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plural hallows
(obsolete outside set phrases) A saint; a holy person; an apostle.
(obsolete, in the plural) The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods.
third-person singular simple present hallows, present participle hallowing, simple past and past participle hallowed
(transitive) To make holy, to sanctify. quotations examples
[…] I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause.
1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene ii]
Come hallow the goblet with something more true / Than words we forget in a minute.
1847, Charles Swain, Dramatic Chapters: Poems and Songs, D. Bogue, page 324
To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting. quotations examples
[…] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IV, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], book VII
A shout, cry; a hulloo. quotations examples
Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh.
2003, Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, Courier Dover Publications, page 206
I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.
1772, William Read Staples, The Documentary History of the Destruction of the Gaspee, Knowles, Vose, and Anthony, published 1845, page 14
comparative more hallow, superlative most hallow
Alternative spelling of hollow quotations examples
If the sun were a hallow sphere of its present size and the earth were placed at the center[...]. Such a hallow sphere would hold more than a million balls the size of the earth.
1902, National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.), The Journal of Geography, National Council for Geographic Education, page 93
But it was not a hallow victory.
2003, George A. Lyall, To a Different Drummer: A Family's Story, Xlibris Corporation, page 208