Helvellaceae : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   hail-fellow
         adj 1: heartily friendly and congenial [syn: {comradely}, {hail-
                  fellow}, {hail-fellow-well-met}]

English Dictionary: Helvellaceae	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hail-fellow-well-met adj heartily friendly and congenial [syn: comradely, {hail- fellow}, hail-fellow-well-met]
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half blood n one of siblings who have only one parent in common
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half life n the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate) Synonym(s): half life, half-life
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half volley n a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces
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half-blooded adj (of animals) having only one purebred parent [syn: {half- blooded}, half-bred, half-breed]
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half-holiday n a day on which half is free from work or duty
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half-length adj representing only the upper half of the body; "a half- length portrait" abridged to half its original length n a portrait showing the body from only the waist up
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half-life n the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate) Synonym(s): half life, half-life
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
half-light n a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors)
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halo blight n a blight affecting the leaves of oats and other grasses a blight of bean plants Synonym(s): halo blight, halo spot, bean blight
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halophil n archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival Synonym(s): halophile, halophil
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halophile n archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival Synonym(s): halophile, halophil
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heliophila n any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes
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helpful adj providing assistance or serving a useful function [ant: unhelpful]
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helpfully adv in a helpful manner; "the subtitles are helpfully conveyed" Antonym(s): unhelpfully
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helpfulness n the property of providing useful assistance friendliness evidence by a kindly and helpful disposition Synonym(s): kindliness, helpfulness
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helpless adj lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter" Synonym(s): helpless, incapacitated unable to function; without help Synonym(s): helpless, lost unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"
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helplessly adv in a helpless manner; "the crowd watched him helplessly" Synonym(s): helplessly, impotently, unable to help
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helplessness n powerlessness revealed by an inability to act; "in spite of their weakness the group remains active" Synonym(s): helplessness, weakness, impuissance the state of needing help from something a feeling of being unable to manage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
helvella n any fungus of the genus Helvella having the ascocarps stalked or pleated or often in folds
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Helvella acetabulum n a helvella with a cup-shaped fertile body having a brown interior; the stalk is creamy white and heavily ribbed
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Helvella crispa n a helvella with a saddle-shaped fertile part and creamy color; the stalk is fluted and pitted Synonym(s): Helvella crispa, miter mushroom
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Helvella sulcata n a helvella with an irregularly convoluted cap that is dark brown when young and becomes dull grey with age; the lower surface of the cap is smooth and pale grey; the stalk is thick and deeply fluted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Helvellaceae n family of false morels or lorchels; some are edible and some are poisonous Synonym(s): Helvellaceae, family Helvellaceae
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hillbilly n a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn: hillbilly, bushwhacker]
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hillbilly music n country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
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holy of holies n (figurative) something regarded as sacred or inviolable; "every politician fears to touch that holy of holies, the Social Security System" (Judaism) sanctuary comprised of the innermost chamber of the Tabernacle in the temple of Solomon where the Ark of the Covenant was kept Synonym(s): holy of holies, sanctum sanctorum
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holy place n a sacred place of pilgrimage [syn: holy place, sanctum, holy]
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hullabaloo n disturbance usually in protest [syn: agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo]
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hyaloplasm n the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell Synonym(s): hyaloplasm, ground substance
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hyaloplasmic adj of or relating to hyaloplasm
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Hylophylax n a genus of Formicariidae [syn: Hylophylax, {genus Hylophylax}]
