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Low, flat land. Wordsworth. The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson. Holm thrush (Zoöl.), the missel thrush.

An oxide of holmium.

A rare element said to be contained in gadolinite. -- Hol"mic, a.

A name given to a vase having a rounded body; esp.:

An instrument for determining the strength of spirits, with a scale graduated so as to indicate the percentage of pure alcohol, either by weight or volume. It is usually a form of hydrometer with a special scale.

Relating to the alcoholometer or alcoholometry. The alcoholometrical strength of spirituous liquors. Ure.

A small uninhabited island.

A female albino. Holmes.

seen around the sun during total eclipses. Proctor. The aureole of young womanhood. O. W. Holmes.

ndisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot. The autocrat of the breakfast table. Holmes.

d betted much money on his head. Shak. I'll bet you two to one I'll make him do it. O. W. Holmes.

ithout chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes.

; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae. Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. O. W. Holmes.

s a pet; to fondle. She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

ernal. Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations. O. W. Holmes.

severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. Holmes.

Bringing dishonor on; tending to disgrace; lessening reputation. Holmes.

ee talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. Holmes.

s epigrams, or makes use of them. The brisk epigrammatist showing off his own cleverness. Holmes.

simpleton; a numskull. [Colloq.] Or if you can not make a speech, Because you are a flat. Holmes.