adv. [ From Holy. ]
adv. Wholly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm, Hulver. ]
☞ The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Holly-leaved oak (Bot.),
Holly rose (Bot.),
Sea holly (Bot.),
n. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Mahonia aquifolium) of the Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries.
n. [ OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy. ] (Bot.) A species of
adv. Wholly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE holi, holin, AS. holen, holegn; akin to D. & G. hulst, OHG. huls hulis, W. celyn, Armor. kelen, Gael. cuilionn, Ir. cuileann. Cf. 1st Holm, Hulver. ]
☞ The holly is much used to adorn churches and houses, at Christmas time, and hence is associated with scenes of good will and rejoicing. It is an evergreen tree, and has a finegrained, heavy, white wood. Its bark is used as a febrifuge, and the berries are violently purgative and emetic. The American holly is the Ilex opaca, and is found along the coast of the United States, from Maine southward. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
Holly-leaved oak (Bot.),
Holly rose (Bot.),
Sea holly (Bot.),
n. An ornamental evergreen shrub (Mahonia aquifolium) of the Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries.
n. [ OE. holihoc; holi holy + hoc mallow, AS. hoc; cf. W. hocys mallows, hocys bendigaid hollyhock, lit., blessed mallow. Prob. so named because brought from the Holy Land. See Holy. ] (Bot.) A species of