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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Hŏg'stȳ, n. p. 631A pen or inclosure for hogs.Hŏg'wash, n. p. 631The refuse matters of a kitchen or brewery, or like matter for swine; swill. Arbuthnot.Hŏg'-weed, n. p. 631(Bot.) A common weed; Ambrosia artemisiæfolia.Hōhl'spath, n. p. 631(Min.) The same as HOLLOW-SPAR.Hoi, v. i. p. 631See HAW.Hoi'den, n. p. 631A rude, bold girl; a romp. 2. A rude, bold man; a hobbledehoy. [Obs.] Milton.Hoi'den, a. p. 631Rude; bold; inelegant; rustic. Young.Hoi'den, v. i. p. 632To romp rudely or indecently. Swift.Hoi'den-ho͝od, n. p. 632State of being a hoiden.Hoi'den-ĭsh, a. p. 632Like, or appropriate to, a hoiden.Hoise, v. t. p. 632To hoist. [Obs.] Chapman. Shak.Hoist, v. t. p. 632To raise; to lift; to exalt; to elevate; to heave; especially, to raise, to lift, or bear upward by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. He was the subversion and fall of…Hoist, n. p. 632That by which any thing is hoisted; a machine for elevating goods. 2. The act of hoisting. [Colloq.] 3. (Naut.) The perpendicular height of a flag or sail, as opposed to the fly, or breadth from the…Hoist'ing-ēn'gîne, n. p. 632A stationary or portable steam-engine for actuating hoisting machinery.Hoit, v. i. p. 632To leap; to caper. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Hoi'ty-toi'ty, a. p. 632Thoughtless, giddy, haughty, flighty, gay, and noisy, as, to be in hoity-toity spirits;—used also as an exclamation, denoting surprise or disapprobation, with some degree of contempt. Hoity-toity!…Hōke'-day, n. p. 632The same as HOCK-DAY.Hō'ker-ly, adv. p. 632In a scornful manner; disdainfully. [Obs.] Chaucer.Hōl'cad, n. p. 632A large ship of burden in ancient Greece. Milford.Hōl'cus, n. p. 632(Bot.) A genus of perennial grasses; soft grass.Hōld, v. t. p. 632To cause to remain in a given situation, position, or relation, within certain limits, or the like; to prevent from falling or escaping; to sustain; to restrain; to keep in the grasp; to retain. The…Hōld, v. i. p. 632To keep one's self in a given position or condition; to remain fixed; as, (a.) Not to move; to halt; to stop; —mostly in the imperative. “And damned be he that first cries, ‘Hold! enough.’” Shak.…Hōld, n. p. 632The act of holding; the manner of holding, whether firm or loose; seizure; grasp; clasp; gripe;—often used with the verbs take and lay. Take fast hold of instruction. Prov. iv. 13. Rather thou…Hōld'băck, n. p. 632Check; hinderance; restraint; obstacle. Hammond. 2. The iron or strap on the thill of a vehicle, to which a part of the harness is attached, in order to hold back the carriage from the animal…Hōld'er, n. p. 632One who holds, grasps, embraces, confines, restrains, believes, possesses, and the like. 2. Something by which a thing is held. 3. (Naut.) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel. Totten.Hōld'er-fōrth', n. p. 632One who holds forth; an haranguer; a preacher. Addison.Hōld'-fäst, n. p. 632Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long, flat-headed nail, a catch, a hook, &c. Hebert.Hōld'ing, n. p. 632A tenure; a farm held of a superior; any thing that is held. Carew. 2. The burden or chorus of a song. [Obs.] Shak. 3. That which holds, binds, or influences; hold; influence; power. Burke.Hōle, n. p. 632A hollow place or cavity; a rent, fissure, crevice, pit, perforation, excavation, or the like. Jehoiada, the priest, took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it. 2 Kings xii. 9. 2. An excavation…Hōle, v. i. p. 632To go into a hole. B. Jonson.Hōle, v. t. p. 632To cut, dig, or make a hole or holes in; as, to hole a post for the insertion of rails or bars. “With throwing of the holed stone, with hurling of their darts.” Chapman. 2. To drive into a hole, as…Hōle, a. p. 632Whole. [Obs.] Spencer.Hōl'i-but, n. p. 632See HALIBUT.Hŏl'i-dam, n. p. 632The same as HALIDOME.Hōl'i-dāy, n. p. 632A consecrated day; a religious anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in commemoration of some event. See HOLYDAY. [Rare.] 2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement, joy…Hōl'i-dāy, a. p. 632Pertaining to a festival; gay.Hō'li-ly, adv. p. 632In a holy manner; piously; with sanctity. 2. Sacredly; inviolably. [Rare.] Shak.Hō'li-ness, n. p. 632The state or quality of being holy; purity or integrity of moral character; freedom from sin; sanctity. We see piety and holiness ridiculed as morose singularities. Rogers. ☞ Applied to the Supreme…Hōl'ing-ăx, n. p. 632A narrow ax for cutting holes in posts.Hōl'īā, interj. p. 632Hollo. See HOLLO.Hŏl'lă, v. i. p. 632To hollo. See HOLLO.Hōl'land, n. p. 632A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland.Hōl'land-er, n. p. 632(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Holland; a Dutchman.Hōl’land-ish, a. p. 632Of, or pertaining to, Holland; resembling the Hollanders; Dutch.Hōl'lands, n. p. 632Gin made in Holland.Hōl'len, n. p. 632The holly. Halliwell.Hōl'lo or Hōl'loa, interj. & n. p. 632Hey; ho; attend; here; — it is the usual response when a ship is hailed at sea. And every day, for food or play, Came to the mariner's hollo. Coleridge.Hŏl'lo, v. i. p. 632To call out or exclaim; to halloo.Hōl'lock, n. p. 632A kind of sweet wine used in the sixteenth century.Hōl'lōw, a. p. 632Containing an empty space, natural or artificial, within a solid substance; not solid; cavernous; open within; excavated in the interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow rock; a hollow sphere. Hollow…Hŏl'lōw, n. p. 632A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within any thing; 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…Hŏl'lōw, v. t. p. 633To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. Trees rudely hollowed did the waves sustain. Dryden.Hŏl'lōw, adv. p. 633So as to make hollow, or empty of resources, strength, and the like; completely; utterly;—chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, he beat his competitors hollow; this story beats the…Hol-lōw', interj. p. 633Hollo. See HOLLO.Hōl'lōw, v. i. p. 633To shout; to hollo. Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.Hŏl'lōw, v. t. p. 633To urge or call by shouting. He has hollowed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knob-bler. W. Scott.Hŏl'lōw-heärt'ed, a. p. 633Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; of practice or sentiment different from profession. Butler. Syn.—Faithless; insincere; dishonest; deceitful; false; treacherous.Hōl'lōw-ly, adv. p. 633In a hollow manner; insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.Hōl'lōw-ness, n. p. 633The state of being hollow; cavity; excavation. Bacon. 2. Insincerity; deceitfulness; treachery. South.Hŏl'lōw-root, n. p. 633(Bot.) A tuberous plant; mos-chatel. See MOSCHATEL.