Holiday is the preferable and prevailing spelling in the second sense.
The spelling holy day or holyday in often used in the first sense.
Ho"ly*stone` (?), n. (Naut.) A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the
decks of ships. Totten.
Ho"ly*stone`, v. t. (Naut.) To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a
vessel.
Hom"a*canth (?), a. [Homo + Gr. &?; a spine.] (Zoˆl.) Having the dorsal
fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain
fishes.
Hom"age (?), n. [OF. homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum,
homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal;
akin to L. humus earth, Gr.&?; on the ground, and E. groom in
bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom, Human.] 1. (Feud. Law) A symbolical
acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his
lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession,
that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign.
2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid
by external action; obeisance.
All things in heaven and earth do her [Law] homage.
Hooker.