_Douglas._

_To_ HOLL, _v. n._ To excavate, S.

A. S. _hol-ian_, id.

~Holl~, ~Howe~, _adj._

1. Hollow, deep; _how_, S.

_Palice Hon._

2. Concave.

_Douglas._

3. Giving a hollow sound, S.

_Burns._

Isl. _hol-ur_, cavus, concavus.

~Holl~, _s._ Hold of a ship.

_Wallace._

HOLLIGLa.s.s, _s._ A character in old Romances.

_Poems 16th Cent._

Belg. _Uyle-spegel_, i. e. _Owl-gla.s.s_; the original work being written in Dutch.

HOLLION, _s._ Conjoined with _hip_, Ang.

_Morison._

HOLM, HOWM, _s._ The level low ground on the banks of a river, S., _hoam_, S. B.

Isl. _hwam-r_, a little valley.

_Wyntown._

HOLT, _s._ A wood; as in E.

HOLT, _s._

1. High and barren ground.

_Douglas._

Isl. _hollt_, terra aspera et sterilis.

2. A very small hay c.o.c.k, or a small quant.i.ty of manure before it is spread, Dumfr.

_Statist. Acc._

HOME, _adj._ Close, urgent, S.

_Spalding._

HOMELTY-JOMELTY, _adj._ Clumsy and confused in manner.

_Dunbar._

Perh. from _whummil_, and _jumble_.

HOMYLL, _adj._ Having no horns; S. _hummil_, _hummilt_.

V. ~Hummil~.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

Isl. _hamla_, membri mutilatione impedire.

_To_ h.o.m.oLOGATE, _v. a._ To give an indirect approbation of any thing, S.

_Burnet._

HONE, _s._ Delay.

_Barbour._

Apparently from _Hove_, _How_, q. v.

HONEST, _adj._ Honourable.

_Wyntown._

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