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Found 2 hits - Term: hollow root, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hollow \hol"low\, a. oe. holow, holgh, holf, as. holh a hollow,
   hole. cf. hole.
   1. having an empty space or cavity, natural or artificial,
      within a solid substance; not solid; excavated in the
      interior; as, a hollow tree; a hollow sphere.
      1913 webster

            hollow with boards shalt thou make it. --ex. xxvii.
                                                  8.
      1913 webster

   2. depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
      1913 webster

            with hollow eye and wrinkled brow.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. reverberated from a cavity, or resembling such a sound;
      deep; muffled; as, a hollow roar. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   4. not sincere or faithful; false; deceitful; not sound; as,
      a hollow heart; a hollow friend. --milton.
      1913 webster

   hollow newel arch., an opening in the center of a winding
      staircase in place of a newel post, the stairs being
      supported by the wall; an open newel; also, the
      stringpiece or rail winding around the well of such a
      staircase.

   hollow quoin engin., a pier of stone or brick made behind
      the lock gates of a canal, and containing a hollow or
      recess to receive the ends of the gates.

   hollow root. bot. see moschatel.

   hollow square. see square.

   hollow ware, hollow vessels; -- a trade name for cast-iron
      kitchen utensils, earthenware, etc.

   syn: syn.- concave; sunken; low; vacant; empty; void; false;
        faithless; deceitful; treacherous.
        1913 webster
see also:
hole hollow newel hollow quoin hollow root moschatel hollow square 
square hollow ware 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
moschatel \mos"chatel`\, n. gr. ? musk: cf. f. moscatelline.
   see muscadel, musk. bot.
   a plant of the genus adoxa adoxa moschatellina, the
   flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky
   smell. it is found in woods in all parts of europe, and is
   called also hollow root and musk crowfoot. --loudon.
   1913 webster
see also:
muscadel musk adoxa adoxa moschatellina hollow root musk crowfoot 


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