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• Hollow

  ·vt To urge or call by shouting. II. Hollow ·interj <<Hollo>>. III. Hollow ·adj Depressed; concave...

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• hollow

  All hollow is a common expression with us, and is also given by Carr in his Craven Glossary. 'He car...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hollow

  The bore of a rocket. In naval architecture, a name for the fifth or top-timber-sweep (which see). A...

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• Hollow-hearted

  ·adj Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. ...

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• Hollow-horned

  ·adj Having permanent horns with a bony core, as cattle. ...

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• all hollow

  He was beat all hollow, i.e. he had no chance of conquering: it was all hollow, or a hollow thing, i...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• floor-hollow

  The inflected curve of the floor, extending from the keel to the back of the floor-sweep, which the ...

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• hollow bastion

  In fortification, a bastion of which the terreplein or interior terrace is not continued beyond a ce...

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• hollow-mould

  The same as floor-hollow (which see). ...

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• hollow sea

  The undulation of the waves after a gale; long hollow-jawed sea; ground-swell. ...

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• hollow shot

  Introduced principally for naval use before the horizontal firing of shells from guns became general...

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• hollow square

  The square generally used by British infantry; a formation to resist cavalry. Each side is composed ...

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• to beat all hollow

  To surpass or overcome completely; thus, "Eclipse beat Sir Henry all hollow." Also, to take wholly b...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• top-timber hollow

  A name sometimes given to the back sweep which forms the upper part of the top-timber. ...

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