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Horned
·adj Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike process or appendage; as, horned catt...

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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
It was quiet a hollow thing; i.e. a certainty, or decided business. ...

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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...

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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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Broad-horned
·adj Having horns spreading widely. ...

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Long-horned
·adj Having a long horn or horns; as, a long-horned goat, or cow; having long antennae, as certain b...

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Stag-horned
·adj Having the mandibles large and palmate, or branched somewhat like the antlers of a stag; — sai...

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horned angle
That which is made by a right line, whether tangent or secant, with the circumference of a circle. ...

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ranges, horned
Pieces of timber containing belaying pins, inside a ship. Also, pieces of oak placed round the hatch...

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

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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...

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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...

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

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