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Pronunciation : Hol"low
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. holow, holgh, holf, AS. holh a hollow, hole. Cf. Hole.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hol"low
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hol"low
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. "Trees rudely hollowed." Dryden.

t. [imp. & p. p. Hollowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hol"low
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hol*low"
Part of Speech : interj.
Etymology : [See Hollo.]
Definition : Defn: Hollo.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hol"low
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To shout; to hollo. Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hol"low
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To urge or call by shouting. He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913