hollow+out

  • 51Hollow square — Square Square (skw[^a]r), n. [OF. esquarre, esquierre, F. [ e]querre a carpenter s square (cf. It. squadra), fr. (assumed) LL. exquadrare to make square; L. ex + quadrus a square, fr. quattuor four. See {Four}, and cf. {Quadrant}, {Squad},… …

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  • 52hollow-nosed bullets — Man Man (m[a^]n), n.; pl. {Men} (m[e^]n). [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. [root]104. Cf.… …

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  • 53hollow-point bullets — Man Man (m[a^]n), n.; pl. {Men} (m[e^]n). [AS. mann, man, monn, mon; akin to OS., D., & OHG. man, G. mann, Icel. ma[eth]r, for mannr, Dan. Mand, Sw. man, Goth. manna, Skr. manu, manus, and perh. to Skr. man to think, and E. mind. [root]104. Cf.… …

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  • 54hollow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. concavity, depression, dent, cavity, hole; valley, gully, basin; channel, groove, furrow. adj. thin, unresonant; sepulchral, deep, empty, void, unfilled, vacant; unsound, weak, uncertain,… …

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  • 55hollow — hol·low || hÉ‘ləʊ / hÉ’l n. hole, cavity; sunken area; small valley v. excavate, dig out, make hollow adj. empty, having nothing inside; bowl shaped, concave; worthless, meaningless …

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  • 56hollow carving —    Wooden sculptures are often hollowed or partly hollowed in order to avoid strain resulting from the different rates of shrinkage in heartwood and sapwood. stone is also hollowed out, but to enable it to be supported (especially in the case of… …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 57hollow something out — form something by hollowing. → hollow …

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  • 58hollow log — /hɒloʊ ˈlɒg/ (say holoh log) noun 1. a log which is hollowed out inside. 2. an unnoticed or secret fund of money. 3. Colloquial a government body such as a statutory authority which is able to keep funds in reserve rather than lose them into… …

  • 59Out of one's own head — Head Head (h[e^]d), n. [OE. hed, heved, heaved, AS. he[ a]fod; akin to D. hoofd, OHG. houbit, G. haupt, Icel. h[ o]fu[eth], Sw. hufvud, Dan. hoved, Goth. haubi[thorn]. The word does not correspond regularly to L. caput head (cf. E. {Chief},… …

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  • 60Out of pocket — Pocket Pock et (p[o^]k [e^]t), n. [OE. poket, Prov. F. & OF. poquette, F. pochette, dim. fr. poque, pouque, F. poche; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a pocket, and cf. {Poach} to cook eggs, to plunder, and {Pouch}.] 1. A bag or pouch;… …

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