Definition of hollow

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Hollow (v. t.) To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate..

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Coombe :: Coombe (n.) A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe..
Raising :: Raising (n.) The operation of embossing sheet metal, or of forming it into cup-shaped or hollow articles, by hammering, stamping, or spinning..
Papula :: Papula (n.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine..
Hydrocaulus :: Hydrocaulus (n.) The hollow stem of a hydroid, either simple or branched. See Illust. of Gymnoblastea and Hydroidea..
Newel :: Newel (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow..
Calefactory :: Calefactory (n.) A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with..
Concaveness :: Concaveness (n.) Hollowness; concavity.
Coelospermous :: Coelospermous (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed..
Cavicornia :: Cavicornia (n. pl.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler..
Proboscis :: Proboscis (n.) A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a trunk..
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) Any hollow body of cylindrical for.
Cavity :: Cavity (n.) A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity..
Capsulary :: Capsulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.
Hollow :: Hollow (a.) Not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as, a hollow heart; a hollow friend..
Casemate :: Casemate (n.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices..
Ventricle :: Ventricle (n.) Fig.: Any cavity, or hollow place, in which any function may be conceived of as operating..
Sea Trumpet :: Sea trumpet () A great blackish seaweed of the Southern Ocean, having a hollow and expanding stem and a pinnate frond, sometimes twenty feet long..
Airometer :: Airometer (n.) A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water..
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