Hol"low , v. t. To urge or call
by shouting.
He has hollowed the hounds.
Sir W. Scott.
Hol"low (?), v. i. To shout; to hollo.
Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear.
Fuller.
Hol*low" (?), interj. [See Hollo.]
Hollo.
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. [Collog.]
The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.
Darwin.
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.
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.
2. 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.
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.
Hollow with boards shalt thou make it.
Ex. xxvii.
8. 2. Depressed;
concave; gaunt; sunken.
With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.
Shak.
3. Reverberated from a cavity, or
resembling such a sound; deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar.
Dryden.
4. 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.
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