† hollowyadj.
Derivatives or by-forms of hollow adj. and adv.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adjective]
hollc1000
hollowa1250
hollowyc1400
howea1500
kosche1513
cave1540
boss1553
concave?a1560
concavous1578
unkernelled1584
void1597
wombya1616
cavous1698
cavernous1830
cavitary1861
the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > hollowness > [adverb]
hollowyc1400
hollowlya1547
cavernously1849
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. (MS. B.) 78 Þere ben sixe manere of þese Vlcus..Venemy & holwy [MS. A. holowȝ].
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 93 Þe Ulcus ys foule & stynkynge, þe lippes..alle aboute areryde & holwy [MS. A. holowe], & þis is þe dyfference bytwene cancre & a foule Ulcus & an hory.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) v. xliii. 160 The reynes ben flesshly poores and holowy rounde and coueryd wyth fatnesse.
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