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H — Hog-nut to Hoot (Part 4 of 11)

    2. Day of amusement.

Holiness, n.

    1. Sanctity, piety, purity, devotion, devoutness, godliness, religiousness, saintliness, heavenly-mindedness.
    2. Divineness, sacredness, sanctity.

Holla, n. Shout, halloo, loud cry.

Hollow, a.

    1. Vacant, empty, void, cavernous.
    2. Insincere, treacherous, false, faithless, hypocritical, pharisaical, deceitful, false-hearted, hollow-hearted.
    3. Deep, low, rumbling.

Hollow, n.

    1. Depression, low spot, low place.
    2. Cavity, concavity, depression, excavation, pit, hole, cave, cavern, dent, dint, dimple.
    3. Groove, channel, canal.

Hollow, v. a. Excavate, scoop, dig out.

Hollow, ad. (Colloq.) Wholly, completely, utterly, out and out, entirely, thoroughly.

Hollow-hearted, a. Insincere, false, false-hearted. See hollow, 2.

Holocaust, n.

    1. Burnt-offering (wholly consumed).
    2. Vast slaughter, immolation, wholesale destruction.

Holy, a.

    1. Sacred, consecrated, hallowed, blessed, devoted, set apart.
    2. Righteous, saintly, devout, spiritual, saint-like, religious, godly, pious, pure, heavenly-minded, profoundly good.