hollo

interj. & n. [ See Halloo, and cf. Holla. ] Ho there; stop; attend; hence, a loud cry or a call to attract attention; a halloo. [ 1913 Webster ]

And every day, for food or play,
Came to the mariner's hollo. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj., n. & v. i. Same as Hollo. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Wholly; completely; utterly; -- chiefly after the verb to beat, and often with all; as, this story beats the other all hollow. See All, adv. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ See Hollo. ] Hollo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To shout; to hollo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whisperings and hollowings are alike to a deaf ear. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To urge or call by shouting. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has hollowed the hounds. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A low spot surrounded by elevations; a depressed part of a surface; a concavity; a channel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forests grew
Upon the barren hollows. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hollowed p. pr. & vb. n. Hollowing. ] To make hollow, as by digging, cutting, or engraving; to excavate. “Trees rudely hollowed.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]