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A kind of linen first manufactured in Holland; a linen fabric used for window shades, children's garments, etc.; as, brown or unbleached hollands.

A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.

A native or one of the people of Holland; a Dutchman.

Relating to Holland; Dutch.

Gin made in Holland.

An aborted offspring. [Obs.] Holland.

] Bacon. Men say that they will drive away one another, . . . and not accompany together. Holland.

omplished scholar, an accomplished villain. They . . . show themselves accomplished bees. Holland. Daughter of God and man, accomplished Eve. Milton.

An acetabulum; or about one eighth of a pint. [Obs.] Holland.

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley. [Obs.] Holland.

To refine. [Obs.] Holland.

tion; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. Shak.

cond moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland.

grew fat as he aged. They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that. Holland. I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there. Landor.

Activity; powerful agency. [Obs.] The agility of the sun's fiery heat. Holland.

To use allegory. Holland.

Above; on top of. [Obs.] Fresh waters run aloft the sea. Holland.

Alternate; reciprocal. [Obs.] Holland.

wilder. [Obs.] Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house. Fuller.

He wrought but some few hours of the day, and then would he seem very grave and ancient. Holland.