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_Douglas._
_To_ HOLL, _v. n._ To excavate, S.
A. S. _hol-ian_, id.
~Holl~, ~Howe~, _adj._
1. Hollow, deep; _how_, S.
_Palice Hon._
2. Concave.
_Douglas._
3. Giving a hollow sound, S.
_Burns._
Isl. _hol-ur_, cavus, concavus.
~Holl~, _s._ Hold of a s.h.i.+p.
_Wallace._
HOLLIGLa.s.s, _s._ A character in old Romances.
_Poems 16th Cent._
Belg. _Uyle-spegel_, i. e. _Owl-gla.s.s_; the original work being written in Dutch.
HOLLION, _s._ Conjoined with _hip_, Ang.
_Morison._
HOLM, HOWM, _s._ The level low ground on the banks of a river, S., _hoam_, S. B.
Isl. _hwam-r_, a little valley.
_Wyntown._
HOLT, _s._ A wood; as in E.
HOLT, _s._
1. High and barren ground.
_Douglas._
Isl. _hollt_, terra aspera et sterilis.
2. A very small hay c.o.c.k, or a small quant.i.ty of manure before it is spread, Dumfr.
_Statist. Acc._
HOME, _adj._ Close, urgent, S.
_Spalding._
HOMELTY-JOMELTY, _adj._ Clumsy and confused in manner.
_Dunbar._
Perh. from _whummil_, and _jumble_.
HOMYLL, _adj._ Having no horns; S. _hummil_, _hummilt_.
V. ~Hummil~.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
Isl. _hamla_, membri mutilatione impedire.
_To_ h.o.m.oLOGATE, _v. a._ To give an indirect approbation of any thing, S.
_Burnet._
HONE, _s._ Delay.
_Barbour._
Apparently from _Hove_, _How_, q. v.
HONEST, _adj._ Honourable.
_Wyntown._
