Hole, v. i. To go or get into a hole. B. Jonson.
Hol*eth"nic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a holethnos or parent race.
The holethnic history of the Arians.
London Academy.
Hol*eth"nos (?), n. [Holo + Gr. &?; race.] A parent stock or race of
people, not yet divided into separate branches or tribes.
Hol"i*but (?), n. (Zoˆl.) See Halibut.
Hol"i*dam (?), n. [Obs.] See Halidom.
Hol"i*day (?), n. [Holy + day.] 1. A consecrated day; religious
anniversary; a day set apart in honor of some person, or in
commemoration of some event. See Holyday.
2. A day of exemption from labor; a day of amusement and gayety; a
festival day.
And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday.
Milton.
3. (Law) A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal
holiday.
In the United States legal holidays, so called, are determined by law,
commonly by the statutes of the several States. The holidays most
generally observed are: the 22d day of February (Washington's
birthday), the 30th day of May (Memorial day), the 4th day of July
(Independence day), the 25th day of December (Christmas day). In most
of the States the 1st day of January is a holiday. When any of these
days falls on Sunday, usually the Monday following is observed as the
holiday. In many of the States a day in the spring (as Good Friday, or
the first Thursday in April), and a day in the fall (as the last
Thursday in November) are now regularly appointed by Executive
proclamation to be observed, the former as a day of fasting and prayer,
the latter as a day of thanksgiving and are kept as holidays. In
England, the days of the greater church feasts (designated in the
calendar by a red letter, and commonly called red-letter days) are
observed as general holidays. Bank holidays are those on which, by act
of Parliament, banks may suspend business. Although Sunday is a holiday
in the sense of a day when business is legally suspended, it is not
usually included in the general term, the phrase "Sundays and holidays"
being more common.
The holidays, any fixed or usual period for relaxation or festivity;
especially, Christmas and New Year's day with the intervening time.
Hol`i*day, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a festival; cheerful; joyous; gay.
Shak.