The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms.
Tennyson.
Holm thrush (Zoˆl.), the missel thrush.
||Hol"mi*a (?), n. [NL.] (Chem.) An oxide of holmium.
||Hol"mi*um (?), n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Chem.) A rare element
||said to be contained in gadolinite. -- Hol"mic (#), a.
||Hol"mos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.&?;.] (Greek & Etrus. Antiq.) A name
||given to a vase having a rounded body; esp.: (a) A closed vessel of
||nearly spherical form on a high stem or pedestal. Fairholt. (b) A
||drinking cup having a foot and stem.
Hol"o- (?). A combining form fr. Gr. "o`los whole.
Hol"o*blast (?), n. [Holo + - blast.] (Biol.) an ovum composed entirely
of germinal matter. See Meroblast.
Hol`o*blas"tic (?), a. (Biol.) Undergoing complete segmentation;
composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing
fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
Hol"o*caust (?), n. [L. holocaustum, Gr. &?;, neut. of &?;, &?;, burnt
whole; "o'los whole + kaysto`s burnt, fr. kai`ein to burn (cf.
Caustic): cf. F. holocauste.] 1. A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the
whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan
nations. Milton.
2. Sacrifice or loss of many lives, as by the burning of a theater or a
ship. [An extended use not authorized by careful writers.]
||Hol`o*ceph"a*li (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. "o`los whole + kefalh`
||head.] (Zoˆl.) An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among
||living species, only the chimÊras; -- called also Holocephala. See
||ChimÊra; also Illustration in Appendix.
Hol`o*cryp"tic (?), a. [Holo- + Gr. kry`ptein to conceal.] Wholly or
completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.
Holocryptic cipher, a cipher so constructed as to afford no clew to its
meaning to one ignorant of the key.
Hol`o*crys"tal*line (?), a. [Holo + crystalline.] (Min.) Completely
crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of
which are crystalline.
Hol"o*graph (?), n. [L. holographus entirely autograph, Gr.
"olo`grafos; "o`los whole + gra`fein to write: cf. F. holographe,
olographe.] A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the
handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it
purports to be.
Hol`o*graph"ic (?), a. Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to
holographs.
Hol`o*he"dral (?), a. [Holo- + Gr. &?; seat, base, fr. &?; to sit.]
(Crystallog.) Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, --
in opposition to hemihedral.
Hol`o*hem`i*he"dral (?), a. [Holo- + hemihedral.] (Crystallog.)
Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the
whole number of planes. Dana.
||Hol`o*me*tab"o*la (?), n. pl. [NL. See Holo-, and Metabola.] (Zoˆl.)
||Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.
Hol`o*met`a*bol"ic (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having a complete metamorphosis; --
said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.
Ho*lom"e*ter (?), n. [Holo + -meter: cf. F. holometre.] An instrument
for making all kinds of angular measurements.
Hol`o*phan"er*ous (?), a. [Holo + Gr. &?; visible, fr. &?; to appear.]
(Zoˆl.) Same as Holometabolic.
Hol`o*pho"tal (?), a. [Holo + Gr. &?;, &?;, light.] (Opt.) Causing no
loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of
light without perceptible loss.
Hol"o*phote (?), n. A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the
rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in
lighthouses.
Hol`o*phras"tic (?), a. [Holo + Gr. &?; to speak: cf. F.
holophrastique.] Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, --
as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.
Hol`o*phyt"ic (?), a. [Holo + Gr.&?; a plant.] Wholly or distinctively
vegetable.
Holophytic nutrition (&?;), that form of nutrition, characteristic of
vegetable organisms, in which carbonic acid, ammonia, and nitrates are
absorbed as food, in distinction from the animal mode of nutrition, by
the ingestion of albuminous matter.
Hol`o*rhi"nal (?), a. [Holo + Gr.&?;, nose.] (Anat.) Having the nasal
bones contiguous.
Hol`o*sid"er*ite (?), n. [Holo + siderite.] (Min.) Meteoric iron; a
meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.
Ho*los"te*an (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the Holostei.
||Ho*los"te*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + &?; a bone.]
||(Zoˆl.) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike,
||bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.
Hol`o*ster"ic (?), a. [Holo + Gr.stereo`s solid.] Wholly solid; -- said
of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of
atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.
||Hol`o*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + sto`ma,
||-atos, mouth.] (Zoˆl.) An artificial division of gastropods,
||including those that have an entire aperture.
Ho*los"to*mate (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Same as Holostomatous.
Hol`o*stom"a*tous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of
many univalve shells.
Hol"o*stome (?), n. [Holo + Gr. sto`ma mouth.] (Zoˆl.) One of the
Holostomata.
||Ho*los"tra*ca (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole + &?; shell of a
||testacean.] (Zoˆl.) A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including
||those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.
Hol"o*thure (?), n. [L. holothuria, pl., a sort of water polyp, Gr.
&?;.] (Zoˆl.) A holothurian.
Hol`o*thu"ri*an (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Belonging to the Holothurioidea. -- n.