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Hylophylax naevioides n a kind of antbird [syn: spotted antbird, {Hylophylax naevioides}]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hail-fellow \Hail"-fel`low\, n. An intimate companion. Hail-fellow well met. --Lyly.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blood \Blood\, n. [OE. blod, blood, AS. bl[?]d; akin to D. bloed, OHG. bluot, G. blut, Goth, bl[?][?], Sw. & Dan. blod; prob. fr. the same root as E. blow to bloom. See {Blow} to bloom.] 1. The fluid which circulates in the principal vascular system of animals, carrying nourishment to all parts of the body, and bringing away waste products to be excreted. See under {Arterial}. Note: The blood consists of a liquid, the plasma, containing minute particles, the blood corpuscles. In the invertebrate animals it is usually nearly colorless, and contains only one kind of corpuscles; but in all vertebrates, except Amphioxus, it contains some colorless corpuscles, with many more which are red and give the blood its uniformly red color. See {Corpuscle}, {Plasma}. 2. Relationship by descent from a common ancestor; consanguinity; kinship. To share the blood of Saxon royalty. --Sir W. Scott. A friend of our own blood. --Waller. {Half blood} (Law), relationship through only one parent. {Whole blood}, relationship through both father and mother. In American Law, blood includes both half blood, and whole blood. --Bouvier. --Peters. 3. Descent; lineage; especially, honorable birth; the highest royal lineage. Give us a prince of blood, a son of Priam. --Shak. I am a gentleman of blood and breeding. --Shak. 4. (Stock Breeding) Descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed. Note: In stock breeding half blood is descent showing one half only of pure breed. Blue blood, full blood, or warm blood, is the same as blood. 5. The fleshy nature of man. Nor gives it satisfaction to our blood. --Shak. 6. The shedding of blood; the taking of life, murder; manslaughter; destruction. So wills the fierce, avenging sprite, Till blood for blood atones. --Hood. 7. A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition. [R.] He was a thing of blood, whose every motion Was timed with dying cries. --Shak. 8. Temper of mind; disposition; state of the passions; -- as if the blood were the seat of emotions. When you perceive his blood inclined to mirth. --Shak. Note: Often, in this sense, accompanied with bad, cold, warm, or other qualifying word. Thus, to commit an act in cold blood, is to do it deliberately, and without sudden passion; to do it in bad blood, is to do it in anger. Warm blood denotes a temper inflamed or irritated. To warm or heat the blood is to excite the passions. Qualified by up, excited feeling or passion is signified; as, my blood was up. 9. A man of fire or spirit; a fiery spark; a gay, showy man; a rake. Seest thou not . . . how giddily 'a turns about all the hot bloods between fourteen and five and thirty? --Shak. It was the morning costume of a dandy or blood. --Thackeray. 10. The juice of anything, especially if red. He washed . . . his clothes in the blood of grapes. --Gen. xiix. 11. Note: Blood is often used as an adjective, and as the first part of self-explaining compound words; as, blood-bespotted, blood-bought, blood-curdling, blood-dyed, blood-red, blood-spilling, blood-stained, blood-warm, blood-won. {Blood baptism} (Eccl. Hist.), the martyrdom of those who had not been baptized. They were considered as baptized in blood, and this was regarded as a full substitute for literal baptism. {Blood blister}, a blister or bleb containing blood or bloody serum, usually caused by an injury. {Blood brother}, brother by blood or birth. {Blood clam} (Zo[94]l.), a bivalve mollusk of the genus Arca and allied genera, esp. {Argina pexata} of the American coast. So named from the color of its flesh. {Blood corpuscle}. See {Corpuscle}. {Blood crystal} (Physiol.), one of the crystals formed by the separation in a crystalline form of the h[91]moglobin of the red blood corpuscles; h[91]matocrystallin. All blood does not yield blood crystals. {Blood heat}, heat equal to the temperature of human blood, or about 98[ab] [deg] Fahr. {Blood horse}, a horse whose blood or lineage is derived from the purest and most highly prized origin or stock. {Blood money}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blood orange}, an orange with dark red pulp. {Blood poisoning} (Med.), a morbid state of the blood caused by the introduction of poisonous or infective matters from without, or the absorption or retention of such as are produced in the body itself; tox[91]mia. {Blood pudding}, a pudding made of blood and other materials. {Blood relation}, one connected by blood or descent. {Blood spavin}. See under {Spavin}. {Blood vessel}. See in the Vocabulary. {Blue blood}, the blood of noble or aristocratic families, which, according to a Spanish prover, has in it a tinge of blue; -- hence, a member of an old and aristocratic family. {Flesh and blood}. (a) A blood relation, esp. a child. (b) Human nature. {In blood} (Hunting), in a state of perfect health and vigor. --Shak. {To let blood}. See under {Let}. {Prince of the blood}, the son of a sovereign, or the issue of a royal family. The sons, brothers, and uncles of the sovereign are styled princes of the blood royal; and the daughters, sisters, and aunts are princesses of the blood royal.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half blood \Half" blood`\ 1. The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both; as, a brother or sister of the half blood. See {Blood}, n., 2 and 4. 2. A person so related to another. 3. A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed. Note: In the 2d and 3d senses usually with a hyphen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Half volley}. (a) (Tennis) A return of the ball immediately after is has touched the ground. (b) (Cricket) A sending of the ball so that after touching the ground it flies towards the top of the wicket. --R. A. Proctor. {On the volley}, at random. [Obs.] [bd]What we spake on the volley begins work.[b8] --Massinger. {Volley gun}, a gun with several barrels for firing a number of shots simultaneously; a kind of mitrailleuse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-blooded \Half"-blood`ed\, a. 1. Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races; having only one parent of good stock; as, a half-blooded sheep. 2. Degenerate; mean.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Girder \Gird"er\, n. [From {Gird} to encircle.] 1. One who, or that which, girds. 2. (Arch. & Engin.) A main beam; a stright, horizontal beam to span an opening or carry weight, such as ends of floor beams, etc.; hence, a framed or built-up member discharging the same office, technically called a compound girder. See Illusts. of {Frame}, and {Doubleframed floor}, under {Double}. {Bowstring girder}, {Box girder}, etc. See under {Bowstring}, {Box}, etc. {Girder bridge}. See under {Bridge}. {Lattice girder}, a girder consisting of longitudinal bars united by diagonal crossing bars. {Half-lattice girder}, a girder consisting of horizontal upper and lower bars connected by a series of diagonal bars sloping alternately in opposite directions so as to divide the space between the bars into a series of triangles. --Knight. {Sandwich girder}, a girder consisting of two parallel wooden beams, between which is an iron plate, the whole clamped together by iron bolts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Half-learned \Half"-learned`\, a. Imperfectly learned.
