2] who has become prominent due to
substantial and widely admired contributions to social or
intellectual endeavors; as, Einstein was one of the great
men of the twentieth century.
To be one's own man, to have command of one's self; not to
be subject to another.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
hollow-point bullets
(gcide) | Man \Man\ (m[a^]n), n.; pl. Men (m[e^]n). [AS. mann, man,
monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel.
ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr.
manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind.
[root]104. Cf. Minx a pert girl.]
1. A human being; -- opposed to beast.
[1913 Webster]
These men went about wide, and man found they none,
But fair country, and wild beast many [a] one. --R.
of Glouc.
[1913 Webster]
The king is but a man, as I am; the violet smells to
him as it doth to me. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
'Tain't a fit night out for man nor beast! --W. C.
Fields
[PJC]
2. Especially: An adult male person; a grown-up male person,
as distinguished from a woman or a child.
[1913 Webster]
When I became a man, I put away childish things. --I
Cor. xiii. 11.
[1913 Webster]
Ceneus, a woman once, and once a man. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
3. The human race; mankind.
[1913 Webster]
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after
our likeness, and let them have dominion. --Gen. i.
26.
[1913 Webster]
The proper study of mankind is man. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
4. The male portion of the human race.
[1913 Webster]
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than
man to the discharge of parental duties. --Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
5. One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities
of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
This was the noblest Roman of them all . . . the
elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world "This was a man!" --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
6. An adult male servant; also, a vassal; a subject.
[1913 Webster]
Like master, like man. --Old Proverb.
[1913 Webster]
The vassal, or tenant, kneeling, ungirt, uncovered,
and holding up his hands between those of his lord,
professed that he did become his man from that day
forth, of life, limb, and earthly honor.
--Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
7. A term of familiar address at one time implying on the
part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience,
or haste; as, Come, man, we 've no time to lose! In the
latter half of the 20th century it became used in a
broader sense as simply a familiar and informal form of
address, but is not used in business or formal situations;
as, hey, man! You want to go to a movie tonight?.
[Informal]
[1913 Webster +PJC]
8. A married man; a husband; -- correlative to wife.
[1913 Webster]
I pronounce that they are man and wife. --Book of
Com. Prayer.
[1913 Webster]
every wife ought to answer for her man. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
9. One, or any one, indefinitely; -- a modified survival of
the Saxon use of man, or mon, as an indefinite pronoun.
[1913 Webster]
A man can not make him laugh. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
A man would expect to find some antiquities; but all
they have to show of this nature is an old rostrum
of a Roman ship. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
10. One of the piece with which certain games, as chess or
draughts, are played.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Man is often used as a prefix in composition, or as a
separate adjective, its sense being usually
self-explaining; as, man child, man eater or maneater,
man-eating, man hater or manhater, man-hating,
manhunter, man-hunting, mankiller, man-killing, man
midwife, man pleaser, man servant, man-shaped,
manslayer, manstealer, man-stealing, manthief, man
worship, etc.
Man is also used as a suffix to denote a person of the
male sex having a business which pertains to the thing
spoken of in the qualifying part of the compound;
ashman, butterman, laundryman, lumberman, milkman,
fireman, repairman, showman, waterman, woodman. Where
the combination is not familiar, or where some specific
meaning of the compound is to be avoided, man is used
as a separate substantive in the foregoing sense; as,
apple man, cloth man, coal man, hardware man, wood man
(as distinguished from woodman).
[1913 Webster]
Man ape (Zool.), a anthropoid ape, as the gorilla.
Man at arms, a designation of the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries for a soldier fully armed.
Man engine, a mechanical lift for raising or lowering
people through considerable distances; specifically
(Mining), a contrivance by which miners ascend or descend
in a shaft. It consists of a series of landings in the
shaft and an equal number of shelves on a vertical rod
which has an up and down motion equal to the distance
between the successive landings. A man steps from a
landing to a shelf and is lifted or lowered to the next
landing, upon which he them steps, and so on, traveling by
successive stages.
Man Friday, a person wholly subservient to the will of
another, like Robinson Crusoe's servant Friday.
Man of straw, a puppet; one who is controlled by others;
also, one who is not responsible pecuniarily.
Man-of-the earth (Bot.), a twining plant ({Ipomoea
pandurata}) with leaves and flowers much like those of the
morning-glory, but having an immense tuberous farinaceous
root.
Man of sin (Script.), one who is the embodiment of evil,
whose coming is represented (--2 Thess. ii. 3) as
preceding the second coming of Christ. [A Hebraistic
expression]
Man of war.
(a) A warrior; a soldier. --Shak.
(b) (Naut.) See in the Vocabulary.
(c) See Portuguese man-of-war under man-of-war and
also see Physalia.
Man-stopping bullet (Mil.), a bullet which will produce a
sufficient shock to stop a soldier advancing in a charge;
specif., a small-caliber bullet so modified as to expand
when striking the human body, producing a severe wound
which is also difficult to treat medically. Types of
bullets called hollow-nosed bullets, {soft-nosed
bullets} and hollow-point bullets are classed as
man-stopping. The dumdum bullet or dumdum is another
well-known variety. Such bullets were originally designed
for wars with savage tribes.
great man, a man[2] who has become prominent due to
substantial and widely admired contributions to social or
intellectual endeavors; as, Einstein was one of the great
men of the twentieth century.
To be one's own man, to have command of one's self; not to
be subject to another.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
hollowware
(gcide) | holloware \holloware\, hollowware \hollowware\n.
serving dishes of silver having some depth in the bowl;
contrasted with flatware.
[WordNet 1.5] |
hollow
(wn) | hollow
adj 1: 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]
2: as if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of
footsteps in the empty ballroom"
3: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, hollow,
vacuous]
n 1: a cavity or space in something; "hunger had caused the
hollows in their cheeks"
2: a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin
in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" [syn: hollow,
holler]
3: a depression hollowed out of solid matter [syn: hole,
hollow]
v 1: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company
wants to excavate the hillside" [syn: excavate, dig,
hollow]
2: remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [syn:
hollow, hollow out, core out] |
hollow out
(wn) | hollow out
v 1: remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" [syn:
hollow, hollow out, core out] |
hollow-back
(wn) | hollow-back
n 1: an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral
column [syn: lordosis, hollow-back] |
hollow-eyed
(wn) | hollow-eyed
adj 1: characteristic of the bony face of a cadaver [syn: {deep-
eyed}, hollow-eyed, sunken-eyed] |
hollow-horned
(wn) | hollow-horned
adj 1: having horns that are hollow |
holloware
(wn) | holloware
n 1: silverware serving dishes [syn: hollowware, holloware] |
hollowness
(wn) | hollowness
n 1: the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
[ant: solidity]
2: the property of having a sunken area
3: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or
hypocritical [syn: insincerity, falseness, hollowness]
[ant: sincerity] |
hollowware
(wn) | hollowware
n 1: silverware serving dishes [syn: hollowware, holloware] |
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