One of the Holothurioidea.
Some of the species of Holothurians are called sea cucumbers, sea
slugs, trepang, and bÍche de mËr. Many are used as food, esp. by the
Chinese. See Trepang.
||Hol`o*thu`ri*oi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Holothure, and -oid.]
||(Zoˆl.) One of the classes of echinoderms. They have a more or less
||elongated body, often flattened beneath, and a circle of tentacles,
||which are usually much branched, surrounding the mouth; the skin is
||more or less flexible, and usually contains calcareous plates of
||various characteristic forms, sometimes becoming large and scalelike.
||Most of the species have five bands (ambulacra) of sucker-bearing
||feet along the sides; in others these are lacking. In one group
||(Pneumonophora) two branching internal gills are developed; in
||another (Apneumona) these are wanting. Called also Holothurida,
||Holothuridea, and Holothuroidea.
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||||Ho*lot"ri*cha (h*lt"r*k), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "o`los whole +
||||qri`x, tricho`s, a hair.] (Zoˆl.) A group of ciliated Infusoria,
||||having cilia all over the body.
Hol"our (?), n. [OF. holier.] A whoremonger. [Obs.] Chaucer.
{ Holp (?), Hol"pen (?), } imp. & p. p. of Help. [Obs.] Shak.
Hol"som (?), a. Wholesome. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Hol"ster (?), n. [D. holster; skin to AS. heolstor den, cave, fr. helan
to conceal, and to Icel. hulstr case, Goth. hulistr covering, veil,
huljan to cover. √17. See Hele to cover, Hell, and cf. Housing,
Houss.] A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow
of his saddle.
Hol"stered (?), a. Bearing holsters. Byron.
Holt (?), 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contr. from holdeth. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Holt, n. [AS. holt; akin to LG. holt, D. hout, G. holz. Icel. holt; cf
Gael. & Ir. coill wood, Gr. &?; branch, shoot.] 1. A piece of woodland;
especially, a woody hill. "Every holt and heath." Chaucer.
She sent her voice though all the holt Before her, and the park.
Tennyson.
2. A deep hole in a river where there is protection for fish; also, a
cover, a hole, or hiding place. " The fox has gone to holt." C.
Kingsley.
Hol"we (?), a. Hollow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ho"ly (?), a. [Compar. Holier (?); superl. Holiest.] [OE. holi, hali,
AS. hlig, fr. hÊl health, salvation, happiness, fr. hl whole, well;
akin to OS. h&?;lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw.
helig, Icel. heilagr. See Whole, and cf. Halibut, Halidom, Hallow,
Hollyhock.] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed;
sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy
priesthood. "Holy rites and solemn feasts." Milton.
2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free
from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable;
guiltless; acceptable to God.
Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps
has brought.
Keble.
Holy Alliance (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion,
justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular
tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander
I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of
Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently
joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of
England. -- Holy bark. See Cascara sagrada. -- Holy Communion. See
Eucharist. -- Holy family (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ,
his parents, and others of his family are represented. - - Holy Father,
a title of the pope. -- Holy Ghost (Theol.),the third person of the
Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. -- Holy Grail. See Grail. --
Holy grass (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass (Hierochloa borealis and H.
alpina). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church
doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern
and western parts of the United States. Called also vanilla, or Seneca,
grass. -- Holy Innocents' day, Childermas day. -- Holy Land, Palestine,
the birthplace of Christianity. -- Holy office, the Inquisition. --
Holy of holies (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish
tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person
entered, except the high priest once a year. -- Holy One. (a) The
Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. " The Holy One of
Israel." Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. --
Holy orders. See Order. -- Holy rood, the cross or crucifix,
particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel.
-- Holy rope, a plant, the hemp agrimony. -- Holy Saturday (Eccl.), the
Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of
Easter. -- Holy Spirit, same as Holy Ghost (above). -- Holy Spirit
plant. See Dove plant. -- Holy thistle (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See
under Thistle. -- Holy Thursday. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension
day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. --
Holy war, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the
Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth
centuries, for the possession of the holy places. -- Holy water (Gr. &
R. C. Churches), water which has been blessed by the priest for sacred
purposes. -- Holy-water stoup, the stone stoup or font placed near the
entrance of a church, as a receptacle for holy water. -- Holy Week
(Eccl.), the week before Easter, in which the passion of our Savior is
commemorated. -- Holy writ, the sacred Scriptures. " Word of holy
writ." Wordsworth.
Ho"ly cross" (?; 115). The cross as the symbol of Christ's crucifixion.
Congregation of the Holy Cross (R. C. Ch.), a community of lay brothers
and priests, in France and the United States, engaged chiefly in
teaching and manual Labor. Originally called Brethren of St. Joseph.
The Sisters of the Holy Cross engage in similar work. Addis & Arnold.
-- Holy-cross day, the fourteenth of September, observed as a church
festival, in memory of the exaltation of our Savior's cross.
Ho"ly*day` (?), n. 1. A religious festival.