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Half-length \Half"-length`\, a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Healable \Heal"a*ble\, a. Capable of being healed.
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Healful \Heal"ful\, a. Tending or serving to heal; healing. [Obs.] --Ecclus. xv. 3.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heel \Heel\, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[emac]la, perh. for h[omac]hila, fr. AS. h[omac]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D. hiel, OFries. heila, h[emac]la, Icel. h[91]ll, Dan. h[91]l, Sw. h[84]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.] 1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds. He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head. --Denham. 2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe. 3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part. [bd]The heel of a hunt.[b8] --A. Trollope. [bd]The heel of the white loaf.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob. 5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests; especially: (a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel. (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc. (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is upwards in the firing position. (d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt. (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the heel of a scythe. 6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred heel; as, the horse understands the heel well. 7. (Arch.) (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping. (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. --Gwilt. {Heel chain} (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap around the heel of the jib boom. {Heel plate}, the butt plate of a gun. {Heel of a rafter}. (Arch.) See {Heel}, n., 7. {Heel ring}, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the snath. {Neck and heels}, the whole body. (Colloq.) {To be at the heels of}, to pursue closely; to follow hard; as, hungry want is at my heels. --Otway. {To be down at the heel}, to be slovenly or in a poor plight. {To be out at the heels}, to have on stockings that are worn out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. --Shak. {To cool the heels}. See under {Cool}. {To go heels over head}, to turn over so as to bring the heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or rash, manner. {To have the heels of}, to outrun. {To lay by the heels}, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison. --Shak. --Addison. {To show the heels}, to flee; to run from. {To take to the heels}, to flee; to betake to flight. {To throw up another's heels}, to trip him. --Bunyan. {To tread upon one's heels}, to follow closely. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Heelball \Heel"ball`\, n. A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helpful \Help"ful\, a. Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him! --Shak. -- {Help"fully}, adv. -- {Help"fulness}, n. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helpful \Help"ful\, a. Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him! --Shak. -- {Help"fully}, adv. -- {Help"fulness}, n. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helpful \Help"ful\, a. Furnishing help; giving aid; assistant; useful; salutary. Heavens make our presence and our practices Pleasant and helpful to him! --Shak. -- {Help"fully}, adv. -- {Help"fulness}, n. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helpless \Help"less\, a. 1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. How shall I then your helpless fame defend? --Pope. 2. Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. --Milton. 3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. --Chapman. 4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. --Dryden. -- {Help"lessly}, adv. -- {Help"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helpless \Help"less\, a. 1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. How shall I then your helpless fame defend? --Pope. 2. Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. --Milton. 3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. --Chapman. 4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. --Dryden. -- {Help"lessly}, adv. -- {Help"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Helpless \Help"less\, a. 1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. How shall I then your helpless fame defend? --Pope. 2. Beyond help; irremediable. Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. --Milton. 3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.] Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of my plagues. --Chapman. 4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.] Helpless of all that human wants require. --Dryden. -- {Help"lessly}, adv. -- {Help"lessness}, n.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Turban-top \Tur"ban-top`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus ({Helvella, [or] Gyromitra, esculenta}.).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holoblast \Hol"o*blast\, n. [Holo + -blast.] (Biol.) an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See {Meroblast}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holoblastic \Hol`o*blas"tic\, a. (Biol.) Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Holy \Ho"ly\, a. [Compar. {Holier}; superl. {Holiest}.] [OE. holi, hali, AS. h[be]lig, fr. h[91]l health, salvation, happiness, fr. h[be]l whole, well; akin to OS. h[?]lag, D. & G. heilig, OHG. heilac, Dan. hellig, Sw. helig, Icel. heilagr. See {Whole}, and cf. {Halibut}, {Halidom}, {Hallow}, {Hollyhock}.] 1. Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood. [bd]Holy rites and solemn feasts.[b8] --Milton. 2. Spiritually whole or sound; of unimpaired innocence and virtue; free from sinful affections; pure in heart; godly; pious; irreproachable; guiltless; acceptable to God. Now through her round of holy thought The Church our annual steps has brought. --Keble. {Holy Alliance} (Hist.), a league ostensibly for conserving religion, justice, and peace in Europe, but really for repressing popular tendencies toward constitutional government, entered into by Alexander I. of Russia, Francis I. of Austria, and Frederic William III. of Prussia, at Paris, on the 26th of September, 1815, and subsequently joined by all the sovereigns of Europe, except the pope and the king of England. {Holy bark}. See {Cascara sagrada}. {Holy Communion}. See {Eucharist}. {Holy family} (Art), a picture in which the infant Christ, his parents, and others of his family are represented. {Holy Father}, a title of the pope. {Holy Ghost} (Theol.),the third person of the Trinity; the Comforter; the Paraclete. {Holy Grail}. See {Grail}. {Holy grass} (Bot.), a sweet-scented grass ({Hierochloa borealis} and {H. alpina}). In the north of Europe it was formerly strewed before church doors on saints' days; whence the name. It is common in the northern and western parts of the United States. Called also {vanilla, [or] Seneca, grass}. {Holy Innocents' day}, Childermas day. {Holy Land}, Palestine, the birthplace of Christianity. {Holy office}, the Inquisition. {Holy of holies} (Script.), the innermost apartment of the Jewish tabernacle or temple, where the ark was kept, and where no person entered, except the high priest once a year. {Holy One}. (a) The Supreme Being; -- so called by way of emphasis. [bd] The Holy One of Israel.[b8] --Is. xliii. 14. (b) One separated to the service of God. {Holy orders}. See {Order}. {Holy rood}, the cross or crucifix, particularly one placed, in churches. over the entrance to the chancel. {Holy rope}, a plant, the hemp agrimony. {Holy Saturday} (Eccl.), the Saturday immediately preceding the festival of Easter; the vigil of Easter. {Holy Spirit}, same as {Holy Ghost} (above). {Holy Spirit plant}. See {Dove plant}. {Holy thistle} (Bot.), the blessed thistle. See under {Thistle}. {Holy Thursday}. (Eccl.) (a) (Episcopal Ch.) Ascension day. (b) (R. C. Ch.) The Thursday in Holy Week; Maundy Thursday. {Holy war}, a crusade; an expedition carried on by Christians against the Saracens in the Holy Land, in the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, for the possession of the holy places.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hullabaloo \Hul`labaloo"\, n. [Perh. a corruption of hurly-burly.] A confused noise; uproar; tumult. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Haileyville, OK (city, FIPS 31900) Location: 34.85383 N, 95.57852 W Population (1990): 918 (430 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Haleyville, AL (city, FIPS 32704) Location: 34.23879 N, 87.61820 W Population (1990): 4452 (1981 housing units) Area: 18.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 35565
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hollowayville, IL (village, FIPS 35671) Location: 41.36492 N, 89.29454 W Population (1990): 37 (16 housing units) Area: 0.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Holly Bluff, MS Zip code(s): 39088
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hollyvilla, KY (city, FIPS 37630) Location: 38.09383 N, 85.74524 W Population (1990): 649 (237 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Holy of holies the second or interior portion of the tabernacle. It was left in total darkness. No one was permitted to enter it except the high priest, and that only once a year. It contained the ark of the covenant only (Ex. 25:10-16). It was in the form of a perfect cube of 20 cubits. (See {TABERNACLE}.)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Holy place one of the two portions into which the tabernacle was divided (Ex. 26:31; 37:17-25; Heb. 9:2). It was 20 cubits long and 10 in height and breadth. It was illuminated by the golden candlestick, as it had no opening to admit the light. It contained the table of showbread (Ex. 25:23-29) and the golden altar of incense (30:1-11). It was divided from the holy of holies by a veil of the most costly materials and the brightest colours. The arrangement of the temple (q.v.) was the same in this respect. In it the walls of hewn stone were wainscotted with cedar and overlaid with gold, and adorned with beautiful carvings. It was entered from the porch by folding doors overlaid with gold and richly embossed. Outside the holy place stood the great tank or "sea" of molten brass, supported by twelve oxen, three turned each way, capable of containing two thousand baths of water. Besides this there were ten lavers and the brazen altar of burnt sacrifice.