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153 words match “HALLOW”

HALLOW v.
part for holy or religious use; to consecrate; to treat or keep as sacred; to reverence. "Hallowed be thy name." Matt. vi. 9. Hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein. Jer. xvii. 24. His secret altar touched with hallowed fire. Milton. In a larger sense . . . we can not hallow this ground [Gettysburg]. A. Lincoln.…
HALLOWEEN n.
The evening preceding Allhallows or All Saints' Day. [Scot.] Burns.
HALLOWMAS n.
The feast of All Saints, or Allhallows. To speak puling, like a beggar at Hallowmas. Shak.
ALLHALLOW n.
The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
ALLHALLOW EVE n.
The evening before Allhallows. See Halloween.
ALLHALLOW; ALLHALLOWS n. 2 definitions
All the saints (in heaven). [Obs.]
ALLHALLOWMAS n.
The feast of All Saints.
ALLHALLOWN a.
Of or pertaining to the time of Allhallows. [Obs.] "Allhallown summer." Shak. (i. e., late summer; "Indian Summer").
ALLHALLOWTIDE n.
The time at or near All Saints, or November 1st.
DISHALLOW v.
To make unholy; to profane. Tennyson. Nor can the unholiness of the priest dishallow the altar. T. Adams.
SHALLOW a. 7 definitions
Not deep; having little depth; shoal. "Shallow brooks, and rivers wide." Milton.
SHALLOW-BODIED a.
Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.
SHALLOW-BRAINED a.
Weak in intellect; foolish; empty-headed. South.
SHALLOW-HEARTED a.
Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson.
SHALLOW-PATED a.
Shallow-brained.
SHALLOW-WAISTED a.
Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.
SHALLOWLY adv.
In a shallow manner.
SHALLOWNESS n.
Quality or state of being shallow.
UNHALLOW v.
To profane; to desecrate. The vanity unhallows the virtue. L'Estrange.
UNHALLOWED a.
Not consecrated; hence, profane; unholy; impious; wicked. In the cause of truth, no unhallowed violence . . . is either necessary or admissible. E. D. Griffin.
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